Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-03-19
grace tn. last six wears Of his life more

NAAN A'NSN cAN CdiS VI hle lAc hOA
than at any time in his life. During
those six years he had more business
crowding him than at any other time"
In other words, the more worldly bust
ness a man has the more opportunity
to serve God Does religion exhiiarate
or retard worldly business is the
practical question for you TO discuss.
Does ii hang like n mortgage over the
farm? Is il n bad debt on the ledger?
Is 1t lien against the estate? Does it
crowd the door through which custom
ers come for broadcloths and silks?
Now, religion will hinder your bust
ness if il be a bad business or if il be
good business wrongly conducted.
| If you tell lies behind the counter. IL
you use false weights and measures.
! il you put sand in sugar and beet Juice
in vinegar and lard in butter and sell for
one thing that which is another thing,
then religion will interfere with that
/ business, but n lawful business, law
fully conducted, will find the religion
! of the Lord Jesus Christ it's mightiest
auxiliary.
Religion will give an equipose of spir-
it. 1t will keep you from ebullitions
of temper, and you know a great many
| fine businesses have been blown to
! atoms by bad temper. 1T will keepyou
from worriment about frequent loss;
1T will keep you Industrious and
prompt; 1T will keep you back from
| squandering and from dissipation; il
will give you Il kindness of spirit which
will be easily distinguished from that
mere store courtesy which shakes
hands violently with you, asking about
the health of your family, when there
is no anxiety TO know whether your
child is well or sick, but the anxiety is to
know how many dozen cambria pocket
handkcrchiefs you will take and paw
cash down. 1t will prepare you for the
! practical duties of everyday life. do
not mean to say that religionwil make
us financially rich, but do say that it
viii give us, il will assure us of com
Portable sustenance at the start, com
Portable subsistence all the way
! through, and it will help us to direct
the bank, to manage the ira fiic, to CON
| duct all our business matters and to
make the most insignificant affair OF
our life as a matter of vast Importance,
! glorified by Christian principle
In New York city there was mer-
chant, hard in his dealings with his
fellows. who had written over his
banking house or his counting house
room, NO compromise" Then when
some merchant got in a crisis and
went down-no fault of his, but
conjunction of evil circumstances
and all the other merchants were
willing to compromise-th would
I take * q.
cents or 20 cents-coming to this man
last of all he said: NO compromise.
| I'll take 100 cents on the dollar. and
can afford to wait" Well, the wheel
turned, and after awhile that man
was in crisis of business, and he
sent out his agent to compromise,
and the agent said to the merchants:
| viii you take 80 cents on the dol
/ lar?" No" "Will YOU take any
! thing?" Wen take 100 cents on the
| dollar. No compromise" And the
man who wrote that inscription over
his counting house door died in
/ restitution. oh. we want more of the
kindness of the Gospel and the spirit
/ or love iii our business enterprises!
| HOW many young men have found in
the religion of Jesus Christ prac-
! teal help? How many there are to-
day who could testify out of their
own experience that godliness is
profitable for the life that now isl
/ There were times in their business
career when they went here for help
and there for help and Wonder for
! help and got no help until they knelt
before the Lord crying for His de-
/ liVerance. and the Lord rescued them.
| How can you get along without this
religion? Is your physical health so
| good You do not want this divine
/ tonic? Is your mind so clear, so vast.
SO comprehensive, that YOU do not
want this divine Inspiration? Is your
! worldly business so thoroughly estab-
/ lishcd that you have no use for that
/ religion which has been the help and
/ dcllverance Of tens of thousands OF
/ men IN crises of worldly trouble? And
/ 1T what / have said is true then YOU
| sec what fatal bluuder it is when Il
/ man adjourns to life's expiration the
/ uses of religion. \ man who post
/ poues religion TO GO years of age gets
/ religion 80 years too late. lie may
I get into the kingdom of God by final
repentance. but what can compensate
f him for "a whole lifetime unalIeviatcd
and uncontrolled? You want religion
. to day i'm the training OF that child
/ You Will want religion Tomorrow i'm
I dealing with that customer. You
wanted religion yesterday to curb
your temper. Is your arm strong
enough 20 beat your way through the
. Hoods Can You. without being in
cascd i'm the mail Of Gods eternal help.
. -" forth amid the assault Of all hell's
. sh1rp~ hooters? Can you walk alone
across these crumhling graves and
amid these gaping earthquakes? Can
you. watcrlogged and mast shivcrcd.