The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-01-07

harper things than the east wind, and climb
| mountains higher than the Alps or Hima-
| Iayas, 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, 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 the
Scotch highlands, and the martyrs at Ok
ford There was just as certainly martyrs
of Wall street aud State street, martyrs OF
Fulton street and Broadway, martyrs OF
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter fires, or having their nec3s
under sharper axes. Then it behooves us to
Danish all fretfuiness from our lives ii this
subject be true. We look back to the time
when we were at school, and we remember
the rod, and we remember the hard tasks
and we complained grievously, but now we
see it was for the best. Business life is
school, and the tasks are hard, and the chas-
tsements sometimes are very grievous but
do not complain. The hotter the fire the
better the refining.
There are men before the throne OF God
this day in triumph who on earth were
cheated out OF everything but tneir colin.
They were sued, they were imprisoned for
debt they were throttled by whole pack
of constables with writs. they were sold out
by the sheriffs, they had no compromise with
their creditors, they had to make assign
ments. Their dying hours were annoyed oy
the sharp ringing OF the door-osll by some
impetuouS creditor who thought it was out
rageous and impu lent that man should
dare to die before he paid the last three
shillings and sixpence.
had friend who had many misfortunes.
Everything went against MIN. he mad good
business quality and was of the best morals,
but he was one Of those men, such es you
have sometimes seen, for whom everything
seems to go wrong His life became to him
plague. When heard he was dead 1 said,
Good: got rid of the sheriffsw Who are
those lusurous souls before toe throne? When
the question is asked, "Who are theyp the
angels standing on the sea of glass respond,
"rhese are they who came out OF great bust
ness trouble and had their robes washed and
made white in the blood of the Lamb"
A man arose in Fulton street prayer meet
ing and said: 81 wish publicly to acknowl-
edge the goodness of God. | was in business
trouble. | had money to pay, and had no
means to pay it, and 1 was in utter despair
of all human help, and laid this matter be-
fore the Lord, and this morning went down
among some old business friends l had not
seen in many years-just to make call
and one said to me: why, l 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 couid. noe
send it. We are very glad you have come"
And the man standing in Fulton streeg
prayer meeting said, "Fhe 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
tbap world
You want God. For the lack OF Him some
that YOU nave known have consented to
forge and to maltreat their friends. and TO
curse their enemies and their names have
been bulletined among scoundrels, and they
have been ground to powder, while other
men you have known have gone through the
very same stress Of circumstances triumph
ant. 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, if There ever was a Christian trader,
that is one" Integrity kept the books and
waited on customers. Light from the eternal
world flashed through the show windows.
Love to God and love to man presided III
that storehouse.
Some day people going through the street
notice that the shutters of the window are
not down. The bar of that store door has
not been removed. People say, ''What Isl the
see written on the card of that window,
'Closed on account of the death OF one OF the
firm" That day all through the circles OF
business there is talk about how good man
las gone Boards of Trade pass resolutions
If sympathy, and churches of Christ pray,
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceased"
He has made mis- last bargain, he has suf-
cred his last loss, he has ached with the last
atigue. His children will get the result of
lis industry, or, if through misfortune there
,e no dollars left they will have an estate Of
prayer and Christian example which will he
verlasting Heavenly rewards for earthly
discipline. There ''the wicked cease from
roubling and the weary are at rest"