The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-03

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 me the other day; My mother was a l Quaker. They don't talk oVermuch' you know but I recall over ana over | again as q little boy my mother taxing
 me by the hand and saying soberly, | H, thee needn't say much, but thee must never say an untruth. So truth ! was ingrained into the boys nature; 1t | has been habit of his life, and his word is as good as his bond Many d l time lon change" l have seen reports | given out by a prominent house on the l probable course of the market ana
 have heard contemptuous comment,
 You may copper that that IS, pe- A lieve just the opposite.
 I He that despiseth the grain of fraud
 shall dwell on high-his waters shall be
 eure.' That we might live unto
 righteousness. "For we take thought
 for things honorable, not only in the l sight of the Lord, but also in the sight | of men,
 I overheard knot of men laying as | phalt walks discussing their employer Yes" said one of them, 'he is a great | church man, and pretty nice man, but | he don't put tar enough in his walks. l One summer I was traveling weekly to l the region of Cape Cod; my handbag gave out. I saw in the daily papers a page advertisement setting forth bar l gains; a speciality was made of all sorts, qualities and sizes of bags Among others, high-priced bags were offered at a third of their reputed val | ues I went directly from the boat to IL. T | of cheap goods on the counters. But, said I to the young woman, where are | those sixteen and twenty dollar bags that are marked down." "Oh, we have | no such goods" she replied; i've have only cheap goods" But here is the advertisement of your house" Yes, know, but we haven't any of that sort" Would the Bible censor blue pencii' that "ad." until what was left told the
 exact truth?
 "Oh, we'll" you may say. that's drawing it too fine No one can be as
 strict as that man with such Puri-
 tanic notions will get left He cant do business Hold fast there! Must every man be a. liar and a cheat be- cause some play fast and loose with truth and honesty? We are talking now about Gods way. In the long run that must be the best way. I can be His kind of a man if I choose. To some of you what I have said thus far seems impracticable and fussy. In that case
 brace up just here. lest my next point
 take your breath clean away.
 (3)) The Word of God holds every
 business man to recognize and respect
 the interest of others. When all are
 throun into the sea, one may not save
 his own life by pushing the next man
 under. Every mans life and success
 are dear to him and dear to his Maker,
 It is an abomination in Gods sight that
 one should climb to eminence in
 fortune or fame by deliberately sacri-
 ficing others. The old saw, Every
 man for himself and the devil take the
 hindmost," finds support in no proof
 text between the two covers of the Bi-
 ble. Don't miss the real point here
 God-given differences exist in environ
 ment and productive power, and the
 Creator holds each to the best use of
 and the largest return from every hu- man dynamo, bet He restricts our
 methods to fair play and giving the other fellow a show. Every man
 takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him; but a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat
 his neighbor Then all goes well. He has changed his market cart into a chariot of the sun.s
 To the law and the commandments; And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother? And he said. I know not; am I my brothers keeper? and He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brothers blood crieth unto Me from the ground. ITO turn aside the right of man before the face of the most high" ITO subvert man fin his cause, the Lord approveth not" "Ye shall not oppress one another" "Woe to him that buldeth a town with blood and establisheth city by iniqui ty." AS ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" 50 then each one of US shall give account of himself to God" For thus saith the Lord God: I will deal with thee as thou hast done" Nor covetous nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God"
 HIS IS not lnt way pl llir DuSlIltSH world to-day If all commercial life started anew on this track tomorrow that day would be marked by | the greatest crash on record; but when | the wreck was cleared away what a beautiful world this would be to live in, | with all business directed by such prin- ciples! Many establishments would | shut up shop in irretrievable ruin; oth- | CTS would reduce their enormously 1 bloated proportions; many would once more have fair chance; but what a | blessed readjustment it would be! | There is now much of heavens own | truth, rectitude and phi | lanthropy in the business world but | alas! there is an awful and often a | dominant infilitration of hell.
 Now we are facing these divine and | eternal principles revealed for business | men God, without argument or apolo- |