Telegram-herald., 1891-12-21


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Oa. 4 solfe of the oaak bills thai come
throagh your hands eoald tell all tAs
scenes through which they have passed,
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Of Shakespeare. u1ig asler than King Lear
or MaeAsth.
TAX fxAfTATIoSs OF BUSINESS MKN-
/ As go on In this subject, am impressed
with the importance If our having more
sympathy with business ncc. Is it not a
shame that we in our puipits do not ofteaer
preach aoout their struggles, their trials
and their temptations, Men Who toll with
the hand are not apt 10 bs very sympa-
thetie with those who toll with the brain.
The farmers who raise the cora, aud the
oats, and the wheat sometimes are tempted
TO think that grain merchants have an
easy time. and get their profits without
giviag any equivalent. Plato and Aris-
totle were so opposed 10 merchandise thai
they declared commerce 10 be the curse OF
the nations. and they advised that cities
be bGiIt at least ten miles from the sea-
coast.
/ But you and I know that there are no
more industrious or high minded men
than those who move in the world OF trsf-
fc. Some Of them carry burdens heavier
than hods Of brick, and are exposed 10
sharper things than the east wind, and
climb mountains higher than the Alps or
| Hinalayas, aud il they are faithful Christ
will at last say TO them: "Well done, good
and faithful servant; thou hast been faith
full over few things. will make thee
ruler over many things. Enter thou into
the JOY OF thy Lord"
We talk about the martyrs Of the Pied
mont valley. and the martyrs among ths
Scotch highlands, and the martyrs at OK
ford. There are just as certainly martyrs
Of Wall street and State street, martyrs OF
Fulton street and Broadway, martyrs of
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter hres, or having their necks
under sharper axes. Then it bchooves US
&c banish all fretfulness from our lives II
this subject be true. We look back to the
time when we were at school. and we re-
member the rod, and we remember the
hard tasks, and we complained grievously,
but now we soc it was for the best. Bust
ness life Is q school, and the tasks are
hard, and the chastiscments sometimes are
very grievous. but do not complain. The
hotter the fire the botter 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 constab IS
with whole pack OF writs, they were sold
out BY the shorifs. they had no com promise
with their creditors, they had TO make as
signments. Their dying hours were an
noyed by the sharp ringing Of the door
bell by some impctuous creditor who
thought it was outrageous and impudent
that q man should dare to die before he
paid the last three shillings and sixpence
I had friend who had many misfor-
tunes. Everything went against him. He
had good business quality and was Of the
best morals, but be was one Of those men,
such as you have sometimes seen, for whom
everything seems to 60 wrong. His life
became to him a plague. When l heard
he was dead said, Good; got rid Of the
sherifsr' Who are those lustrous souls
before the thronci When the question 10
asked, "Who are they'" the angels stand
ing on the sea OF glass respond, These are
they who came out OF great business trou-
bic and had their robes washed and made
white in the blood of the Lamb"
REMARKABLE ANSWER TO PRAYER.
A man arose in Fulton street prayer
meeting and said: ~ wish publicly to &C
knowledge the goodness of God. I was in
business trouble. ! had money to pay,
aud | had NO means to pay it, and was in
utter despair of all human help, and laid
this matter before the Lord. aud this morn,
ing went down a:neng some old business
friends had not seen in many years-just
to make call-and one said to me: Why,
am so glad to zee 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 it. We are very glad you
have COME" And the man standing in
Fulton street prayer meeting said, "Thc
amount they paid me was six times what
owed" You say 1t only happened So.
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 some
thing moro than this world will give you.
Yoa want God. For the lack Of him some
that you have known have consented TO
forge, and TO maltreas their friends, and to
curse their encmiea and their names have
been builstined among scoundrels, and
they have been ground to powder, while
other men yeu have known have gone
through the very same stress of circum-
stances 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. IL there
ever vas . Chrissian trader. that Is oae 4"
Integrity kept the books and waited on
the customes. Light from the eternal
world flashed through the show windows.
Love to God and love to man presided in
that storekouse
Some day people geing through the stress
notice that the shutters OF the window are
not down. Tas bar Of that store door has
not been removed. People ssy, What ID
the mattsrf' You 60 mp = little closer,
and you see written on the card Of that
window, CLOSED 60 account Of the death
Of one Of the firm That dsv all through
tae cis,les Of business there Is talk abon;
how . COED man has gone. Boards Of
trade pass resolutions OF sympathy. ard
churches Of Christ Aray."Help. Lord. foi
tie godly mar cesseth."
lie has made his last hsrgsin, he has suf
fered bis lsss less, he bss scbed With ths
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