Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-29

ticth psalm breaks. in the fifteenth verse,
Call upon mc ia the day OF trouble. and
| will deliver thee. The store AID the
counting house have developed SonIc of
the most stalwaIl characters. Pc haps
originally they had Il { little Sprighti hess
aud force, but tWo % three hard bus ness
thumpS Woke them up from their lcthdr-
Ky. and there came "A thorough drVc.up-
mcnt IN their heats of all that was good
and holy aud energetic and tremendous,
aud thcy have hrcomc the front men in
christ's army Is we'll as lighthouses in
the great world of traffic. But b SIN 'ss
has hcrn perpetual depletion t. many
man. Ii first pulled out of him all hrncN
olcncc. ncNt all amiability. next ali re
ligi"us aspirations, nest all conscience.
aud. though h. entered his vocation with
large heart and noble characirl. h. goes
out of il a skeleton. enough 10 scale 4
ghost.
Had Partners.
Men appreciate the Importance OF hay
ing good business stand a store on tn"
right side of the street OF IN the light
block. yet every place Of hnsin" i, a
good stand for spiritual culture God :.
angels hover over the world Of traffic 1,
sustain and build up those who IT, .nG
to do their duty. Tomorrow. il in Your
place of worldly engagement you vii lis
ten for il. you may hear Il sound louie.
than the rattle OF drayS and the shuttle oi
feet and the chnk of dollars steal = into
Your soul. saying. Seek " first the Kin:
dom Of God and his righteousness. AMI all
other things shall be- added unto yoi.
Yet some of those SharpeSt III Il bar
gain are cheated ont of their immortal
hlesscdness 10y straiagemS more palp1
bile than any drop game of the street.
| They make investments in things ever
lastinsly below par. They pat their val
uahlcs in safe not iireprnpf. They give
1 full credit to influences that will not he
able Ia pay one cent ON the dollar. The!
plunge into Il lahy rinih from which no
! bankrupt law or two thirds enactment
will ever extIi..nie them They take into
their partnership the world. the flesh
and the devil. ami ia" enemy uf all
| righteousness will boast through eternal
ages that the man who in all his business
lire could not IL outwiticd III last tum-
BLEED into spiritual dcfalcation and was
swindlcd out uf heaven.
Perhaps some OF you saw the fire in
New York in $50 Aged men tell ~
that il beggarcd all descriptions Some
Sibhi on the HfNNf N'l~ ~ i'ItbklA u
looked nj the red ruin that swept down
the streets and threatened To ohliieraie
the metropolis Hut The commercial
world will yet Ice startled by 4 greater
coniiagration. even the last one. Bills
Of exchange. policies of insurance. mort
gagcs and bonds and government Sc
curlIies will he consumed in one lick Of
the flame The bourse and the United
States mint will turn to ashes. Gold will
run molten into the dust of the street
Exchanges and granite blocks of mer-
chandise will fall with crash that will
make the earth trcmble. The flashing up
Of the great light will show the righteous
the way TO their thrones. Their best
treasures in heaven. they will 20 up and
take possession az them. The tolls Of
business life. which racked their brains
and rasped their nerves for 50 many
years. will have forever ceased. There
the wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are n; rel.