Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-08

ness of salesmen, never so much acute
ness of advertising, and amid all these
seventies of rivalry in business how
many men break down. On, the bur
den on the shoulder. Oh, the burden
on the heart You hear that it is
avarice which drives these men of bust
ness through the street, and that is the
commonly accepted idea. do not be
lieve word of it, The vast multitude
of these business men are toiling on for
Others.
To educate their children, to put the
wing of protection over their house
holds, to have something left, so when
they pass out of this life their wives
and children will not have to go to the
poorhouse-that is the way | translate
this energy in the street and store-the
vast majority of that energy. Grip,
Gouge & Co. do not do all the bust
ness. Some of us remember when the
Central America was coming home
from California it was wrecked. Presi-
dent Arthur's father-in-law was the
heroic captain of that ship, and went
down with most of the passengers.
Some of them got off into lifeboats,
but there was a young man returning
from California who had bag OF gold
in his hand, and as the last boat
showed off from the ship that was to
90 down that man shouted to a com
rade in the boat: Here, John, catch
this gold There are three thousand
dollars Take it home to my old
mother 1t will make her comfortable
in her last days" Grip Gouge Il Co.
do not do all the business of the world.
All my friend do you say that God
does not care anything about your
worldly business2 l tell you God knows
more about it than you do. He knows
all your perplexities; he knows what
mortgage is about to fOreclose; he
knows what note you cannot pay;
he knows what unstable goods you
have on your shelves; he knows all
your trials, from the day you took hold
of the first yard stick down to the sale
of the last yard of ribbon, and the God
who helped David to be king, and who
helped Daniel to be prime minister, and
who helped Havelock to be a soldier,
will help you to discharge all your
duties. He is going to see you through.
When loss comes and you find your
property going, just take this Book
and put it down by your ledger, and
read of the eternal possessions that will
come to you through our Lord Jesus
Christ. And when your business part
ner betrays you, and your friends turn
against you, just take the insulting let
ter. put it down on the table, put your
Bible beside the insulting letter, and
then read of the friendship of him who
"sticketh closer than brother"
HIS ACCOUNTS TANGLED.
A young accountant in New York
city got his accounts entangled. He
knew he was honest, and yet he could
not make his accounts come out right,
and he toiled at them day and night
until he was nearly frenzied. 1t seemed
by those books that something had
been misappropriated, and he knew be-
fore God he was honest. The last day
came. He knew if he could not that
day make his accounts come out right
he would go into disgrace and go into
banishment from the business establish
ment. He went over there very early,
before there was anybody in the place,
| Ia, l-,,Alt InurrN or tho 1nslx and
said; "Oh, Lord, thou knowest l have
tried to be honest, but | cannot make
these things come out right! Help IN,
today-help me this morning." TIL,
young man arose, and hardly knowing
why he did so, opened a book that lay
on the desk, and there was a leaf con
tanning a line of figures which explained
everything.
In other words, he east his burdeI
upon the Lord, and the Lord sustained
him. Young man, do you hear that
Oh, yes, God has a sympathy with any
body that is in any kind of toll! III
knows how heavy is the hod of brick
that the workman carries up the ladde
of the wall, He hears the pickax o
the miner down in the coal shaft. ii
knows how strong the tempest strike
the sailor at the masthead. He see
the factory girl among the spindles an'
knows how her arms ache. lie see
the sewing woman in the fourth stor
and knows how few pence she gets fo
making n garment, and louder than a
the din and roar of the city comes tn
voice OF a sympathetic God, Cast tn
burden upon the Lord, and he sha
sustain thee.
4 THR WEIGHT OF PERSECUTION.
Second-There are great many VIII
have n weight of persecution and abus
upon them. Sometimes society gets
grudge against a man. All his motive
are misinterpretea and his good deeC
are deprecated. With more Writ
| than some OF the honored and applau'
ed, he runs only against raillery an
r sharp criticism. When man begiI
, 70 90 down he has not only the force
|. natural gravitation, but a hundr'
n hands to help him in the precipitation
o Men are prosecuted for their yirtu
Z aud their successes. Germanieus sa
4 hShad just as many bitter antagonis
4 as he had adornnents.
The character sometimes is SO IL
A trous that the weak eyes of envy an
a jealousy cannot bear 10 look at It,
q was their integrity that put Joseph
a the pit, and Daniel in the den, an
Shadrach in the fire, and sent John q