Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-14

and sour. ana queer. and they Ian theis Go
toners. and their name became detestation.
Other men havc been brightsned up under ~
proccss They were toughened By ~ 81
posure. they were llko rocka, al The U0eo
valuable for being blasted. At 0rss they had -
choke down their wrath. 81 nrst they had -
bite their lip, 1t nrst they thought Of some
singing rctort they would like 70 make; buo
they eonquered their impatisnes. they
have kind words now Tor sarcastic Ains&
They have gentle behavior now for un.
inannerlv customers. They are patient now
with unfortunate debtors. They have Chris
tian reflections now for sudden reversea. where
did they GET that patience! BY hearing min'
lister preach concerning Il On sabbath o.,
NO. they got II Just where you win ~ It'll
you ever GET Il q all-ssliing hats, disccuntino
notea, turning benistcrs, plowiug corn, thinning
eoots. piesin9 cxuaes. Oh. that amid the turmoil
and anxiety and evaporation Of evoSy-day life
you might hear the voice Of God saying: In
her perfect work."
remark again that business life b school
Of useful knowledge. Merchants do NOT read
many books and do not study lcxicouA they
do not dive into profounds OF learning. end pei
nearly ell through their occupations come v
understand questions Of finance, ana politics,
and jurisprudence, and ethics. Business 10 .
severe schoolmistress. II pupils viii n0s leara
she strikes them over tho head end sh0 heart
with severe losses You put 5000 into % On.
tcrpriss. Il 10 all gone. You say, That's .
dead loss" Oh. no. You are paying The
schooling That was only tuition. very large
tuition--t told you II WAS severe schoolmis.
trcss--.but Il was worth Il You lsarned things
under that process you would not have learned
in any other way Traders In grain come 70
know something about foreign harvesta; trad
crs 10 fruit come 70 know something about the
~
crs OF American g0ods come 70 understand The
tarih on imported articles; publishers OF books
must come 70 understand tho new Law OF COPY.
right: owners OF shsps must come 70 know
winds and shoals and navigation; and every
bale OF cotton and every raisin casl. and every
ter box. and every clustor OF bananas 10 20
much literature for . business man. Now, ny
brother. what arc you going 70 DO with the in
telligoncef Do you suppose God put you u
this school OF Information merely that you
might be sharper In trade, that you might b
more successful "a o woridlingf Oh. no: II was
that you might take that useful information
and use Il for Jesus Christ Can u b that you
have been dealing with foreign lands and never
had the missionary spirit, whaling the aslvar
ton OF foreign pcoples Can Il be that you have
become acquatutcd with al tho outragcs 10.
nicted In business lifc and that you have never
cxttrpatc oil evil and correct all wrongs and
illumine all darkness and lift W
oil wretchcdncss and save men for
this world and the world 70 comoi Can II be that
understanding all the intsicacics OF business,
you know nothing about those things which
last after oil bills Of exchange and consign-
mcnts and invotcca ana rent roll shall have
crumpicd up and been consumed In tho trcs Of
the last great day, Can II DO that . man Will
be wise for time and fool TOR cternityf
remark. also. that business life u school
Tor integrity, No msn knows what DO will A.
when he 10 tempted ThorJ are Thousands 1t
men who have kept their Integrity merely DO.
cause they never hayc been tested. A man
was elected treasurer Of the state Of Maine
some years ago. He was distinguished for his
honesty, usefulness and uprightuess, but b.
fore one year had passed he he'd
taken OF tho public funds for his own
private use, and was hurled out Of once
In disgrace. Distinguished for virtue before
Distinguished for crime after You can cal
over the names Of men Just like that. 10 whosl
honesty you had complete confidence. bul
placed In certain crises Of temptation they weni
overheard. Never 20 many temptations 4
Scoundrelism a. now. Not law on tho statute
book but has some back door through which I
miscrcant can escape. Ali how many docop
tons In the fabric Of goods; 70 much plumber
ing In commercial life that II . man talks about
living . life OF complete commercial ACCURACY
there arc those who ascribe IL to grcennesa An(
lack OF tact More need OF honesty now than cvel
before. tried honesty, complete honesty. NOR.
than In those times when business was plais
AFFAIR and woOllcns were woollens and silks wer,
silks and men were men.
How many men do you suppose there are Il
commercial life who could say truthfully:" I'm II
the xales have ever made lhave never overstat
ed the value ofgoody: IN all the sales have evc
made have never covered up an imperfectiol
In the fabric; OF all the Thousands Of dollars
have ever made have not taken one dishones
farthtngr There arc men, however, who Col
say Il, hundreds who can soy Il, thousands wh,
can say It. They arc more honest than whei
they sold their hrst tiercc OF rice. or their frs
Arkin OF butter, because their honesty and Ia
tcgritv have been tested. tried end came on
triumphant But they remember time whei
they could have robbed y partner. or have Oh
seconded with the funds Of bank, or spruug
snap judgment. or made false assignment. OF
borrowed illimitably without any EFFORT
st payment, or get man into sharp corne
and neeccd him But they never took one stsI
on that pathway Of hell are. They can sa
their prayers without hearing the chink Of dia
honest dollars They can read their bible with
| out thinking OF the time when with . Ito o.
their soul, In the Custom House they kissed Ii
Book, They can think OF death and the juda
ment that comes after II without any ninchin
that day when all charlatans and cheats an
Jockeys and frauds shall b doubly damned. !
does not make their knees knock together, m
It does not make their teeth chatter 70 read -
the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth theI
not; 30 he that getteth riches. and not BY RICH,
shall leave them in the midst Of his days, an
NJ his end shall DO fool"
SOlA MAN Or ths Meunsasn.0
The title was first applied TO Hassal
Ben Sabbal. who founded . formidabl
dynasty in Syria A. d. 1000. He "a
the prince. or chief. OF q sect OF tn
Mohammedana Having been banishe
from his country. he took up his abod
in Mount Lebanon, gathered aroun
him . band Of followers, who sool
became the terror alike OF Christians
Jews and Turka They paid tho mos
implicit obedience to his commands
and believed that II they sacrifices
their lives for his sake they would b.
rewarded with the highest Joys O
paradise. For 200 years these IA
sassins, a. they called themselves
continued to be the terror Of the coun
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