Telegram-herald., 1891-12-21

VII ssastsSsx sz~FTsl- Goods srasrel
for s2salzl s.-srz-scy wiii come too tate
or ee a>z.&xsf ia tas ts&ssporxasson. Peo-
pie inseaafsx 40 harm viii ss sseppsag
a1stoat any iasssk.o4 of parcA&Se. oEer-
t1rntns ys.sst stscks Of gods aad insissi .
thai yoa break the daxea. More h4I dsses
on tho ssdsrr. More counterfeit bills ia
tas drawer More debts 20 pay TOR other
psopls. More msAnsess>s oa toe part OF
partners n business Aaasysnce after
saaOysno-, ssxzs.ca after yexatisn AID
loss after loss
All tAss process win either break you
down Or oxighten yon up. II = a school ot
pstlence. You have known men under
the prooas 70 become perulant and ehol-
erie And zasry and pagaaciozs znd cross
and sour AID queer. sed they lost their
casteners, and thsir name became a de-
testation- Other usa have been bright
eaed u3 under the process They were
tsughcaed by the exposure. They were
like rocks. all the more valuaol. for be - &
blzst1<i At asst they lad t. choke down
their wrasa. 9s E.ss they lad TO bite their
Up. As arst they thought OF some singing
retors they would Ike 20 maze. bat they
conquered their impotence. They have
kiad words now for sarcastic nings. They
have gsatie oshzvier now for unmannerly
eustsner& They are patient now with un-
fortunate ds6sers. They have Christian
reflections new for sudden reverses. Whsrs
did they Gee that patience, By hearing a
minister preach concerning il on Sao5ath ?
Oh. no. They got it just where you will
get it-E you ever get It ~ all-selIing
hats. discou atlng notes. turning banisters,
plowiag cora, timing roofs. pleading
causes Oh. thai araid the turmoil and
anxiety and exasperztier Of everyday life
you might hear the voice Of God saying:
In petienco pesssss your soul. Let pa
uoace have her perfec: work"
business A SCHOOL OF LIFE.
I remark sgain that business life is q
school of useful knowledge. Merchants do
noS read many books and do not study
lexicouS. They do not dive into proiounds
OF learning. and yet nearly all through
their occupations come 10 understand ques-
tons Of Es&nce and politics and geogra-
ply and jarisprudence and ethics. Busi-
ness - a severe schoolnaistress. II pupils
viii not learn. she strikes them over the
head and the heart with severe losses You
put 50. 600 into an enterprise. 1t is all gone.
You say. That Is dead loss" Oh, no.
You are paying the schooling. That was
only tuition. very large tuition-I told You
1t was severe schooimistress-but it was
worth it. You learned things under that
process ycu would not have learned in any
ether way.
Traders In grain come to know some
thing about foreign harvests; traders in
fruit come to know something about the
prospects Of tropical productions; manufac.
turers of American goods come to under
stand the tariff on imported articles; pub
fishers Of books must come TO understand
the new law OF copyright; owners OF ships
must come to know winds and shoals and
navigation: and every bale Of cotton, and
every raisin cxsk. and every tea box, and
every cluster of bananas Is so much litera
turc for business man. Now, my brother
what are you going to do with the intelli
gencef Do you suppose God put you in
this school Of information merely that you
might DO sharper in q trade, that you
migAs be more successful rs q wording.
Oh, no; 10 was that you might take tha,
useful Information and use it for Jesus
Christ.
Can It be that you have been dealing
with foreign lands and never had the mis-
sionary spirit. wishing the salvation o
foreign people. Can it be that you hav.
become acquainted with all the outrage.
inflicted in business life, and that you have
never tried to bring to bear that Gospe
which L. to sxsirpate all evil and correct
all wrongs aud illumtae all darkness and
life up all wrotcAedness and save men fol
this world and the world to Gomez Can i,
be that understanding all the intricaciei
of business you know nething about thos,
trSep lnst aff oil "a
of exchange and consignments and invoice,
been consumed in the fires OF the last grea
day' Can it be that man will be wise fol
time aud "A fool for eternity,
A SCHOOL FOR INTEGRITY.
I remark, also, that business life Is
school for integrity. No man knows wha
he will do when he is tempted. There ar,
thousands Of men who have kept their in
tegrity merely because they never hav,
bean tested. A man was elected treasurer
OF the state Of Maine some years ago. Fl,
was discin guished for his honesty, useful
ness and uprightssss. but before one yea
had passed he had taken of the publ,
funds for his own private use, and wa.
hurried out Of Office in disgrace. Distin
guishsd for virtue before. Distinguishes
for crime after. You can call over tn,
names Of men just IKE that. in whose hon
esty you had complete confidence, bu
placed in certain crises Of temptation thcy
wont overheard.
Never 20 many temptations to scoundrel
ism a. now. Not o law on the statute bocl
but has some back door through which
miscreaat can escape. Ahl how many de
ceptions In the fabric Of goods; so muci
plundering Ia commercial life, that IL maj
tsik about living . life ef complete com
rnerciai accuracy there are those who AZ
cribe il to greenness and lack Of tact. Nor
need Of honesty now than ever beforc-triet
honesty, complete henesty. more than IL
thoss times when business WAS plain sf
fair. AID woolens we've woolens and six
were silks and men were men.
How many men do you suppose there An
IN cowmercial life who could SAY truth
fully. I'm all the sales have ever made
have never overssased the vslne OF goods
in all the sales have ever made hav'
never covered up aa imperfection in th'
fabric: Of oil the thousands OF dollars
have ever made have pes taken ooe dis
honest fsrshings" There are meo. how
ever. who can say it--hunireds who ca,
eay II. theaesrds wAs can SAY it. The
ars more honess than when they sold tbei
first sisr>s Of rice. or their firse frsin o
butter. becaiss seeir honesty ssd isssx
( ritz ssvs hses tested. tried ssd carried ea
I trfrsnpaant. Bus shey remember tina
: when they ceaid have rossed psrsser, o
have ahscosA>a With the fasss Of bank
or .pruag q snap Judgment. ~ rsde I
false assignment. or borrowed hiinnstaoil
wlthsot arr sfsrs at paymsnt. or Get I
rsaa into sharp corner and eeeced him
But tbsy never took ore step On the
pathway Of he'll Gre They csa say the
prayers wishest hesyiag The ehiak Of dis
hsr>ss 3eIisrs They csa read their Hibl
wisheu< thsakise ef the sirae when. witt