The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-07-14
LORD AS PARTNER,
MAKES MILLIONS
Attributes Great Fortune
to Divine Help.
Case IN POINT ILLUSTRATED
The Strong Faith and Expe-
rience of a PennSylVa-
mia Oil Man.
(By William E. Curtis.)


men say that they never mix up their
religion with their business, but ]
have found one man here--"an I'M
known millionaire" as he was de-
scribed to me-who asserts that his
millions are the direct result OF
taking God INTO partnership with him.
The unknown millionaire is Cen
eral Charles Miller, of Franklin, Pa,
President of the Galena Signal oil
Company. a brother-in-law of former
Representative Joseph c. Sibley, Of
that district, ard the man who is
building the new shortcut railroad
between New York and Chicago. He
is a very interesting personality.
Those who believe, as he does, that
while prosperity may come to others,
it 10 certain TO follow those who prac-
tiee the precepis of the Bible in pre-
cisely the proportion to which they
carry their religion into their daily
life and make in a vital thing, will
find in his romantic life many facts TO-
strength hen their faith. He attributes
none Of his success to his own ability
or industry, but all Of it to the fact
that he has been guided by prayer and
has given largely of his increasing
income to religion and education.
Furthermore he cites specific in
stances, with names, daJts, amounts,
TO prove his contention that In and
Of himself he is in no way response
BILE for his unusual and continued
prosperity. His faith and confidence
are the result Of practice, lie says,
and not Of theory; he speaks from
actual experience, and II dates back
TO the COS, when he was a mere
boy, and with his partners, JohnCoon
and Philander Haynes, started 10
sink their first oil well at Scrub
Grass. near Franklin, Pa.
Il believe we ought TO follow the
teachings Of the Bible in all things
said Miller to his partners, "and ]
serve notice that if we strike oil l
daily profits to the Lord
His religious enthusiasm, of which
friends marveled and to some extent
scoffed, grew as the drill went down,
and when it was about to strike OIL
the promised 1.-THE had become a
quarter of his profit. The oil came
with n rush when the 'go-devil' ex-
ploded the dynamite, and the indi-
cations were that the well would pro-
duce $50 barrels a day. Oil was then
worth $3.50 a barrel. Miller did some
quick figuring and found that he must
set aside SIS day for the Lord, ac-
cording to his pledge. With a for
tune in, sight, in the profound judg-
ment of the experts, that seemed too
much money for a man of his means
TO give away, so he went back 10 his
first proposition of one-tenth, or SO
day. The Bible called for only a
1.-THE, anyway, ard that ought TO be
sufficient, he argued to himself, or
it would have stipulated that one
should give more.
Within twelve hours after he had
announced this revised division, the
well went dry rs suddenly as it had
burst forth, and his disappointed part
ners nailed over Il q board on which
was printed i'm large letters: This
Well Stopped Running by Order of the
Lord" They considered this state
ment abundanUy proved when, soon
afterward, another party struck a 200
barrcl-a-day well within seventy yards
Of their dry hole ard became indepcnd-
emily wealthy
Such was the education Of General
Charles Miller That experience
he says, convinced me that it was
bad business to try to cheat the Lord
and never attempted it again"
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