Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-03-22

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you tell lies behind the counter, If you
use false weights and measures, If you
put sand In sugar and beet juice In vim
egar and lard in butter and sell for one
thing that which is another thing, then
religion will interfere with that busi-
ness. but a lawful business, lawfully
conducted, will find the religion OF the
Lord Jesus Christ its mlghtiest aux
iliary.
Religion will give an equipoise OF
spirit. 1t Will keep you from ebull-
tlons of temper and you know a great
many fine businesses have been blown
to atoms by bad temper 1t will keep
YOU from worrlment about frequent
loss; it will keep you industrious and
prompt; it will keep you back from
souandering and from dissipation; 1t
will give you a 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
we'll or sick, but the anxiety Is to know
how many dozen cambrlc pocket hand
kerchiefs you will take and pay cash
down. 1t will prepare you for the prac-
tical duties Of everyday life. do not
mean to say that religion will make us
financially rich, but | do say that 1t
will give us, 1t will assure us Of, COM
ot fDn starr
comfortable subsistence all the way
through. and it will help us to direct
the bank. to manage the traffic, to con-
duct all our business matters and to
make the most insignificant affair OF
our life a matter Of vast Importance,
glorified by Christian principle.
The story of n Merchant.
In New York city there was a mer-
chant. hard in his dealings with bis
fellows. who had written over his
banking house or his counting house
room. mo compromise" Then when
some merchant got in crisis and went
down-no fault of his. but a conjunc-
ton of evil circumstances-and all the
other merchants were willing to com
promise-they would take 10 cents on
! the dollar or 80 cents or 90 cents-com'
ING 10 this man last Of all. he said: mo
compromise. I'll take 100 cents on the
dollar. and can afford 20 wait Well'
the wheel turned, and after awhile
that man was in crisis Of business,
and, he sent out his agent to compro-
mise and the agent said to the mer-
chants, "Will you take 80 cents on the
dollarY" NO" "Will you take any
thingY "We'n take 100 cents on the
dollar. No compromise" And the man
who wrote that inscription over his
counting house door died in destitution.
Oh. we want more of the kindness OF
the gospel and the spirit Of love in our
business enterprises. How many young
men have found in the religion OF Jesus
Christ a practical help? How many
} there are today who could TESTIFY ou'
Of their own experience that godlinesS
,s profitable for the life that now Is
There were times in their business ca
, reer when they went here for help ano
there for help and yonder for help anc
got no help until they knelt before ths
Lord crying for his deliyerance, anc
, the Lord rescued them.
In a bank not far from New fork-s
village bank-an officer could not pal
ance his accounts. He had worked a
? them day after day, night after nlght
and he was sick nigh unto death as
, result. He knew he had not taken on'
{ farthing from that bank, but somehow
r for some reason. inscrutable then, th'
D accounts would not balance. Inc um'
' rolled on and the morning Of the Ga!
). when the books should pass under tn
Q insnection of the other officers arrived
g and he felt himself In awful peril, con
8 scious of his own integrity. but unaDl
4 to prove that integrity. That morning
b he we to the bank early, and he knel
{ down before God and told the who'll
+ story of mental anguish. and he SAID
8 30 Lord, l have done right, have pre-
: served my integrity. but here al
/. about to be overthrown unless tho
|, shouldst come to my rescue. LORD, dt
;. liver me-" And for one hour be col
G tinued the prayer before God ana the
Y he arose and went to an old blotte
t that he had forgotten all about II
r. opened It, and there lay a sheet OF fit
I. ures which he only needed to add
q another line Of fgures-some line
II figures he had forgotten and knew nC
10 where he had laid them-and the a.
10 counts were balanced. and the Lor
d delivered him. You are an inhdel
# Won do not believe it. The Lord deli
d cred him. God answered his praye
% rs he will answer your prayer. Oh. ma
Il of business. in every crisis wien yo
come to him.
b, Can You Get Along without ItF
N Now. If this be so, then | am pa
~ suaded. as you ara, of the fact that II
rt vast majority of Christians do not full
n fest the value Of their religion. The
ct nre like a farmer in California vii
10 $4,000 acres Of good wheat land al
r. .ulturing only a quarter Of an acr
IL Why do you not go forth ana make u
W. religion Of Jesus Christ a practical q
III fair every day Of your business II
II and all this year, beginning now, al
ro tomorrow morning putting into pra
IA tical effect this holy religion and del
III onstrating that godliness is prohtab
a. here as we'll as hereafter?
40 How can you get along without II
"a religion? Is your physical health
IL good you do not want this divine toni
en- Is your mind so clear, so vast, so col
no prehensive, that you do not want Il
he divine inspiration1 Is your world
'ut business SO thoroughly established tn
yn vou have no use for that religion whl
ed has been the help and deliverance
nd tens Of thousands of men in crises
Tor worldly trouble? And If what ma
he said is true then you see what a Ia
blunder it is when a man adJourns
life's expiration the uses Of religion.
,od man who postpones religion 10 siA
en-. years of age gets religion fifty ye'