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

noyed by the sharp ringing of the door
bell by some impetuous creditor. who |
thought it was outrageous and impu.
dent that man should dare to die be- !
fore he paid the last three shillings and
sixpence. | had friend who had |
many misfortuIes. Everything went |
against him. He had good business !
quality and was of the best of morals,
but he was one of those men such as
you have sometimes seen, for whom
everything seems TO go wrong. His
life became to him plague. When l
heard he was dead l said: Good, got
rid of the sheriffsn' Who are those
lustrous souls before the throne? When
the question is asked, who are they"
the angels standing on the sea of glass
respond: These are they who came
out of great business trouble and had
their robes washed and made white in
the blood of the Lamb"
A man arose in Fulton street prayer
meeting and said: II wish publicly to
acknowledge the goodness of God.
was in business trouble. had money
to pay, and had no means to pay 1t,
and was in utter despair of all human
help, and / laid this matter before the
Lord, and this morning | went down
among some old business friends | had
not seen in many years, just to make
call, and one of them said to me: why,
! am so glad to see you; walk in. We
have some money on our books due you
good while but we didn't know where
you were, and therefore, not having
your address we could not send it. We
are very glad you have come" And
the man standing in Fulton street
prayer meeting said: 1.-THE amount
they paid Inc was six times what
owed" You say it only happened so?
You are an infdel. God answered that
mans prayer o, you want business
grace. Commercial ethics business hon
ors, 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 tG
makreat their friends, and to curse
their enemies, and their names have
been bulletined among scouadrels, and
they have been ground to powder; while
other men you have known have gone
through the very same stress of circum-
stances 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,
if there was ever Christian trader
that is one." Integrity kept the books
and waited upon the customer. Light
from the eternal world flashed through
the show windows. Love to God and love
to man presided in that storehouse
| Some day people going through the
street notice that the shutters O.
: the window are not down. The
bar of that store has not beer
: removed. People say: What is thu
t natter" You go up little closer, an'
l you see written on the card of tina
window: "Closed on account Of tn
: death of one of the firm" That day al
through the circles of business there !
! talk about how good man has gone
: Boards of trade pass resolutions of sym
t pathy, and churches of Christ pray
E "Help. Lord, for the godly maj
: ceaseth." He has made his last bar
0 gain, he has suffered his last loss, h
3 has ached with the last fatigue. Hi
e children will get the result of his in
t dustry, or, if through misfortune Their
, be no dollars left, they will have a
f estate of prayer and Christian exampl
n which will be everlasting. Heavenl
d rewards for earthly discipline. Their
e ''the wicked cease from troubling an
S the weary are at rest"