The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-02-03
A GREAT UNDERTAKING.

AIN, auOptS the mOltO. ear
God, tell the truth and make
money"
Did the editor OF our esteemed
contemporary ever stop TO con-
slider what a fearful and wonderful
undertaking he had assumed in
adopting that motto?
1t is no difficult thing for an or.
binary man to fear God, and it is
comparative easy matter for
some men to fear God and tell the
truth, but what an exalted order
of genius 1t must require in this
nineteenth century of ours TO en-.
able creature of clay to fear
God, tell the truth and mako
money, all In the brief span of one
little lifetime How admirable
the parts, how surprising all I'M
Outstanding the nature of such a
being! 1t is a combination of
boundless wisdom and superhuman
virtue. Some circus riders are
able to ride two and even three
horses at one time some musi.
clans can perform on the piano,
the violin and the French harp all
together; some gifted men have
boosted of nursing a teething baby
while they wrote poem, and Sol
ONION is reported 10 have lived
tremendously with many wives
but 10 fear God, tell the truth and
make money!
70 tell the truth is, with some
men, well-nigh impossible, and the
making of money is of itself Her.
culean undertaking.
And yet, we doubt not. some
truthful men have grown rich. 1t
is question, in some cases, how.
ever, If they did not grow rich,
not because of telling the truth,
but in spite of it. In these days
OF sharp methods and shrewd bar.
gaining the man in business who
confines himself scrupulously
within the limits Of THE TINES
motto is pretty sure Of finding him.
self handicapped heavily in the
race for wealth, with the odds
largely against him in the betting,
and a reasonable chance of catch.
ing the flag.
| "PIty tits tits true" that it is not
the rule in the affairs of this busy,
crushing, money-getting old world
that the man who tells the most
truths is the one to reap the most
pecuniary profit. The man who
does the business is the man who
gets the pay, and alas and alack !!
he is in only too many instances
the man who goes in with the fixed
and fell determination of doing
business honestly-if he can-but
doing business.
The INJUNCTION. "Put money in
thy purse" was not coupled with
any suggestion about fearing God
and telling the truth Memphis
Scimitar.
Now that was real nice Of the
Scimitar to say those beautiful
things about US, wasn't 1t? We
didn't pay the Scimltar cent for
that notice. Honest, we didn't
And we are not grooming for office,
either. 1t is a genuine case of
having greatness thrust upon us
Just like a governor, legi slator,
a coroner, ct al
The motto of THE TIMES was not
adopted without mature delibera-
ton. We believed and realized
that faithful keeping to" the
three articles named meant, re.
spectlvely, peace, an easy con-
science and success. As to the
first proposition, while we may not
have been as devout as we should
be, we have certainly not advanced
beyond the thrall of the teachings
received at our mothers knee, nor
lOiSOltSu tHC tOuQCE lCscOHS luCule
Gated in our youth. THE TINES
has ever been q God-fearlng and
God-serving paper, with no lying
hypocrisy about it. One can enjoy
Gods gifts and be a Christian.
though some people think other
wise.
Concerning the second division
of our motto, We have of a verify
always tried to tell the truth, some
times erring on her side even to
our own pecuniary detriment, but
at last winning laurels from an APP
preciatlve constit uency.
As to the last proposItion-well
that depends on how you look at
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