Connecticut western news., 1891-12-24

Maine some years ago. He was dis tinguished for his honesty, usefulness and uprightness, but before one year had passed he had taken of the public funds for his own private use and was hurled out of office in disgrace. Dis tinguished for virtue before; dStin- guished for crime after You can call over the names of men just like that. in whose honesty you had complete confidence. but placed in certain crises of temptation they went overheard.
 Never so many temptations to scoun. drelism as now. Not law on the statute book but has some back door through which a miscreant can escape. An! how many Receptions in the fabric of goods; so much plundering in com mercial life that if a man talk about living a life of complete commercial ac. curacy there are those who ascribe it to greenness and lack of tact. More need of honesty now than ever before; tried honesty, complete honesty. more than in those times when business was plain affair and woolens were wool lens and silks were silks and men were men.
 How many men do you suppose there are ill commercial life who could say truthfully. "ln all the sales have ever made have never overstated the value of goods: in all the sales have ever made have never covered up ;m ilnperfection in the fabric of all the thousands of dollars have ever made l have not taken one dishonest falrh ing?" There are men, however, who can say it, hundreds who can say it. thousands who can say it. They are more honest than wien they sold theii first tierce oG rice. or their first firkin oi butter. because their honesty and in tegrity have been tested, tried, and came out triumphant But they re member time when they could have robbed a partner, or have absconded with the funds of bank. or sprung snap judgment, or made a false assign ment, or borrowed illimitably without any effort at payment. or got man into a sharp corner and Heeced him.
 But they never took une step on that pathway of hell fire They can say their prayers without hearing the clink of dishonest dollars. They can read their Bible without thinking of the time when, with a lie on their soul in the custom house they kissed the Book. They can think of death and the judgment that comes after it with out any tlinching-tha day when al! charlatans and cheats and jockeys and frauds shall be doubly d;unned. IL does not make their knees knock to gether and it does not make thei teeth chatter to read ''as tine partridge sitteth on eggs an,l hatcheth them not so he that getteth riches and not by right shall leave them iI the midst oi Lis days, and at his end shall be fool"
 THE SLAVE IN ALGIERs.
 Oh. what 6 school of integrity busi ness life is! If you have ever been tempted to let your integrity cringe be fore present advantage, if you have ever wakeneG up in some embarrass ment and said. Now. I'll step a little aside from the right path and no one will know it. and I'll come all right again; it is only once." Oh, that only once has ru:ned tens of thousands ol men for this fife and blasted their souls for eternity It is tremendous school. business life d school of integrity A merchant in Liverpool got five pound Bank of England note, and holding it up toward the light he saw some inter lineations in what seemed red ink
 He finally deciphered the letters, and found out that the writing had been made by slave in Algiers, saying in substance. Whoever gets this bank note will please to inform my brother, John Dean, living near Carlisle. that l am slave of the bey of Algiers. The merchant sent word, employed govern. ment officers and found who this man was spoken of in this bank bill After awhile the man was rescued, who for eleven years had been slave of the bey of Algiers. He was immediately elnancipated, but was so worn out by hardship and exposure he soon after died Oh if some of the bank bills that come through your hands could tell all the scenes through which they have passed. it would be a tragedy eclipsing any drama of Shakespeare. mightier than King Lear or Macbeth.
 As l go on in this subject l am i'm pressed with the importance of our having more sympathy with business men Is it not shame that we in our pulpits do not oftener preach about their struggles. their trials and their temptations? Men who toll with the hand are not apt to be very sympathetic with these who toll with the brain. The farmers who raise the corn, and the oats, and the wheat sometimes are tempted to think that grain merchants have an easy time and get their profits without giving any equivalent.
 Plato and Aristotle were so opposed to merchandise that they declared com merce to be the curse of the nations, and they advised that cities be built at least ten miles from the seacOast. But you and know that thGsa are no more in. dustrious or high Handed men than those who move in the world of traffic. Some of them carry burdens heavier than hods of brick. and are exposed to sharper things than the east wind, and climb mountains higher than the Alps or Hinlalayas, and if they are faithful Christ will at last say to them: Well done, good aad faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things will make thee ruler over many things
 Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" THE MARTYRS OF BUSINESS. 1 We talk about tEe martyrs of the Piedmont valley, and the martyrs