The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-20
/ ECHOES FROM CAIRO PULPlTS
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discoHragemcn
When a man distrusts himself hs
becomes timid and tired This leads
Ito Encouragement and despair Such
Ia person can not ill his place in the
world, and he soon gets in the way
Of others. This il a sad plight indeed
to haze lost ones mold, ami 70 be
standing around waiting for some
thing 10 turn Up
Faiths absence has been felt in tho
financial furry
Ii began with the discrediting q
the big life insurance companies.
when corruption ANA waste were dis-
covered aud exposed, Fraud and cor
ruption in city government We're an
earthed, and filed the public with
disappointment ami disgust Gamb.
ling and fraud In inc management q
the great railroads OF the countrt
we're unearthed, and the people be-
can to lose confidence in the entiFo
business world. Then came the Grip
ping for the time being Of the bank.
ing system OF the country The presi
dent OF a great bank ia New York
overdrew his chech to the amount Oh
about half a million dollars. Othaf
banks became suspicious. Several
crashes followed; and great bankers
committed suicide By this time the
people generally were nervous ami
excited. no one fet much like trust
ing either banks or individuals. Cash
both large amounts and small earn
ings. vas boarded Business conli
not command the cash and THE
wheels OF commerce began to slow
up everywhere Taere IS no other
possible reason for the late financial
furry. for the country has never baea
in a more prosperous condition imam
cially There is plenty OF every
thing, and yet the people have be.
come panicky Never has there been
u finer illustration Of the value of
faith as a commercial asset. Its ah-
sence has been severely felt every
where in the business world
Faiths Restoration.
Faiths reservation produces indiyi3~
ual announcement.
When a man is blue with discnure
agement. he will be revived BY d
kindly word Something is needed
to remind one Of ones
ability and opportunity Many man
has been saved to the community by
? little Bit OF sunshine that brought
2 clearer vision Clap the man on
the shoulder with a hand Of kindness,
and the birds Of hope will begin to
sing overhead.
Faiths restoration produces finan-
cial prosperity
The newspapers are now hearing
the song Of the LARK, instead OF the
growl Of the wolf The reports are
heartening the smile is returning.
Business is resumlng hope is bloom,
ing. All these many indications Of
returning prosperity are being pro
,luced by a returning faith in the con
tinuance OF the regular order Of
things. The country has faith that
the normal condition OF trade will
continue in the futare as in the past
The ebb ana the flow of the tides 10
not destroy our faith in the old ocean
The words Of our president. the inter
EST of congress, the cooperation Of
captains of industry. the editors oil
line newspapers, ar all cooperating in
he grand crusade 10 restore the con
idence Of the nation in the stability
md perpetuity of the institutions that
remain. This leadership of faith is
he herald Of the Frightening dawn
and in due time there will be the
amiliar sound Of prosperity in the
and
Faiths Source
Faiths source is in the God Of the
Nation.
The Psalmist wrote Blessed is the
lation whose Col is the Lord" aud
he names ut David and Solomon are
ynonyms 81 the prosperity that
cmes TO n nation that trusts and
.beys God. Those We're the palmy
LAYS Of Israel; and there was busi 1
'ess prospe Hty everywhere.
It is phenomenal how business /
rosperity las followed the English /
peaking nations No others have 4
rosper7l 50 greatly 10 business al 1
airs An honest reading Of history
owes the reason. The Anglo-Saxon /
'eoples lave more generally than /
re other nations. honored the re-
igion Of Jesus Christ. No other peo- /
b. so generally read the Bible and +
Worship the true Cod The greatest I
literature of the English speaking
orii 6 Christian literature Thr .
.eopie hara been saturated with the 4
aifh 10 Christ Those Rho are moi .
'Hristians have grown ap f. q Chris 4
fan atmosphere: they have been /
rsined in the midst c. Christian IN
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