Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-09-02
ACCOMAN 2. H. VA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER @ 1899.

MN. lie nad good business capacity
and was Of the best Of morals. but he
was one of those men such as you
have sometimes seen. for whom every
thing seems to go wrong. Els life be-
came to him plague. When / heard
he was dead. said, Good; got rid Of
the shcriffs" 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 bu:iness trouble and
had had their robes washed and made
white In the blood Of the Lamb"
How God Helps.
A man arose In Fulton street prayer
meeting and said: II wish publicly to
acknowledge the goodness Of God. l
was In business trouble. had money
to pay. and had no means to pay 1t,
and | was in utter despair of all hui
man h.lp. and | laid this matter be-
fore the Lord. and this morning went
down among some old business friends
had not seen in many years just to
make Gull. and one said to me: Why,
am so glad to see you'll Walk in. We
have some money on our books due
you good Willie, but we didn't know
where you were, and therefore not
having your address we could not
send 1t. We are very glad you have
GOMEZ" And the man standing In
Fulton street prayer meeting said,
THE amount they paid me was six
times what 1 owed.' You shy 1t only
happened so? You are unbelleving.
God answered that mans prayer.
Oh, you want business grace! Com
mercial 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
letined among scoundrels and they
have been ground to powder. while
other men you have known have gone
through the very same stress Of cir
cumstnnces triumphant. There are men
here today who fought the battle and
gained the victory. People come out of
that mans store and they say, well,
if there ever was O Christian trader,
that is one" Integrity kept the books
and waited on the customers. Light
from the eternal world flashed 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 hes not been removed.
People say, What is the matter"
You 90 up q 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 NIL through the
circles of business there Is talk about
how a good man has gone. Boards Of
trade pass resolutions Of sympathy,
and churches Of Christ pray, Help,
lord for the godly man ceaseth." He
has made his last bargain, he has suf-
fered his last loss, he has ached with
the last fatigue. His children 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 ever
lasting. Heavenly rewards for earthly
discipline. There 1.-THE wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest"