The Penn's Grove record., 1899-09-01
II. PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1899.

took one step on that pathway of hell fire
They can say their prayers without hear
ing the chlnk Of dishonest dollars. Can
read their Bible without thinking OF
the time when with a lie on their soul In
the custom house they kissed the book.
They can think OF death and the Judgment
that comes after 1t without any htnching-
that day when all charlatans and cheats
and Jockeys and frauds shall be doubly
damned.
What a school OF integrity business life
isl Ityou have ever been tempted to let
your integrity cringe before present adj
vantages, IL you have ever Weakened up in
some embarrassment and said: Nov L will
step Il little aside from the right path, and
no one will know it, and l will come all
right again. 1t is only once" That only
once hus ruined tens OF thousands OF men
for this life and blasted their souls for eter-
nifty.
A merchant in Liverpool got a f5 Bank
OF England note, and, holding it toward
the light, he saw some interlineations In
what seemed red ink. He finally de-
clphered the letters aud found out that the
writing had been made by n slave in AL
giers saying In substance, "Whoeyor gets
this bank note will please to infotm my
brother, John Dean, living near Carlisle,
that | am a slave OF the hey of Algiers.'
The merchant sent word, employed Gov.
tTHlutnl pIlgbIE una tDuuu WHO tulS ilttl
was spoken OF in this bank note. After
awhile the man was rescued, who fol
eleven years had been a slave of the hey Of
Algiers. He was Immediately emancipate1,
but was so worn out by hardship and ex-
posture he soon after died. Oh, II some OF
the bank bills that come through your
hands could tell all the scenes through
which they have passed it would be IA
tragedy eclipsing any drama of Shakes
peare, mightier than King Lear or Mac
bethl
As / go on in this subject l am i'm
pressed with the Importance of our
having more sympathy with business men.
Is it not a shame that we in our pulpits do
not oftener preach about their struggles,
their trials and their temptations! Men
who toll with the hand are not apt to be
very sympathetic with those who toll with
the brain. The farmers who raise the corn
and the oats and tho wheat sometimes are
tempted to think thar grain merchants
have an easy time md get their profits
without giving any equivalent.
Plato and Aristotle were so opposed to
merchandise that they declared commerce
to be the curse of the nations, aud they adj
vised that cities be built at least ten miles
from the sea coast. But you and l know
that there are no more Industrious or high
minded men than those who move in the
world OF traffic. Some OF them carry bur
dens heavier than hods OF brick, and are
exposed to sharper things thar the east
wind, and climb mountains higher than
the Alps or Himalayas, and II they are
faithful Christ will at last say to them:
well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a 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 are Just as certainly martyrs
of Wall street and State street MARTYRS of
Fulton street and Broadway. martyrs OF
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter fires or having their necks
under sharper axes, Then it behooyes us
to Danish all fretfulness from our lives, II
this subject be true. We look back to the
time when We were Mt school, and We re-
member the rod. and we remember the
hard tasks, and we complained grievously,
but now we see il was for the best. Bu>i-
ness life is a school, and the tasks
are hard, and the chastisements sometimes
are very %grieyons; 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 their eofin.
They were sued, they We're imprisoned for
debt, they were throttled by c~onstables
with a whole pack OF writs, they were sold
out by the sherlrs, they had to comprom-
ise with their creditors, they had to make
assignments. Their dying hours We're au-
noyed by the sharp ringing OF the door
bell by some impetuous creditor who
thought it was outrageous aud impudent
that a man should dare to die before he
paid the last half dollar.
/ had n friend who had many misfor-
tunes. Everything went against him. He
had good business capacity and was OF tue
best OF morals, but he was one of those
men such as you ave sometimes seen, for
whom everything seems to go wrong. His
life became to him a plague. When |
heard he was dead, l said, Good, got rid
of the sherifsl" Who are those lustrous
souls before the throne? When the ques-
tion 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 had their robes
washed and made white In the blood OF the
Lamb
A man arose 10 Fulton street prayer meet
ing and said: 81 wish publicly to acknowl-
edge the goodness Of God. l was in BUSH
ness trouble. l had money to pay, and |
had no means to pay it, and | was In utter
despair OF all human help, and l laid this
matter before the Lord, and this morning l
went down among some old business friends
l had not seen in many years Just to make
a call, and one said TO me. why, l am so
glad to see you'll 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 youraddress we could
not send it. We are very glad you have
comet" And the man standing in Fulton
street prayer meeting said, ''Ihe amount
they paid me was six times what l owed"
You say it only happened so? You are un-
believing. God answered that mans
oh, Won want business gracei Com
merclal ethics, business honor, 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 to maltreat their friends, and
to curse their enemies, and their names
have been bulletined among ~scoundrels,
and they nave been ground to powder,
while other men you have known have gone
through the very same stress OF cir
cumstances triumphant. There are men
here to-day who fought the battle and
gained the victory. People some out OF
that nan store and they say, wei, II
there ever was a Chris ian trader, that Is
one.' Integrity kept the books and waited
on the customers. Light from the eternal
would 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
OF the window are not down. The bar OF
thar store door has not been removed.
People say, "What Is the matterf'
You go up a little closer and you see
written on the card OF that window,
''Closed on account OF the death of one
OF the firm" That day all through the
of business there is talk about how
n good man has gone. Boards OF trade
pass resolutions Of sympathy. and churches
OF Christ pray, 'Help, Lord, for tine god
ly man ceaseth." He has made his last
bargain, he has suffered his last loss, he
has ached with his last fatigue. His chill
dren will get the result OF his industry, or,
if through misfortune there be no dollars
left. they will have an estate OF prayer and
Christian example, which will be everlast-
ing. Heavenly rewards for earthly dis
cipline. There "tle wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest.
WAR ON MORMON MISSIONARIES.