Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-01

creditor who thought II was outrageous
and impudent that man should dare
to die before he paid the last half dol
lar.
l had friend who had many mis-
fortunes. Everything went against
him. He had 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. His life be-
came to him a plague. When 1 heard
he was dead, said, Good; got rid of
the sheriffsw 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 business 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: 81 wish publicly to
acknowledge the goodness of God.
was in business trouble. | had money
to pay, and | had no means to pay 1t,
and | was in utter despair Of all hu-
man help, and l laid this matter be-
fore 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 Que said to me: why,
| am so glad to see you! Walk in We
have some money on our books due
you 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
comet" And the man standing in
Fulton street prayer meeting said,
.The amount they paid me was six
times what owed.'' You say it only
happened so? You are unbelieving.
God answered that mans prayer.
Oh, you want business grace. Com
nerciai 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, ard 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
cumstances 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 a 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 has not been removed.
People say, "What is the matter"
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 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 "the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest"
An Ugly story of Urug nay.
Here is one of Robert Crawford's g sto-
Iies about Uruguay 'Two men sur
prised a farmer and his wife in their
little hut while it was broad daylight.
The man was seized and bound, and the
two villains proceeded to torture him
to make him disclose the hiding place
of his hoard. The wife begged and
pleduou aS tn0 nOrrOTS Increased, Gno
man proving obdurate.
''Finally she said she would tell them
where the treasure was if they would
follow her. One of the two accordingly
went over TO the chest in the corner
with her. She opened it, fumbling about
inside of it for moment until she
found what she was looking for. In an
other moment the thief at her side was
dead and his fellow covered by large
revolver in the hands of small but
eager woman of the people. He got
away before she could quite make up
her mind to shoot Bim too
"Then the husband was released and
the neighbors, some miles away, called
in. Word was finally taken to the cen
tral police authority of the state; the
officers came. viewed the dead thief
and identified him as their attorney
general. 1t is not unlikely" Mr.. Craw-
ford adds, 'that his accomplice was the
Judge of the criminal court.
A Miraculous Escape.
1t happened that in the last month of |