The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-10-18

I heard he was dead, I said, "Good,
got rid of the sheriff." Who are
those industrious souls before the
throne? When the question is asked,
"Wl are they ?" the angels standing
on the sea Of glass respond, "These
are they who came out of great busi-
ness trouble and had had their robes
washed and made white in the blood
of the Lamb"
A man arose in Fulton street
prayer meeting and said: Il wish
publicly to acknowledge the good
ness of God. I was in business
trouble. had money to pay, and I
had 10 means to pay it, and I was in
utter despair Of all human help, and
I laid this matter before the Lord,
and this MORNING I went down
among some old business friends I
had not seen in many years just to
make call, and one said to me.
why, I am so glad tosee you! Walk
in. We have some money on our
books due you a 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 I owed"
You say it only happened so? You
are unbelieving. God answered that
mans prayer.
Oh, you want business grace !!
Commercial 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 friends, and to curse
their enemies, and their names have
been bulletined among scoundrels,
and they have been ground to powder,
while other men you have known
have gone through the very same
stress OF circumstances triumphant.
There are men here to-day who
fought the battle and gained the
victory. People come out of that
mans store and they say, "Well, if
thern ever was a Christian trader,
that is one." Integrity kept the
books and waited on the customers.
Light from the eternal would flash
through the show windows. Love
to God and love to man presided in
that storehouse. Some day people
going through the street notice that
the shutters Of the window are not
down. The lar of that store door
has not been removed. People say,
What is the matter?" You go up a
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 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
suffered his last loss, he has ached
with his 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 everlasting. Heavenly
rewards for earthly discipline. There
"the wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest"
During the winter of 1897, Mr..
James Reed, one of the leading citi-
zens and merchants of Clay, Clay
Co., W. Va, struck his leg against q
cake of ice in such a manner as to
bruise it severely. It became very
much swollen and panied him so
badly that he could not walk with
out the aid of crutches. He was
treated by physicians, also used sew
eral kinds of liniments and two and a
half gallons of whisky in bathing it.,
but nothing gave any relief until be
began using Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. This brought almost COM
plete cure in a weeks time and he
believes that had he had not used
this remedy his leg would have had
to be amputated. Pain Balm is
unequaled for sprains, bruises and
rheumatism. For sale by J. E.
Kaufman.
"Now that you are about to marry,
remarked the fond mamma to her
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