The Newtown bee., 1896-07-31


 ahout they say "He
 un about faith which is d
 :0l}y theoretical; it is the suD-
 4ca of things not seen." When you a2k thvse same newspaper men what s the
 CAUSE OF THE PRESENT HARD TIMES,
 THEY SAY:
 "Ihe business of our country is based CD faI h, and faith has been destroyed The newspaper man, though inconsistent iu hia speech, has proven my point for me. He has said all 1 want to say. Re- jgjo1 and business are both eIuinertIy practical; they both depend on faith.
 Have you ever stepped to think how mUcn business depends on faith? One man goes into partnership with another because he has faith in the integrity and business capacity of the other. One man receives a prOmi8sory note from an0ther because he has faith in the ability Of the other to redeem his promise when pay ment s due. The vast majority of buai- ness transactions are conducted by means of checks and promises to pay, not by means 3f cash. How cumbersome and uuwividy it would he, if cash had to pas. through tho hands of all parties to bu~inc57 transaction, i friend who is in & large New fork City hank told me Ghac sotue ti14e ago $~UO was brought ill., to the bank in pcnuies, anu that it took the services of two strong men to roll in the Rog, We are told that the bushes men If New ork City transact business to the amount of @IUU, ,000, 0O0 a day. 0f which rot dollar is actual money, Tn. Nen York Clearing House is a magniG cent Illustration of the fact. how much money in this country js represented by -amorhjng other than r0oney.
 NINE-TENTUs uF THE BlsINE-s D Great Britain and tbe unjcad States ia conducted on the basis of credit, but all rhIs busiDcss faila iQac the moment Chat the faith of men in one another fails.
 Faith js net an unreasonable thing. If, knowing my character by many acts that l have faithfully performed for you when have promised to perform them, a>k ! you 10 have faith in ne yet again and l you do not consider It au unreasonable request, is itau unreasonable thing when l Gol asks you to have faith in lIim, who, 1 through the centuries, has not failed in a | single act that He has promised to per focm> Ny friend, look at this propo8i- ties: you do not think it unreasonable fOl mc to ask you to have faith in me be- cause Of few things that have well done; how unreasonable d thing is it for God to ask you to nave faith in Him be- cause Of the millions of things that He has well done. Faith is very practical thing when we think Of it as being at the of all business faith is q very impractical thing when we think of it as being that which God requires. God put nothing stilted or ethereal Or strange ill -ba requirements which He makes He .akcs the thing that is first in business md makes il first i'll religion. lie wants you 10 have faith in your felIowman; you { ,aDn0t live without ii, you cannot move , trough a single hours work without it. tod wants you to have fifth in Him; you annot come to Christ without #, you ( annot take a single step in the Christian 7 vay without it. r Faith and love are HjmaIaYa peaks V owe7ing up from the low level of life f .oVe must ever remain II THE GREATEST THING IN THE WOHLD," [ nt faith stands at it's side. Faith is t: Q ', uu&ry child that knocks at the door; il ova i4 the sweet child welcomed into n he home. Faith rays; love praises n 'alth takes the gift that is offered love a ives Of itself in payment for the gift a 'aith plants the seed love makes the seed h } blossom and to grow. Faith brings f. own the snow and the rain from heaven /. pom the thirsty ground love gives back o le harvest to the Giver of all good. v. 4 mother has two sons. The one is is,olute, abandoned, depraved; the ,, rher is devoted and loving and kind. p he mother loves them both. She does ,, 2erything for the WayWard son that z, le may bring him back. She prays for |. i'm, she shows many acts of affection l.. 'ward him. She loves him because he at her son. She clings to him with the l'' ,'' od-like clasp of mother-love. She r ves both sons but in the second son = It trusts, she has faith in him. He is " } her noble specimen of manhood oi is word to her is law, he speaks " Id she lovingly obeys. She goes to o, i'm in counsel. His love puts her in it is power. Faith thus makes the real " "-o lrrender. Faith throws out haughti- lpr 9ss and pride. Faith enthrones the one n1 hom we love in our hearts. No sus- .;, cious thought, no anxious fear, no ~~ ~ mood. Oh, what thing thus "; trust in Jesps Oh, what thing to ', ) completely His! In this there is ~. )pe, in this there is salvation, in this | ere is life f0revermore. '"
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