The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-12-24
No. IL.

and thoroughly ha-Ias-1@si, believe tho 1
whole world would he convertri 10
God In . short time. There arm Sd /
many deep streams that aro turning no /
mill wheols and that are harnessoa 10 /
no factory bands Sow, God demands /
the best lamb oui ot every aoek- lie /
demands the richest sheaf Of every har,
vest lie demands the best men a
every generation i Gauss in which
Newton and Locke and Mansfield toiled
you and l can afford to toll in
oh, for fewer idlcrs in the cause II
Christ and for more Christian workers,
men who shall take the same energy
that from Monday morning to satur-
day night they put forth for the achieve
ment of livelihood or the gathering Of
fortune, and on Sabbath days pm. l.
forth to the advantage Of Christ's
kingdom and the bringing of men 20
the Lord.
DR. Dun, in South Wales, saw a man
who had inherited a great fortune.
The man said to him: II had To be
very busy for many years of my life
getting my livelihood. After awhile
this fortune came 10 me, and there has
been no necessity that | toll since.
There came n time when ! said 70 my
self, Shall now retire from business,
or shall | go on and serve the Lord in
my worldly occupationf He said:
II resolved on the latter, and | have
| been more industrious in commercial
| circles than ever was before, and since
that hour have never kept fartll-
| ing for myself have thought it to be n
| great shame if | couldn't toll as hard
| for the Lord as had toiled for myself.
and all the products of my factories and
my commercial establishments To the
last farthing have gone for the building
of Christian institutions and supporting
the church of God" Oh, il the same
energy put forth for the world could be
put forth for God! Oh, il thousand
men in these great cities who have
achieved n fortune could see it their
duty to do all business for Christ and
the alleviation of the worlds suffering
HOW PATIENCE Is CULTIVATED.
Again, | remark that business life is n
school of patience. In your everyday
life how many things to annoy and to
disquietl Bargains will rub. Com
mercial men will sometimes fail to meet
their engagements Cash book and
money drawer will sometimes quarrel
Goods ordered for special emergency
, will come too late or be damaged in
I the transportation. People intending
no harm will go shopping without any
intention of purchase, overturning great
. stocks of goods and insisting that you
, break the dozen. More bad debts OF
, the ledger More counterfeit bills il
the drawer Mora debts to pay fo
, other people. More Ineannesses on th'
t part of partners in business. Annoy
r ance after annoyance, vexa-ion afte
[ vexation, and loss after loss
All that process will either break yo'
down or brighten you up. 1t is aschoo
of patience. You have known men un
, der the process to become petulan
, and choleric and angry and pugna
I cious and cross and sour and queer
; and they lost their customers and thei
E name became n detestation. Otlle
! men have been frightened up unde
the process. They were tOughened b
!. the exposure. They were like rock:
all the more valuable for being blasted
q At first they had to choke down theI
). wrath; at first they had to bite their lips
at first they thought of some singing r,
!, tort they would like to make; but the
, conquered their impatience. They hav
kind words now for sarcastic fling
"a They have gentle behavior now for vi
, mannerly customers. They are patief
!; now with unfortunate debtors. The
. have Christian reflections now for sue
= den reverses Where did they get tn:
a. patience2 BY hearing minister preac
80 concerning it on the Sabbath! Oh, n
6 They got it Just where you will get it
>, if you ever get it ut all-sclling hat
discounting notes, turning banister
"a blowing corn, timing roofs, pleadir
m causes. Oh, that amid the turInoil al
is anxiety and evaporation OF everyd:
m life you might hear the voice OF G'
w saying: 'In patience posses your sol
of Let patience have her perfect work. J"
m remark again that business life Is
oil scho.,! Of useful knowledge. Merchan
m do not read many books and do n
of study lexicons. They do not dive in
no profounds of learning, and yet neaI
of all through their occupations come
IN understand questions of finance al
politics and geography and jurispI
dence and ethics. Business is a seye
w schoolmistress If pupils viii not lear
. she strikes them over the head and t
de heart with severe losses. You p
Il 5000 into an enterprise. 1t is
,se gone. You say, That iz dead los
mt Oh, no. You are paying the scho
no ing. That was only tuition-l Il
~, YOU it was schooImistress il Y
nd worth it. You learned things unc
we that process you would no. bave Learn
alb in any other way.
no Traders in grain come to know Sol
"a thing about foreign harvests; trad
80 ia fruit come 10 know something alb
;tv the prospects of tropical products
manufacturers of American goods co
to understand the tariff on iInpor
,s;- articles; publishers of books must co
an TO understand the new law of 60
-. right; owners of ships must come
!, =, know winds and shoals and navigate
ara and every bale of cotton, and er
NJ raisin cask, and every tea box, I
tod every cluster of bananas is so mnch
,,a- erature for a business man. Now,
and brother, what are you going to do
can the intelligencel Do you suppose {
= ;n put you in this school of informal
nsi merely that you might be sharper j
ars trade, that you might be more succ
hy full as a worldlingi Oh no; it
that you might take rnat nseful
iefe formation and use it for Jesus Chr
ieie Can it be that you have been dea
ie'e with foreign lands and never had
ev1srff Wishing the saliva