Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-24
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scoundrolism rs now. Not q law on the statute
book but has some back door through which q
miscreant can escape. Ali how many decep-
tons In the fabric OF goods 80 much plundor
ing in commercial life TINT u u man talks about
living life OF complete commercial accuracy
there are those who ascribe u 60 greenncss and
lack OF tact More need OF honesty now than ever
before, tried honesty, complete honesty, more
than In those tunes when business was plain
aflair and woollens were woollens and silks wcro
silks and men were men, A n
How many men do you suppose there arc In
commercial lifo who could shy truthfully;"m ail
the sales | have ever made have never oyerstat'
cd the value ofgoods In all the sales haveeycr
made have never covered up an mporfection
In the fabric; OF all tho thousands OF dollars
have ever made have not taken one dishonest
farthlngp There are men, however, who can
say IT, hundreds who can say IL, thousands who
can say Il. They are more honest than when
they sold their first tierco OF rice or thcir FIRST
nrlIin of butter, because their honesty and in-
tcgrity have been tested, tried and came out
triumphant. but they remember n time when
they could have robbed u partner or have alb
seconded with tho funds OF n bank. or sprung
snap Judgment or mndo false assignment or
borrowed illmltably without any efforts
atpayment, or got man into sharp corner
aud tloeeed him. But they never took one step
on that pathway Of hell IRE, They can shy
their prayers without hearing the chink OF dts
honest dollars They can read their bible with,
out thinking OF tho time when with lie on
their soul, IN the Custom House they Kissed tho
hook, They can think OF death aud the ludg'
ment that comes after n without any illnching
= that day when oil chnrlatans and cheats and
Jockeys and frauds shall be doubly damned ~
does not mako their knees knock together, ana
IL does not mako their teeth ehattor 10 read "as
the partridge stitch ON eggs and hatchoth them
not; SO he that gettoth riches, aud not by right
shall leave them In the midst Of HIS days and
NJ his end shall bo u fool"
Oh, what school Of integrity business life isi
II YOU have over been tempted ~ lot your IN
lcgrty cringe before present advantage, II you
have ever wakcnod up In some embarrassment,
and snid; "Now, III step ~ littln aside from tho
right path and no onn Will know ", una III
come NIL right again; IL ~ only once ON, that
only once has ruined tens OF thousands OF mon
Tor this life and blasted their sopls for eternity.
| IL IN tremendous school business life, u school
| Of Integrity, A merchant In Liverpool got 10
| nyo-pound l,nnk-oI. England note, and holding
| II up toward the light he saw some inter
| liuonti0ns In whit seemed red Ink. lilo
| finally deciphcrod tho letters, aud found
| ont that the writing had been made by u
| slave In Alglors, saying Ia auhatance' Who
evcrReM this banltnoowln pleas TO Inform
| my brother, John Dean, living near Carlisle,
that am u slave OF the Icy Of Alglors" The
merchant sent word employed government
| onlccrs, and found who this man was, spoken Of
| IN this bank bill After awhile the man was
| rescued, who for eleven years had been slave
| OF the hey OF Alglora iio was Immediately
| emauclpatcd, but was 40 worn out by hardship
and exposure he soon nftor died oh, " some
| Of the bank bills that como through your hands
| could tell all the scenes through which they
| have passed, 10 would DO tragedy eolipsing
| any drama OF Shakespeare, mightler than King
| Lear or Macbeth Hult
Az go on In this subject, am impressed with
htk II,N
with business men, Is ~ not u sholno that we
IN our pulpits do not oftenor preach about their
struggles, their trials, ana their tempmtonsf
Men who toll with their hands are not apt TO be-
very sympathetic with ihoso who toll with the
brain. Tho farmers who raise the corn and tho
90 ~ and the wheat sometimes are tempted 10
think that grain merchants have an easy time,
and ret their profits without giving amy equiv
alcnt Plato and Aristotle were no opposed 10
merchandise That they declared com.
mcrco TO be the curse Of the nations,
and 10y advised that cileg he built NJ least ten
| miles from the sca-eoaHt hut you aud know
| that thore are no more industrious or high.
minded men than those who move In the world
| Of iraiilo, Some OF trom carry burdens heavier
| than hods OF brick. and are exposed 10 sharper
| things than the oast wind, and climb mountains
| higher than the Alps or llimnlayas and " they
| are faithful Christ with ~ last say 10 the'nI'
| "Woll done good and faithful servant; thou hast
ruler over many things. Enter thou into tho
| Joy OF thy Lord"
| We talk about ,lo martyrs OF the Piedmont
valley, and the martyrs among the Scotch
| highlands and the martyrs NJ oxford. There
| are Just IN certainly martyrs OF Wall street
| and State street, martyrs OF Fulton street and
| broadway, martyrs OF Atlantic street and
| Chestnut street, going through hotter fires, or
| having their ncclss under sharper axes. Then
| II bchooyea us 10 banishnl frotfulncss from our
| lives, II this subject be true. We look back 20
| the time when we were at school and we re.
| member the rod, aud We remember tho hard
| tnaks and we complained grioyously;
| but now we SEQ IL was for the best.
| business lfo N n school aud the tasks
| are hard and the Establishments sometimes are
| very Rreyous; but do not complain The hot
| ter the IRE tho better tho refining. There are
/ men before the throne OF God this day In
| triumph who ON earth were chca ed out Of
| everything but their coffin, They were sued,
they we're imprisoned for debt. they were lhrot-
/ tied by constables with whole pack OF wrlts,
| they were sold out OF the shcrins, thay had no
| compromise with their creditors, Troy had to
| make assignments, Their dying hours were
| annoyed by the sharp ringing Of the door bell
| by some mpetuous creditor who
| thought II was outrageous al.d I'm.
| pudcnt that a man should dare 20 die
| before he paid tho last three shillngs and six
pence. had friend who had many misfor-
tunes. Everything went against him. Ho lad
| good business qualities and WINS OF the best
| OF morals, but he was ono OF those men such Ms
You have sometimes seen, for whom everything
tseems TO 90 wrong. His life became TO MIN u
plague. When / heard he was dead, sad.
| Good, got rid OF the sherins!" Who are those
/ ustrous souls before tho throne. When tho
| question IL asked, "Who are thoyy' tho angels
/ standing on the yea OF glass respond: These
are they who came out OF great business
| trouble and had their robes washed and mnde
white In the blood Of tho Lamb"
A man arose In Fulton street prnyc. meeting,
| and said: III wish publicly to acknowledge the
goodness OF God Twas In business trouble /
had money 10 pay, and had no meaus 10 pay II,
and was in utter despair of all human HEIR,
and laid this matter before the Lord. ana this
morning went down among some old business
| friends had not seen In many years, Just to
| make call, and some one said 10 me, 'Why.I
| am 80 glad " see ynu, walk In. We have somp
| money on our books due you good while, but
| we didn't know where you were, and therefore
| not having your address VIC could not send II.
| We are very glad you have CONE Z" And
the man standing in Fulton street prayernieet-
| ing said: 'eThe amount they paid mo was six
| times what i owed" You say IL only hap
| pened soS You aroan intdcl.. 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 NAL.
treat their friends, and TO curse their enemies,
| and their names have been bulletined among
| scoundrels, and they have been ground 10
powder; while other men you have known
! have gone through the very same stress
| OF ercums tances triumphant. There are men
| here to-day who fought the battle and gained
| the victory. People come out Of that mans
store and they say: "Well, II there ever was
| Christian trader, that is one" Integrity kept
| the books and waited on the customers. Light
| from the eternal world flashed through-tho
| show windows Love TO God and love to man
presided In that storehouse. Some day people
going through the street notice that the shrt
| tiers of the window are not down. The bar OF
| that store door has not been removed. People
say, What is the matterr' You go up little
closer, and you SEQ written on the card of that
window: CLOSED onaccount OF the death OF one
tho firm" That day all through the
circles OF business there Is talk about how
good man has gone. Boards OF trade pass rcso
| lutions OF sympathy, and churches OF Christ
pray, Help Lord for the cody man ceaseth,"
| lie has made his last bargain he has suffered
his last loss he has ached with the last fatigue