The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-15
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Church Part of Community's Business
RULE FOR
chant. The church is a substantial
co-partner in. upbuilding the com.
mercial interests Of the town.
After More Honesty.

cndnt me cnufcn IS a substantial
co-partner in upbuilding the com.
mercial interests Of the town.
After More Honesty.
THE merchant wants more honesty
in his patrons. Here he is directly
dependent upon the church. No mat
ter what he may have said about the
hypocrites in the church he has often
enough found such outside the
church. He has also found that IL
men would live UP to the moral
standards Of the churches there
would be fewer unpaid bills on his
books. The strongest influence today
same church Of Jesus Christ. It is
trying to make character. Better
than Yale locks is right character inn
planted in boys and girls through the
Sunday school and Christian training.
1t is better than polishing policemen's
clubs or ferreting out accomplished
rascality.
1T is the Christian conscience Of
our time that is saying to captains Of
finance. Thou shalt not steal" The
same influence is curbing corporate
and securing more equitable division
of the proceeds of labor. Thus in
most practical ways the church is
working for the advantage of the
business man.
THE business man wants an in
crease Of purchasing power among
his patrons.
Leaving out the pandering to base
appetites and the like. how can we
promote increased consumption of
goods?
purchasing power will be in
creased by stopping all waste through
corrupt practices. The man who sells
groceries OF dry goods or boots and
shoes will find his patron with a full
weeks wages If he has been able to
pass the solicitation of the seller Of
drink. If the ragged children of the
drunkard are to be comfortably clad
the bottle must. be taken away and
kept away. The church has for a
long time been. at just this business.
Moral reform has no other perma-
the church. Legitimate business
reaps the profit almost altogether.
The church is. teaching men the
| wastefulness Of many indulgences. 1t
steadily urges the lessons of economy
and thrift and the banker is preach
ing identically the same doctrine and
again the man of the store gathers
in the largest share of the proceeds.
Wasteful habits in our youth mean
narrowed income and limited prop
erty values at maturity. The nickel
in the slot looks trifling. but it is
sowing financial loss to every mer-
chant and making certain lessened
purchasing power far beyond the gain
anyone MAJ make today. The bust
ness man is therefore directly and
Enthusiastically concerned in the work
of the church as it teaches habits of
] sobriety. economy, saving and wise
+, investment. These things make for
permanence Of trade. security of
credit and the substantial founding of
families and the enlargement of gen.
eral business as the years pass on.
Terms of Mutual Respect.
~ am too new in Grand Forks to
have n knowledge as to local con-
ditions in this respect. 1t is my inn
i preston that business men dwell to-
gether in terms of kindness and
mutual respect. I have lived in cities
] where the opposite was altogether too
, sadly true. There is a little word in
the old Book that describes the
ideal. 1t is love- 1T stands in the
new and great COMMUNICATIONS
one another The church is doing its
utmost to bring about the prevalence
men of the business world as every
where else.
Surely / have not urged an empty
boast in declaring that there are aims
in common between the business mar
and the church. In significant way
the church is the very best ally of
business in its seeking of more and
better trade, more honesty, increased
purchasing power on the part of
patrons and fair treatment from fell
flow tradesmen.
There is substantial reason for
fevery business mar leading personal
and vigorous support to the churches
of the community. Moral support is
prominently important. The church
has incontrovertible right to claim
expert knowledge rs to moral well
fare of communities as we'll as indi-
viduals. The beneficiaries OF its
i treasure of benefit lavished in char
acter making and the upbuilding of
! everything best in IL community
life. cannot honorahly fail of strong
cooperation with the church in fur
thering its moral teachings and eff
forts to guide society Alright. And
when it is doing good to everybody
SO unselfshly it has tremendous right
to adequate material support in its
ministry Of mercy and blessing"