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L nearQ Rev. JOQu MdElly Say one
time that in his younger years he
used to preach that if a man had a
right heart every thing else he did
would be right; but, said he, "of late
years, l have concluded that a man
needs not only a right heart but a
right 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
God"
While I would say to every young
man and woman, you ought to have
the very best education possible,
would also say, let the Bible be to
you the Book of Books. Nearly all
the great men of the past owe their
greatness to this Book. 1t is almost
Impossible to name any rule by which
men have succeeded in life that has
not it's 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
a man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul?" No wonder he
gave thousands of dollars to the cause
of Christ.
But what about the men who reject
the Bible? Why, sin lieth at their
door. The superstitious life of Byron,
or the dying words of Voltaire will
O this statement.
III. The third step in well-doing
is to be honest.
Your Book, the Bible, says, Thou
shalt not steal" or in other words
he honest, -N-~~.~~
/. Be honest with God.
You have accepted Christ as your
Saviour, and taken His Book as your
! guide; the Book tells you what is eX-
pected of each one of His followers,
and He tells you just the work what
He wants you personally to do. Have
you met both these requirements?
2. Be honest with yourself.
You have a soul to save and a body
to care for. You will be rewarded &C
| cording to your works.
3. Be honest with your fellow
man.
A man would steal a dollar on the
same principle that he would steal a
pin. Watch the little things; q gnat
choked Pope Adrian; a nail turned
a 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 a wholesale merchant to a
customer, as he pointed to one OF his
clerks: THAT young man, sir, is my
banker, he handles every cent OF
money that passes through the store.
He could cheat me out of thousands
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 were not Middlesex." well,
said the merchant, if you are as par
ticular as all that you will never do
for me-" Every WELL" said the young
man, "if l have to lie to keep my po-
SltlOQ / Will lose IL.
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 Tor
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
to be innocent; but when the trial
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 to
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 we
are debtors to all men, let US try and
pay this debt, not only by our lives
but by giving our substance to the
cause of Christ throughout the world.
w. The next step in well-doing is
to be men and women Of Tact, Push
and Principle.
Upon these three qualities depend
the success of every man or woman
! from a business point Of view. Sam
uel Budget, the great English mer-
chant, attributed his success to them.
/. Tact.-Tact is nothing more
nor less than the use Of common
| sense, and it is so common that very
few people possess as much of it as
they ought to.
Many so called cultured people
often speak of the farmer as the
"hayseed from the country" But
some of them when they visit the
farmer show themselves to be de-
fcient in this quality of tact. Said
one young nan to his farmer friend:
What kind of a bird do you call
that" "a goose" was the reply. 20,
1 see; you keep that to get gooseber-
ries with" A young lady from the
| city of ottawa asked a friend Of mine
which of his COWS gave the butter
milk. Every one who has heard or
read Dr.. Prices address to young peo-
pie will remember his apt illustration,
"Tabby, why don't you get up?"
2. Push.-Many people have tact
enough to succeed, if they only had
push enough to go with it. They can
sell a book. or a bill of goods, but it
takes them so long to do so, that
there is no profit in it. Many Of the