The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-09-01
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Business Martyrs.
| We talk about the martyrs OF the
Piedmont valley, and the martyrs
among the Scotch highlands, and the
| martyrs at oxford. There are just as
| certainly martyrs Of Wall street ana
State street, martyrs OF Fulton street
and Broadway. martyrs OF Atlantic
street and Chestnut street, going
! through hotter fires, or having their
recks under sharper axes. Then it hc-
| hooves us TO Danish all fretfulncSs
from our lives, If this subject be true.
| We look back to the time when we
were at school, and we remember the
rod. and we remember the hard tasks
and we complained grievously. but
| now wc see it was for the best. Bust
ness life is school, and the tasks
are hard. and the cEastiscmcnts some
| times are very grievouS; but do not
! complain The hotter the fire the bet
| ter the refining. There are men before
! the throne of God this day In triumph
who on earth were cheated out of ev-
crything but their coffin. They were
sued, they We're imprisoned for debt,
they We're throttlcd by constables
! with 4 whole pack of writs. they were
sold ont by the SheriffS, they had to
| compromise with their creditors. they
had TO make assignments. Their dying
hours were annoyed by the sharp ring
ing Of the door bel! by some impttrous
creditor who thought it was outragc
and iErpudenr that Il man should dare
| TO die befor.: he paid the last half dol
| lar.
l had n friend who had many mis-.
Ii i,,c
him. He had good business capacity
! and WIS cf the best OF morals. but he
was one OF those men such as you
| have sometimes seen, for whom every
thing seems to 80 wrong. His life be-
came TO him Il plague. When heard
he was dead. said. Good; got rid Of
| the shcrhaS" Who are those lustrous
souls before tie throne? When the
! question is asked, WHO are thcy!"
the angels standing on the sea of
| glass res pond. These ::rc they who
came out OF great business trouble and
! had had Their :'ohcs washed and made
white il the blood of the Lamb"
Iloyv God Helps.
| 4 man acoSc in Fulton street prayer
| meeting and said: Il wish publicly to
| acknowledge the goodness OF God. ]
| was in business trouble. had money
| TO pay, and i had no D'cans TO pay il.
and l was in utter despair of ali hu-
man help. and l laid this matter be-
, fore tie Lord. and this morning went
J down among some old business friends
had not seen in many gears just 10
make n call. ard one said 10 me: Why,
! | an so GLAD tc see you. Walk in. We
| have some money on or books due
! You u 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 il
! Fulton stree; prayer meeting said,
The amount they paid me was six
! times what l owed" You say it only
happened so? You are unbeiiaving.
| God answered that mans prayer.
| oh, YOU want business grace. Com
! MerciaE 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 enc
mics. and their names have been bull
lctined among scoundrels and they
have been ground to powder. while
other men YOU have known have gone
! through the very same stress OF cir
| cumstanccs triumphant. There are men
here today who fought the battle and
gained the victory. People come out OF
that mans store and they say, "Wcll,
| IL there ever was q Christian trader.
that is one" Integrity kept the books
and waited Oh the customers. Light
from the eternal world dashed through
! the show windows. Love TO God and
love to man presided in that store
house. Some day people going through
the street notice that the shutters OF
the window are not down. The bar of
that store door has not been removed.
People say, What Is the matterI"
You go up 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
circles OF business there Is tall: about
how Il good man has gone. Boards of
trade pass resolutions of sympathy,
and churches OF Christ pray. Help.
Lord for the Gcdly man ccascth." He
ll;iS nlauc MS ElSt bargain, he mas SUI
| fcrcd his last loss. he has ached with
the last fatigue. Ills children will get
the result OF his industry. or. II through
! misfortune there be no dollars left,
they will have an estate OF prayer and
Christian example, which will he ever
lasting. Heavenly rewards for earthly
discipline. There "thc wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest"
The ObcraElEle rEad Passion rlRy.
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