Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-06

men, however, who can say IT, hundreds
who can say 1t, thousands who can say It,
They are more honest than when they sold
their a:st tiesce Of rice OF their frs. arkin
integrity have been tested, :ried and
come out triumphant. But they re-
member q time whom they could have
robbed q partner, or have absconded with
the funds Of bank, or sprung a snap
Judgment, or made false assignment, or
at payment. or got q man into u sharp
corner and feeced him. But they never
took one step on that pathway Of hell fire
They can say their prayers without hear
Ing the chink OF dishonest dollars. Can
cad their Bible without thinking OF
he time when with lie on their soul In
he custom house they kissed the book
hey can think of death and the Judgment
hat comes after 1t without any fiinching-
hat day when all charlatans and cheats
md jockeys and frauds shall be doubly
amned.
What school OF integrity business life
II II you have ever been tempted to let
tour integrity cringe before present ad-
'antages, IL you have ever wakened up in
ONE embarrassment and said: Now will
tep little aside from the right path, and
10 one will know it, and 1 will come all
light again. 1t is only once" That only
nee has ruined tens Of thousands OF men
tty.
A merchant In Liverpool got f5 Bank
" England note, and, holding 1t toward
he light, he saw some interlineations In
THAT seemed red ink. He finally de-
iphered the letters and found out that the
writing had been made by slave In Al
;iers saying in substance, "Whoever gets
his bank note will please to inform my
rother, John Dean, living near Carlisle,
hat am a slave OF the bey of Algiers."
The merchant sent word, employed Gov
rnment officers and found who this man
vas spoken OF in this bank note. After
while the man was rescued, who for
,leven years had been n slave OF the bey of
ugiers. He was Immediately emancipated.
,ut was so worn out by hardship and ex-
,osurs he soon after died. Oh, II some OF
he bank bills that come through your
lands could tell all the scenes through
Which they have passed 1t would be IA
ragedy eclipsing any drama OF Shakes
,eare. mightier than King Lear or Mac
seth!
Plato and Aristotle were SO opposed to
merchandise that they declared com merce
be the curse OF the nations, and they ad-
'ised that cities be built at least ten miles
rom the sea coast. But you and 1 know
hat there are no more industrious or high
minded men than those who move In the
world OF traffic. Some of them carry bur-
lens heavier than hods OF brick, and are
exposed to sharper things than the east
Wind. and climb mountains higher than
he Alps or Himalayas, and IL they are
.aithful Christ will ut last say to them:
Well done, good and faithful servant;
hon hast been faithful over a few things.
will make thee ruler over many things.
Enter thou into the Joy Of thy Lord"
We talk about the martyrs OF the Pied
mont valley, and the martyrs among the
scotch highlands, and the martyrs at Ok
ord. There are just as certainly martyrs
of Wall street and State street, martyrs of
Fulton street and Broadway. martyrs of
Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter fires or having their necks
ander sharper axes. Then 1t behooves US
% Danish all fretfulnsss from our lives, II
:his subject be true. We look back to the
time when We were at school, and we re-
member the rod. and we remember the
hard tasks, and we complained grievously;
but now We see It was for the best. Bu-i-
: ,es~ les-1se--sz,ct and the tasks.
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