The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-28

the street. and that is the commonly
accepted idea do not believe word
of it. The vast multitude of these
business men are toiling on for others
To educate their children, to put wing
of protection over their house holds, to
have something left so when they pass
out of this life their wives and chill
dren will not have to go to the poor
house-that is the way translate this
energy in the street and store-the
vast majority of that energy Grip,
Gouge & Co. do not do all the business
Some of us remember when the Cen
trail America was coming home from
California it was wrecked. President
Arthur's father-in-law was the heroic
captain of that ship, and went down
with most of the passengers. Some of
them got off into the life boats but
there was a young man returning from
California who had a bag of gold in
his hand; and as the last boat showed
off from the ship that was to go down,
that young man shouted to a comrade
in the boat Here, John, catch this
gold; there are three thousand dollars;
take it home to my old mother, it will
make her comfortable in her last
DAYS" Grip Gouge & Co. do not do
all the business of the world
Ali my friend, do you say that God
does not care anything about your
worldly business? 1 te-- you God
knows more about it than you do. He
knows all your perplexities; he knows
what mortgaged is about to forecIose;
he knows what note you can not pay;
he knows what unsaleahle goods you
have on your shelves; he knows all
your trials, from the day you took
hold of the first yard-stick down to
that sale of the last yard of ribbon,
and the God who helped David to be
king, and who helped Daniel to be
prime minister. and who helped Have
lock to be soldier, will help you to
discharge all your duties He is going
to see you through. When loss comes,
and you find your property going, just
take this book and put it down by
your ledger and read of the eternal
possessions that will come to you
through our Lord Jesus Christ. And
when your business partner betrays
you and your friends turn against you,
just take the insulting letter, put it
down on the table, put your Bible be-
side the insulting letter, land then read
of the friendship of him who 'ssticketh
closer than a brother"
young accountant in New York
city got his accounts entangled- He
knew he was honest. and yet he could
not make his accounts come out right,
and he toiled at them day and night
until he was nearly frenzied 1t
seemed by those books that something
had been misappropriated. and he
knew before God he was honest The
last day came. He knew if he could
not make his accounts come out right.
he would go into disgrace and 60 into
Punishment from the business estab-
Hshment He went over there very
early, before there was any body in the
place. and he knelt down at the desk
and said: ''Oh, Lord, thou knowest 1
have tried to be honest, but / can not
make these things come out right!
Help me to-day-help me this morn
ingr The young man arose, and
hardly knowing why he did so. opened
book that lay on the desk, and there
was a leaf containing a line of figures
which explained every thing. In
other words, he cast his burden upon
the Lord, and the Lord sustained him
Young man, do you hear that?
Oh, yes, God has a sympathy with
any body that is in any kind of TOLL
He knows how heavy is the hold of
bricks that the workman carries up
the ladder on the wall; he hears the
pickaxe of the miner down in the coal
shaft; he knows how strong the tenn
pest strikes the sailor at the mas thead;
he sees the factory girl among the spin
dies. and knows how her arms ache:
he sees the sewing woman in the
fourth story and knows how few
pence she gets for making a garment;
and louder than all the din and roar
of the city comes the voice of SYM
pathetic God: Cast thy burden upon
the Lord, and he shall sustain thee"
Then there are great many who
have a weight of persecution and
abuse upon them Sometimes society
gets a grudge against a man. All his
motives are misinterpreted and all his
good deeds are deprecated With
more virtue than some of the honored
and applauded, he runs only against
raillery and sharp criticism When
a man begins to go down, he has not
only the force of natural gravitation.
but a hundred bands to help him in the
precipitation Men are prosecuted for
their virtues and their successes. Ger
manicus said he had just as many
bitter antagonists as he had adorn-
ments. The character some times is SO
Iustrous that the weak eyes of envy
and jealousy can not bear to look
at it
It was their integrity that put
Joseph in the pit, and Daniel in the
den, and Shadrach in the fire, and
sent John the Evangelist to desolate
Patmos, and Calvin to the castle of
and John Huss to the
stake, and Korah after Moses, and
Saul after David, and Herod after
Christ Be sure if you have any thing !
to do for church or state, and you |
attempt it with all your soul. the /