The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-01-06

man said to him: Il had TO be very
busy for many years of my life getting
a livelihood. After while this fortune
came to me. and there has been no ne
cessity that l toll since There came
time when said to myself. Shall l
now retire from business, or shall go
and serve the Lord in my worldly oc-
cupation. He said: ~ resolved on the
latter, and have been more industrl-
Gus in commercial circles than ever
ever was before, and since that hour L
have never kept farthing for myself.
| have thought it great shame II l
couldn't toll as hard for the Lord as
had toiled for myself, and all the prod
ucts of my factories and my commercial
esta blishments to the last farthing have !
gone for the building of Christinn lnsti-
tutions and supporting the church OF
God" o, if the same energy put 1orth
for the world could be put forth for
God! 0, if a thousand men in these
great cities who have achieved fortune
could see it their duty to do all business
for Christ and the alienation OF the
worlds suffering.
Again, l remark, that business life Is
school of patience. In your every
day life how many things to annoy and
to disquiet! Bargains will rub Com
mercial men will sometimes fail to meet
their engagements. Cash books and
money drawers will sometimes quar-
rel. Goods ordered for special emer-
gency will come too late, or be dam
aged in the transportation. People in
tending no harm will go shopping with
out any intention of purchase, over
turning great stocks of goods, and in
sisting that you break the dozen. More
bad debts on the ledger. More counter
felt bills in the drawer. More debts to
pay for other people. More mean
nesses on the part of partners in bust
ness. Annoyance after annoyance, vex-
alton after vexation, and loss afer loss.
All that process will either break you
down or brighten you up. 1t is school
of patience You have known men
under the process to become petulant,
and choleric, angry and pugnacious,
and cross, and sour, and queer, and they
lost their customers. and their name be-
came a detestation. Other men have
been frightened up under the process
They were toughened by the exposure.
They were like rocks, all the more val
liable for being blasted. At first they
had to choke down their wrath. at first
they had to bite their lip, at first they
thought of some singing retort they
would like to make but they con-
cuered their impatience. They have
kind words now for sarcastic fings
They have gentle behavior now for un-
mannerly customers. They are patient
now with unfortunate debtors. They
have Christian reflections now for sud-
den reverses. Where did they get that
patience? BY hearing a minister preach
concerning it on Sabbath? o, no. They
got it Just where you will get tiff you
ever get it at all-selling hats, discous',,
ing notes, turning banisters, blowing
corn, timing roofs, pleading causes. 0,
that amid the turmoil and anxiety and
evaporation of everyday life you
might hear the VOICE of God saying;
I'm patience possess your soul. Let
patience have her perfect work"
remark again that business life is q
school of useful knowledge. Merchants
do not read many books and do not
study lexicons. They do not dive into
profounds of learning, and yet nearly
all through their occupations come tc
understand questions of finance, ant
politics, and geography, and jurispru
dence. and ethics. Business is severe
) schoolmistress. If pupils will not learn
she strikes them over the head and tn,
heart with severe losses. You put S.
| 900 into an enterprise. 1t is all gone
You say: That is dead loss" o, no
: You are paying the schooling. Tha
, was only tuition, very large tuition
told you it was severe schoolmstres
t but it was worth it. You Learned
} things under that process you woul'
| not have learned in any other way
Traders in grain come to know some
: thing about foreign harvests; traders il
3 fruit come to know something abou
r the prospects of tropical production
e manufacturers of American goods com
= to understand the tariff on importe
: articles; publishers of books must com
1 to understand the new law of copy
4 right; owners of ships must come t
n know winds and shoals and navigation
and every bale of co ton. and every ra
: sin casl, and every tea box, and ever
f cluster of bananas is so much literatur
t for business man. Now, my brother
o what are you going to do with the il
e telligence? Do you suppose God pr
J. you in this school of information mere
d ~ that you might be sharper in a trad
r that you might be more successful as
d wording? o, no; it was that yo
n might take that useful information an
n use it for Jesus Christ Can it be ths
l. you have been dealing with foreig
lands and never had the missionar
y spirit wishing the salvation of foreig
e people? Can it be that you have b,
e come acquainted with all the outrage
e inflicted in business life. and that VIC
have never tried to bring to bear thu
1t gospel which is to eXtirpate all evil an
it correct all wrongs and illumine a
k darkness. lift up all wretchedness an
20 save men for this world and the worI
III to come? Can it be that UNDERESTIMATE
ID all the intricacies Of bushes you kno
1T nothing about those things which wi
e. last after all bills of consignments al
L. invoices and rent rolls will have cruz
N pied up and been consumed in the fir
ut of the last great day? Can it be that
re man will be wise for time and 70