The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-12-24

our lives II tins subject be true. We
look back TO the time when we were ak
school, and we remember the rod and
We remember the hard tasks and we
complained grie~ousiy. bat now We see
u was for the best
Business life Is school, and the tasks
are hard, and the ehastiss1nents some
times arc very grievous; but do not
complain The hotter the Dire the letter
the refining. There are men before the
throne OF God this day in triumph WHO
on earth were cheated out Of everything
but their coffin They were sued, they
were imprisoned for debt, they were
throttled by eonstables with n whole
pack OF writs, they were sold on. 10y
the sheriffs, they had no cosnprosnise
with their creditors, they had TO make
assignments. Their dying hours were
annoyed by the sharp ringing Of the
doorbell by some inpe,nous creditor
who thought it was outrageous and i'm
pudent that man should dare to die
before he paid the last three shilling
and sixpence.
l had a friend who had many mis-
fortunes Everything went against
him. He had good business quality
and was of the best of morals, but he
was one Of those men, such as you have
sometimes seen, for whom everything
seems to go wrong His life became to
him a plague When l heard he was
dead, l said, GOOD, got rid of the
sheriffs!" Who are those lustrous souls
before the thronea When the question
is asked, who are theyr' the angels
standing on the sea of glass respond,
These are they who came out of great
business trouble and had their robes
washed and made white In the blood
of the Lamb
A man arose in Fulton street prayer
meeting, and said: Il wish publicly to
acknowledge the goodness of God. /
was in business trouble. l had money.
to pay, and l had no means to pay it,
and l was in utter despair of all human
help, and l laid this matter before the
Lord, and this morning / went down
among some old business friends l had
not seen in many years, just to make
call, and one said to me, why, 1 am SO
glad to see you, walk in. We have
some money on our books due you
good while. but we didn't know where
you were, and therefore not having
your address we could not send 1t. We
are very glad you have GOMEZ" And
the man standing in Fulton street
prayer meeting said, 1.-The amount
they paid Inc was six times what
owed" You say 1t only happened soG
You are an infidel. God answered that
mans prayer. Oh, you want business
grace.
Commercial ethics, business honors,
laws of trade, are all very good in their
place, but there are times when you
want something more than this world
will give you. You want God. For
the lack of him some that you have
known have consented to forge, and to
maltreat their friends, and to curse
their enemies, and their names have
been bulletined among scoundrels, and
they have been ground to powder,
while other men you have known have
gone through the very same stress of
circumstances triumphant There are
men here today who fought the battle
and gained the victory. People come
out of that mans store, and they say,
"Well, if there ever was a Christian |
trader that is one" Integrity kept the
books and waited on the customers.
Light from the eternal world flashed |
through the show windows. Love to
God and love to man presided in that |
storehouse.
Some day people going through the
street notice that the shutters of the |
window are not down. The bar of |
that store door has not been removed. |
People say, What is the matterr You
60 up little closer, and you see writ
ten on the card of that window,
CLOSED on account of the death of one
OF the firm" That day all through the
circles of business there is talk about
how good man has gone Boards of
trade pass resolutions of sympathy, and
CHURCHES OF CnrlSt pray, Help, Lord,
for the godly man ceaseth."
He has made his last bargain, he has
suffered his last loss, he has ached with
the last fatigue. His children will get
the result of his industry, or if through
misfortune there be no dollars left,
they will have an estate of prayer and
Christian example which will be ever
asting. Heavenly rewards for earthly
discipline. There 1.-THE wicked cease
rom troubling and the weary are at
rest"