The Penn's Grove record., 1909-04-23
in the world shall ever dies the mem
DRY of Abraham Lincoln.

right head" There is some truth in
this statement. Isaiah tells us, we
must learn to do we'll" Paul says,
Study to show thyself approved of
God"
While l 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 nan 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
prove 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
be honest.
l.. Be honest with God.
You have accepted Christ as your
Saviour, and taken His Book as your
o11idn. thu pooH fnlles uA,1 NH a = i1 nv
pected of each of His followers,
and He tells you just the work what
He wants you personally to do. Have
you met both these requirements?
@. 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.
8. 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; a 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 vol will never do
for me-" Very WE'LL" said the young
man, eff I have to lie to keep my po-
sftion / 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 1t 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 mar 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 u 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 al 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-
ficient in this quality of tact. Said
one young man to his farmer friend:
What kind of a bird do you call
that?" "a goose" was the reply. 20,
I see; you keep that to get g%ooseber-
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,
sHTabby, why don't you get up?"
q. 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
tohCo LACM oO LOh5 " w SIS Sh0I
there is no profit in it. Many of the
greatest victories in the worlds his
tory have been won by men while yet
young in years. David, Luther, Alex
ander and the worlds Redeemer
Himself are illustrations of this
truth.
3.-Principle.-Tact and push
would be a detriment to a man if he
were without principle. An employer
promised a clerk higher wages If he
would treat the customers now and
then to a glass, in order the he might
sell them a bill OF goods. The young
mar replied: 81 thank God there is
a po%orhouse in my native town, and
l will go there and die before I shall
do such dirty work" That was
Principle. Nicholas Biddle, the first
president of the United States Bank,
requested his employees at n time
to work on Sunday. One young man
lost his position rather than do SO.
That was Principle.
When President Lincoln was re-
nominated for the Presidency it be-
came necessary to call for 100000 re-
cruits to reinforce the men 1t the