Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-09-01

the Judgment that comes after II With
out any hinching-that day when all
charlatans and cheats and jockeys ana
frauds shall be doubly damned. 1t
does not make their knees knock to-
gether. and it does not make their
teeth chatter 10 read "as the partridge
siueth on eggs and hatcheth them not;
so he that getteth riches and not by
right shall leave them In the midst or
his days and at his end shall be
fool"
only once.
What school Of integrity business
life is. II you have ever been tempted
to let your integrity cringe before pres
eut advantage. if you have ever wax
ened up i'm some embarrassment and
said: Now. | viii step little aside
from the right path, and no one viii
know il. and | will come all right
again. II is only once" That only
once has ruined tens Of thousands OF
men for this life and blasted their
souls for eternity.
\ merchant in Liverpool got to
Bank Of England note, and, holding IL
up toward the light, he saw some in
terliueations in what seemed red Ink.
He finally deciphered the letters and
found out that the writing had been
made by a slave in Algiers, saying in
substance. Whoever gets this bank
note will please to inform my brother,
John Dean, living near Carlisle, that !
am a slave of the hey Of Algiers." The
merchant sent word. employed govern
mcnt officers aud found who this man
was spoken Of In this bank note. Aft
er awhile the man was rescued, who
for II years had been a slave OF the
hey of Alglers lie was Immediately
emancipated. but was so worn out by
hardship and exposure he soon after
died. Oh, If some Of the bank bills
that come through your hands could
tell all the scenes through which they
| have PASSED il would be a tragedy
eclipslng any drama OF Shakespeare,
mightier than King Lear or Macbeth.
As 90 on in this subject | am im-
pressed with the Importance of our
having more sympathy with business
men. Is it not shame that we in our
pulpIts do not oftener preach about
their struggle, their trials and their
temptations? Men who toll with the
hand are not apt to he very sympa-
thetic with those who toll with the
brain. The farmers who raise the corn
and the oats and the wheat sometimes
are tempted to think that grain mer-
chants have an easy time and get their
profits without giving any equivalent.
Plato and Aristotle were so opposed
20 merchandise that they declared com
merce to be the curse OF the nations,
and they advised that cities be built
at least ten miles from the sea coast.
But you and know that there are no
more industrious or high minded men
than those who move in the world OF
traffic Some of them carry burdens
heavier than hods Of brick, and are
exposed to sharper things than the
east wind. and climb mountains higher
than the Alps or Himalayas. and Is they
are faithful TO Christ VIII at last say
TO them; "Well done, good and faithful
sarvant: thou hast been faithful over
few things. | will make thee ruler oyei
many things Enter thou into the JOY
Of thy Lord
Business Martyrs.
We talk about the martyrs of the
Piedmont valley, and the martyrs
among the Scotch highlands, and th'
martyrs at oxford. There are just al
certainly martyrs OF Wall street anC
STATE street. martyrs OF Fulton stree
and Broadway, martyrs of Atlanta
street and Chestnut street, goini
through hotter fires, or having thci
; uecks under sharper axes. Then 1t be
hooyes us TO Danish all fretfulnes
from our lives, II this subject be true
We look back to the time when w
we're at school, and we remember Tn
: rod. and we remember the hard task
and we complained grievously; bu
/, ROW we see It was for the best. Bus
I ness lie Is Stuboi' anu e"N e"N
are hard, and the chastisements some
times are very grlevous; but do no
complain. The hotter the fire the bel
ter the refining. There are men befor
the throne OF God this day In trump
5 who on earth were cheated out OF e'
l. erything but their coffin. They wer
c sued. they were imprisoned for deb
G they were throttled by constable
Il with a whole pack Of writs, they wer
u sold out by the sherIffs, they had
!. compromise with their creditors, the
q had to make assignments. Their dyln
q hours were annoyed by the sharp rini
&c ing Of the door bell by some lmpetuor
Is creditor who thought II was outrageot
s. and lmpudent that man should dan
!. to die before he paid the last half DO
- lar
l. | had a friend who had many mi
ie fortunes. Everything went again
IS him. He had good business capacii
and was OF the best Of morals, but !
D. ! was one Of those men such as y6
ie have sometimes seen. for whom ever