Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-22

Henry and James, Otis, ! K unto the
Hebrew prophets, and now il you
wish to. understand d OF the great
| hst events in our history, look at this
bicture. It isethat of q Kentucky
youth, his arms are tired after chop
| ping all day, yet he sits up Till the
midnight hour, and as the noW-Wet
;ogs crackle on the hearth and blaze
| up the chimney, he reads ron this
grand old Book, the Book, that IN
: liter years made him q leader, whose
| administration subdued a rebellion OF
eight million people, and the emancl-
pator whose pen struck the
! from the limbssof four million slaves.
,either in this country mol elsewhere
| in the world shall ever dies the men,
,ry of Abraham Lincoln.
heard Rev. John Mavity say one
! time that in his younger years he
| used to preach that If a man had q
right heart every thing else he did
| would be right; but, said he, "of late
| Years. I have concluded that a nan
| needs not only a right heart but a
| tight head" There is some truth. in
| this statement. Isaiah tells us, we
| must learn to do WE'LL" Paul says.
Study to show myself approved OF
Sod"
While I would say to every young
| nan and woman, you ought to have
| he very best education possible. /
would also say, let the Bible be to
kou the Book Of Books. Nearly, all
the great men Of the past owe their
greatness to this Book. It is almost
Impossible to name any rule by which
men have succeeded in life that has
hot its foundation in the Bible. The
Book of Proverbs is especially full OF
such rules.
John Quincy Adams made the Bible
his constant companion. Amos Law
renee, the millionaire merchant OF
Boston, had inscribed on his pocket
book, the text. What shall it profit
1 man it he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul?" No wonder he
gave thousands Of dollars to the
bf Christ.
{ But what about the men who reject
The Bible: Why, sin lieth at their
loor. The superstitious life Of Byron,
! or the dying words Of Voltaire will
: prove this statement.
III. The third step in w~ell-doing
Is to be honest.
Your Book, the Bible, says, Thou
shalt not STEAL" or in other words
be honest.
1. Be honest with God.
You have accepted Christ as your
Saviour, and taken His Book as your.
} kuide; the Book tells you what is ex-
bected of each one of His followers.
ind He tells you just the work what
He wants you personally to do. Have
fou met both these requirements?
2. Be honest with yourself.
You have a soul to save and a body
10 care for You win be rewarded 40
sording to your works. y
8. Be honest with your fellow
man.
A man would steal a dollar on the
same principle that he would steal q
pin. Watch the little things: a gnat
ehoked Pope Adrian; a nail turned
! ship out Of It's course; a fly by
walking from tree to tree revealed to
the onlooker that the supposed dis
tant landscape was only a picture.
Said q wholesale merchant to a
customer, az he pointed to n OF his
slerks: THAT young man. sir. is my
banker. he handles every cent OF
money that passes through the store.
Of dollars every year If he wanted to,
but I am not afraid to trust him. he
! has proven himself to be strictly hon.
est"
! Said a merchant to one Of his
clerks: why didn't that lady buy
those goods?" Because, sir. she
wanted Middlesex cloth. "Why did
you not show her the next pile, and
call them Middlesex?" Because.
sir, they we're not Middlesex." We'll,
said the merchant, If you are as par
ticular as all that you will never do
for me-" VERY WE'LL" said the young
man, s"if I have to lie to keep my po-
sition I will lose It,"
When Abraham Lincoln had charge
Of Orfuts' country store, he walked
two miles to give a lady six cents that
he had overcharged her by mistake.
Another time he made a mistake and
sold a quarter of a pound of tea for
a half pound. AS soon as he discov-
cred his error he could not rest till
it was made right. After he was ad-
mitted to the bar it was said of him
that he would never defend a person
whom he believed to be in the wrong,
even If they offered him a large
amount of money to do SO.
He undertook the Paterson trial,
believing the man accused of murder
" Nc AAAOCOAIs Ouk WAOA IAO AAol
was half through he changed his
mind and dropped the case, refusing
pay for his services.
When the time came in our history
as a nation that the people began tc
distrust the corrupt politicians who
were governing in the interests Of
slavery, the only hope Of saving the
ship of state was to place an honest
man in the Presidential chair. Hon,
est Abe Lincoln was the man selected
From a spiritual point OF view WI
are debtors to all men, let us try ant
pay this debt, not only by our live
but by giving our substance to thu
cause OF Christ throughout the world
Nv. The next step in well-doing /
to be men and women of Tact. Pusl
and Principle.
Upon these three qualities depen,
the success OF every man or woman
from q business point of view. Sam
uel Budget, the great English mer
chant, attributed his success to them
!. Tact.-Tact is nothing NOR