The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21

the dollaf. NO compromise. Anu inc
man who wrote that inscription over
his counting house door died in destl-
tuition. Oh. we want more OF the kind
ness 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 to-day who
could testify out OF their own expert
ence that godlinoss 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 cry
ing for his deliverance. and the Lord
rescued them.
In n bank not far from New York
| a village bank-an officer could not
balance his accounts. lie had worked
at them day after day. night after
| night. and he was sick nigh unto death
as "A result. lie knew he had not TAX
en- enc farthing from that bank. but
| somehow. for some reason. inscrutabie
| then, the accounts would not balance.
/ The time rolled on and the morning on
the day when the books should pass
under the inspection OF the other Of
/ ficers arrived. and he felt himself In
awful peril. conscious OF his own In
tegrity. but unable TO prove that In
tegrity. That morning he went TO the
bank early. and lac knelt down before
| God and told the whole story OF men
tai anguish. and he said: 20 Lord.
have done right, i have preserved my
| integrity. but here / am about TO DO
\ oyerthrown unless thou shouldst come
TO my rescue Lord. deliver me-" Ana
for one hour he continued the prayer
before God, and then he arose AID
went 90 an old blotter that he had for
gotten all about. lie opened II, and
there lay sheet OF figures which he
only needed 20 add TO another line OF
| hgures-some line OF figures he had
forgotten and knew not where he had
laid them-nnd the accounts were
balanced. and the Lord delivered him.
You are an infdel II yon do not be
lieve 70. The Lord delivered him.
God answered his prayer. as he VIII
answer your prayer. oh. man OF bust
/
him.
Now. n this be so. then I am per-
suaded. as you are. OF the fact that the
vast majority OF Christians do not
fully test the value OF their religion.
They arc like farmer in California
with $1,000 acres OF good wheat anl
and culturing only quarter OF an
acre. Why do you not go forth and
make the religion of Jesus Christ
practical affair every day OF your husi-
ness life and all this year. beginning
now. and tomorrow morning putting
into practical effect this holy religion
and demonstrating that goodness Is
profitable here as well as hereafter?
How can you get along without this
religion? Is your physical health 80
good you do not want this divine
tonic? Is your mind so clear. so vast.
so comprehensive. thet 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
deliverancc OF tens OF thousands Of
men in crises OF worldly trouble? And
II what | have said Is true then you
see what n fatal blundeT II is when g
man adjourns TO lifes expiration the
uses OF religion. A man who post
punes religion TO sixty years Of age
gets religion fifty years too late. lie
may get into the kingdom OF God by
final repentance. but what can COM
/ pensate him for whole lifetime un-
alloviated and uncontrolled? You
want religion to-day In the training Of
that child. You will want religion to-
morrow In dealing with that customer
You wanted religion yesterday 60 curb
your temper. is your arm strong
enough TO beat your way through the
foods? Can you. without being in
cased In the mail OF Gods eternal
help. go forth amid the assault OF all
hells sharpshooters? Can you walk
alone across these crumbling graves
and amid these gaping earthquakes?
Can you. waterlogged and mast shiy-
cred. outlive the gale? oh. how many
there have been who. postponing the
religion OF Jesus Christ. have plung-
ed into mistakes they never could cor
rect although they lived sixty years
after. and like serpents crushed under
cart wheels dragging their mauled
bodies under the rocks TO die. So
these men have fallen under the wheel
OF awful calamity. while a vast multi
tude OF others have taken the religion
OF Jesus Christ into everyday life and.
first. In practical business Affairs. and.
second. on the throne OF heavenly tri-
umph. have illustrated. while angels
looked on and a universe approved.
the glorious truth that goodness rs
profitable unto all things. having the
promise OF the life which now is as
well as OF that which Is 10 come"