The Forrest City times., 1891-12-25

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 T rrma-lx again that business life is school of ,rsefuI knowledue. Merchants do not reao many books and do moi study lexicons. .ney do uot dive Into profounds of learning ana ". nearly all through their occupations ,ns con,s so understand questions of finance, and ponues' and trrssprudence. and ethics Business IS severe schoolmistress- If pupils will not earn sbe strikes them over the head and the aeart with severe losses. You put ss.oo into an eh- terprise- IL is all gone You say, InAs dead loss~ On no. You are paying tne schoolinr. That was only tuition very large tIitiou--I told you 1t was g severe schoolmis trssz-bus ft was worth it. You learned tninss uuder that process you would not have iearneo "a any atfer war Traders in grain come 70 know something about foreign harfess' trao- CTS in fruit come to know something about the prospects Of tropical production manulsctuf CTS of American goods eou1e to understand the tariff ou imported articles publishers Of DOCKS must come to understand the new law of copy right. owners Of ships must come to know winds and shoals and navigation; and every bale Of cotton and every raisin cask. and every tea box. and every cluster Of bananas IS so much literature for a business man Now, my brother what are you going to do with the In 
 this school of information merely that you might be sharper in a trade, that you might oe more successful as woridiing' On, no; 1T was that you might take that useful information and use it for Jesus Christ Can 1t be that you have been dealing with foreign lands and never had the missionary spirit wishing the saliva ton Of foreign peoplef Can it be that you have become acquainted with all the outrages in- aict@d in business life and that you have never tried to bring to bear that Gospel which Is to exiirpate all evil and correct all wrongs and nlumine all darkness and lift up all wretchedness and save men Tor this world and the world so come7 Can it be that understanding all the intricacies of business. you know nothing abost those things which last after all bills of exchange and consign- menfs and invoices and rent roll shall have erumpled up and been consumed in the fires of the last great day. Can 1t be that man will be wise for time and fool for eternity'
 remark also. that business life is school for integrity. No man knows what he will do when he Is tempted There are thousands of men who have kept their integrity merely be- cause they never have been tested. man was elected treasurer Of the State of Maine some years ago He was distinguished for his honesty. usefulness and uprightness. but be- fore one year had passed he had taken of the public funds for his own private use. and was hurled out of office in disgrace. Distinguished for virtue before Distinguished 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 scoundrelism as now Not law on the statute book but has some back door through which miscreant can escape An how many decep tionS ia the fabric of goods; so much plumber ing in commercial life that if a man talks about living life Of complete commercial accuracy there are those who ascri5e il to greenness and lack Of tact. More need Of honesty HOW than ever before, tried honesty. complete honesty, more than in those times when business was plain affair and wooliens were woollens and silks were silks and men were men
 How many men do you suppose there are in commercial life who could say truthfuliy: In all the sales have ever made have never oyerstat- cd the value of goods in all the sales have ever made have never covered up an imperfection in the fabric. of all the thousands of dollars I have ever made have not taken one dishonest farihingsa There are men. however, who can say 1t, hundreds who can say it, thousands who can say t. They are more honest than when they sold their first tierce of rice, or their first frkin Of butter. because their honesty and in- tegritY have been tested. tried and came out triumphant But they remember a time when they could have robbed partner, or have ab- seconded with the funds Of a bank, or sprung snap judgment, or made a false assignment. or borrowed illimitabIy without any efforts al payment, or get man into a sharp corner and tieeced him But they never took one step on that pathway of hell fire They can say their prayers without hearing the chink of dis honest dollars They can read their bible with out thinking Of the time when with q lie on their soul. in the Custom House they kissed the Book. They can think of death and the Iudg- ment that comes after It without any finehing that day when ell charlatans and cheats and jockeys and frauds shall be doubly damned It does not make their knees knock together, and 1t does not make their teeth chatter to read "as the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and al his end shall be fool"