The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-30
wheat sometimes are tempted to think
that grain merchants have an easy time,

equivalent. Plato and Aristotle were so
opposed 10 merchandise that they de-
clared commerce to be the curse Of the
nations, and they advised that clues be
built at least ten miles from the sea-
coast.
But you aud know that there are no
more Industrious or high minded men
than those who move in the world Of
traffic. Some Of them carry burdens
heavier than hods of brick, and are eN-
posed to sharper things than the east
wind, and climb mountains higher than
the Alps or Himalayas, and if they are
faithful Christ will at last say to them:
well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over few things,
I will make thee ruler over manv things.
Enter thou into the JOY Of thy Lord"
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 i'm
prisoned for debt, they were throttled
by constables with a whole pack ofwrits,
they were sold out by the sherifls, they
had ne compromise with their creditors,
they bad to make assignments. Their
dying hours were annoyed by the sharp
rius sing Of the door-bell by some impetu-
ous creditor who thought it was outrage.
GUS and impudent that man should
dare to die before he paid the last three
shillings and slspence.
had a friend who had many misior-
tunes. Everything went against him.
He had good business quality and was
of the BEST morals. but ne was one of
those men, such Us you have sometimes
seen, for whom everything seems to go
wrong. His life became to him a plague.
When heard he was dead said, Good; !;
got rid of the sheriffs." Who are those
lustrious souls before the throne?
When the question IS asked, "Who are
they?" the angels standing on the sea
of glass respond, "These are they who
came out Of great business troubles 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. l
was in business trouble. had money
to pay and had no means to pay it,
and l was in utter despair of all human
help. and laid this matter before the
Lord, and this morning I went down
among some old business friends | had
not seen in many years-just to make
a call-and one said to me: Why I am
so glad to see you; walk in. We have
some money on our books due you a
good while, but We didn't know where
you were, and therefore not having your
address we could not send it. We are
very glad you have come" And the
man standing in Fulton street prayer
meeting said, "The amount they paid
me was SIX times what / owed" You
say it only happened 80. You are an
infidel. God answered that mans pray
er. Oh, you want business grace. 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 10 m presided IN that
storehouse.
Some day people going through the
street notice that the shutters of the
windows are not down. The bar of
that store door has not been removed.
People say, What is the lnatter?"
7 ou go up little closer, and you see
written on the card of that window,
"Closed on account of the death Of one
OF the firu1." 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 Christ pray, "Help, Lord,
for the godly man ceaseth."
He has made his last bargain, he has
suffered his last loss, he has ached with
last fatigue. His children will get the
result of his industry, or if through
misfortune there should be no dollars
left, they will have an estate OF prayer
and Christian example which will be
everlasting. Heavenly rewards for
earthly discipline. There 'the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary
are at rest"