The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-09

there was no God" Then the dying
skeptic says: Pray for me- anl
Death says: at is TOO late to pray;
you have only thGee seconds more tc
live. and | viii count them oif-oDe
two. three. Cone" Where? Where.
Carry him out and lay aim down beside
his old father and mother, who died
under the decisions of the Christian
religion singing the songs Of victory.
Again. avoid rhe idlers-that is, those
people who gather around the store OF
the shop or the factory and try to s..
duce you away from your regular call
ing and in your business hours Try Ia
nseducc you away. There is nothing
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have you give up your employment and
consort with them.
These oilers you will find standing
at MONDAY or about roc on the
steps OF some hotel or fashionable res
taurant. giving the idea they have
dined there. They have not dined
there. They never will dine there.
Before youinvitea youngman into your
association ask him plainly: What
do You do for a liying?" If he says.
Nothing; | am a gentleman look
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Ealcu thclf minds ana improved their
hearts. they Will get the fortunes
after awhile, while those men who
hang around their stores, never en-
gaging in any useful occupation, will
be as poor then as they are now. 1t
IS absurd for a Christian man to say
h" has nothing to do,
! went into q store in New York
where there Wer" five Christian men,
and they said they had nothing to do.
The whole world lying in sin, Pow
ertY to be comiorted, sickness to be
allcVIated, a 81 in the back office,
every opportunity OF mental culture,
spiritual cultures: every inducemcnt
to work, yet a Christian man. sworn
before high Heaven to consecrate his
whole life to usefulness, has nothing
to do. If you have not any business
for this world, my Christian friend,
then you ought to be doing business
for eternity.
People go to Florence and TO Venice
and to Rome TO see one of the works
- ions think | can
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