The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-22


grace the last six years of his life more
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 exhilarate
or retard worldly business is the
practical question for you to discuss.
Does it hang like a mortgage over the
farm? Is it a bad debt on the ledger?
Is 1t alien against the estate! Does 1t
crowd the door through which custom
ers come for broadcioths and silks?
Now, religion VIII hinder your bust
ness II 1t be a oaa business or II 1t be
q good business wrongly conducted.
III you ten iies Dehihu 'he counter, II
you use ialse weigh' anu measures,
IL you put sanu III sugar ana oeet Juice
ihvnegaranuiarui out,er n seli1or
one th'ng Una. wnich is aho'her thlng,
then eilglo WIZ ih.eriere with mat
business out d 'awiui business, law
iuiiy eohuue.eu' WI, INC
Oh .he Noru jesus in'en.'est
auHi,ia,y.
heiisiom "hi sNe eq"iPo ", sPir-
u. ~ "Ai Neep you eouiii'ions
s,y
- 10 49, I'm ro.
So urorr;mant ahort -froouont -.
II viii leen Won ;ndustrior. ord
nror,n.. "a Iii Leen Won b,cL fror,
s~ouapder;no and from d~issination. ~
win rive Won n L;ndpess of sn;r;+ xvb;oh
will he easily DISTINGUISHED from that
moro store courtesy which sbakes
hands violently with Won. ASKING abop4
tho health of vour family. when there
il no anxiety TO know whether vour
child is well orsick. but the anxiety is to
know how MANY dozen cambria pocket
bandkerchiefs Won will take and nav
cash down. 1t will repar Won for the
practical duties of everyday life. l dc
not mean to say that religion vii make
us financially rich, but l do say that it
will give us, it will assure us of a COM
Portable su~stenance at the start, a COM
Portable 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
life as a matter of vast Importance,
glorified by Christian principle.
chant, hard in his dealings with his
fellows, who had written over his
banking house or his counting house
room, mo compromise" Then when
some merchant got in a crisis and
went down-no fault of his, but a
conjunction of evil circumstances
and all the other merchants were
willing to compromise-they would
take IS cents on the dollar or so
cents or 20 cents-coming to this man
last Of all he said: mo compromise.
I'll take 100 cents on the dollar, and l
can afford to wait" Well, the wheel
turned, and after awhile that man
was in a crisis of business, and he
sent out his agent to compromise,
and the agent said to the merchants:
will you take so cents on the dol
lar?' mo" Will you take any
thing?" We'll 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
Of love in our business enterprises!
How many young men have found in
the religion of Jesus Christ a prac-
teal help? How many there are to-
day who could testify out of their
own experience that goodness is
profitable for the life that now is!
There were times in their business
career when they went here for help
and there for help and yonder 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-
lished that you have no use for that
religion which has been the help and