Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-09

tiactlDQs Row Tor Suiiea r+TarSe>- Nnara
did they yet tEat patience 81 hearing a
preach concerning il oa Saboa-hs
On no Thav cot !. inst wbere vou KILL a-
lC-1 Won ever get II At ali-,eItiny nats. dis
not4~. tl"l.ng btnlsters, pioTing
corn, timing roofs, pea linz ca1@es. Oh,
that amid the turmoil AMI aa1i = AMI ex-
ASPIRATION Of sverriar lie rou might hear
The voice Of COL sayine in patience
poses your soul. 1t patience have her
p7rseo. worE
/ remark AGAIN that bu..uas life Is q school
os useful kno~ledg- ne.enaocE 10 not real
many books AMI do'not stdlF iexicoHs. They
DO not dive into pr0taunis OF leaTnln-. AM
vet nearly ali through their Gccl patton, co.ne
u understand questions Of finance ana poll
It's ana geography AMI Jurl-pru lence and
.thicS. Business is seyere -cno0InistreS>.
II pupils VIA not learn. she s>rlke5 them 0v4r/
rLr heai and tae heart vltn severe losses.
y OF Iut 5000 into al enter1rl>e. y i ali
You say. "IuaJ j. a deal loss Oh.
.o. You are payln- tn. schooling. That
was only tuition, very large tultion-f toll
you it was a severe s-lSolmi-frass-hat It
vas worth it. You learned things un1er that
process YOU would no. have !es.nel il any
other way.
Z Traders ii grain cone II gaow something
about foreign harvestS: ira Hers in fruit come
II know sofnethlpy about the prospects Of
5rjnical production; nanufacturars O.
American goods coma t. understand tie
tarstf on imported article; publishers ..
to8ks must come n unlarstt1itaa ~" Law
u copyright: owners u snip must come =
<nav winisau shoals aut navigation. AMI
very bale % cotton. epl tNary r4lSuI C3et,
1ni every tea box, ant every Cluster Of
}tnanas is 50 murl lit .ra+ur- To- a Dt;~tnas5
n9n. Vow, my brother, what are y0l -
ing To do with tnaanlatig-aces ID youSlD-
pose God put yol Ia th ; ~eloDl o iif,r#n.
yra1 11at-aIE ftiat x-Frt .l9rr4- - - arIGr ~ =
;r44le, that YOU might te NOR successful as
4 SOri1ilur1 OH, 10, i U1s mat You M sat
take that nseful .niorao1t11l an u>e 1t 10"
Je-als Christ.
Can it be tnat you have bean dealing with
toreign lands AMI neTer1al tie missionary
~plIit, wishing the salvation ot foreign pao-
~ Can It be tna1 Won have become ac-
I}tlnt q with all the outrages inflicted in
.ll>ine~a life, AMI tlat You have never tried
IT, iirln- - bear that Gosp4i whic.. is to ex.
tripate ali evil AMI correct all wrongs AM
liuMune all darkness ana lit up all wretch
chess and save men Tor this world and the
world to eome? Can it be that understand
if- all the intiicacies Of business YOU know
nothing about those things which will last
long after all bills OF exchange and. con5ign-
meats and invoices and rent rolls Shall have
crumpiei up ana been consumed in the fires
81 the last great day. Can it be that a man
viii he wise for time and a fool for eternity
remark. also, that business life is a
,ctool for integrity. No man knows what
Ae will do when he is tempted. There are
thousands OF men who have kept their ia
tp1rlty merely because they never have been
Tested. \ man was esecte1 treasurer of tne
state cf Name some years ago. He was dis
tnguisied for his honesty. usefulness aai
~lprlsntness, but before one yeat ntI passed.
ne had taken Of the public funds for his own
~friyate u.s., AMI was hurled ont OF Office in
,iI~rrapp iStlnDniSfp for yirt,1a thfnra
Distinguished for crime after. You can call
over the names of men Just like that, in
whose honesty you ha | complete confidence,
Dnt placed in certain crises Of temptation
they went overheard.
never SO many temptations to scoundr-l-
l>m as now. Not a law on the statute book
hut has some bacl, door through which a
nliScreant can escape. Alb, how many de
options in the fabric Of goods, 50 much
ptanderiug ii commercial lite. that il a m.n
ak about living q life OF complete com
ilerclal accuracy there. are those who
scribe It to g~reenneSs and lack OF
act. More need Of honesty now than eva.
n"tore-trlel honesty, complete honesty,
ll1>re than IN those times when business. wa.
i plain affair, and woolens were w0olens
and silks We're silks and men were men.
low many men do yo,I suppose there are
IL commercial life who could say truthfuIlv,
"lnall the sales ! have ever made [ have
never over5tated the value Of goods; in ali
abe sales | have ever ~Nlala | haga new
ttVerei up an imperfectioa IL the fabric: Of
AL the thousands OF dollars / have e&a,
made have not taken one dishonest far
I,ltng. There are nfan. how Yer, VINO can
say ireIs who can say it, thousands
who can say it. They arr more honest than
when they sold their ai1st tierce Of rice, Of
Uaeir first firkin OF butter, because
their honesty AMI integrity AVE been
@te>tel, tried and carried ont triumph
ant. But they remember 4 time when
tney con1d have robbed "a part
her, Or absc8niel with the tuneFs
OF a bank, or sprung il snap
judgment, or male L false as
>i3nnent, on borrowed iilimitab!y
Wleaoutany effort At payment. or got a man
INTO q sharp corner anl fiaecel him. But
they never took one step on that pathway
without hearing the cllna Of dishonest dol
lars. They can read taeir Bloc without
thinking 81 the time when with a lie on their
soul III the custom house they klSse / til.
Book. They can thln.- Of .:eath and tn.
Judgment t.3at comes after ii without any
l~nchlns-that day when all chavlataus an
cheats ant Jockeys AMI frauds shall Ia
Ioubly damned. Il does not make their
knees knock together aud il does nos make
their teeth chatter u read "as tle partridge
stitch on eggs and hatcleth them not, 50
h that getteth riches, and not by right,
shall leave them III the mist Of his days
and at his end shall be a fool"
Oh, what Z school Of integrity brsineesI life
+ II you have ever been tempted t. let
Your integrity grunge before present o ivan
tage. If You AVE ever waken.i M in some
embarrassment ami sai3 Now III step a
ttttle aside iToGl the right path and 40 one
VIII know II. ant III come al ri-l- again.
ltIsoniy once. Oh, that 0nly once la,
ruined tens ot thousands OF men for thlsiifa
ani blasted their sOu!k for eternity Its a