Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-03-19
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The Story of a Merchant.

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The Story of Merchant.
In New York City there was a mer-
chant, hard in his dealings with his sei-
lows, who had written over his banking
house or his counting house room, "No
compromise" Then when some mer-
chant got in a crisis and went down
no fault Of his. but conjunction of evil
circumstances-and all the other mer-
chants were willing to compromise-they
would take 10 cents on the dollar or 80
cents or 20 eents-coming to this man
last OF all. he said mo compromise. I'll
take 100 cents on the dollar. and | can
afford to wait" Well. the wheel turn
ed, 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. "Will you take so
cents on the dollar?' NO "Will you
take anythingg' Wen take 100 cents
on the dollar No compromise" And
the man who wrote that inscription over
his counting house door died in destitu-
ton. 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 helpg How many
there are to-day who could testify out
of their own experience that godlness
| is profitable for the life that now is!
| There were times in their business ca
reer 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 deliverance, and the
| Lord rescued them.
In bank not far from New York-a
village bank-an officer could rot balance
| his accounts He had worked at them
| day after day. night after night and he
was sick nigh auto death as a result He
| knew he had 4ot taken one farthing from
| that bank ri somehow, for some reason,
inscrutable then, the accounts would not
| balance The time rolled on and the
morning of the day when the BOOKS
| should pass under the inspection of the
/ other officers arrived, and he felt HIM
| self in awful peril, conscious of his own
| integrity, but unable to prove that in
tegrity. That morning he went to the
| bank early, and he knelt down before
| God and told the whole story of mental
anguish, and he said: 20 Lord l have
| done right, / have preserved my integ-
rity, but here | am about to be over
| thrown unless thou shouldst come to my
rescue. Lord, deliver me-" And for one
| hour he continued the prayer before God,
and then he arose and went TO an old
| blotter that he had forgotten all about.
| He opened it, and there lay sheet of
| figures which he only needed to add to
another line of figures-some line of fig
ures he had forgotten and knew not
where he had laid them-and the ac-
| counts were balanced, and the Lord de-
livered him. You are an infidel il you
do not believe it. The Lord delivered
| him. God answered his prayer, as he
win answer your prayer, oh. man of bust
ness. in every crisis when you come to
| him.
Can You Get Along without ItT
Now, il this be so, then l am persuad-
ed as you are. of the fact that the vnst
majority of Christians do not fully test
the value of their religion. They are
| like a farmer in California with 10000
| acres of good wheat land 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 business life and all this year,
beginning now, and tomorrow morning
putting into practical effect this holy
religion and demonstrating that godliness
| is profitable here as we'll as hereafter
How can you get along without this re-
| Ggion?