The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-18
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women you can no more buy than
cause the sun to deviate in it's course.
I thank God there are men and women
that all the millions of the multi-mil-
lionaires of America cannot buy; but
too often there are too many whose
honor and influence hang as market
able commodities, like meat in the
butcher shop, and you can purchase
1t.
"Supposing / should come to Fargo
as a commercial traveller, and would
so down the street to sell a bill of
goods. Here is q young fellow just
starting in business. He wants to buy
a large order from our house. /
look him up in Bradstreet and Dun
and find him rated low. I go to my
old friend. the merchant, and I say:
What advice would you give me
about this fellow2 Bradstreet and
Dun rate him low
MY friend, the merchant, v
Sell him all he wants. He is a
faithful business man and his name is
as good as a government bond at any
bank for a reasonable amount. Sell
him all he wants. Everybody admires
and respects him
Il thank my friend, the merchant,
and go further down the street and
find another man who wants to place
a large order.
Y look him up in Bradstreet and
Dun and they rate him high. 1 come
back to my friend, the merchant, and
l say:
What about this mani He wants
to place a large order and Bradstreet
and Dun rate him high. Is his credit
good?'
My old friend, the merchant, says:
You look out for that fellow. He
fails every six years and the six years
VII be up April 1. He always goes
out with more money than when he
went in
Which would you rather, stand high
in the estimation of the people that
know you and be rated low in the
books Of Bradstreet and Dun, or
would you rather have them rate you
high and have the people that know
you not trust you You say:
i don't care rap what Bradstreet
n Dun say of me if my neighbors
trust me-
Would you rather stand AaG on
Gods books and have the world ia
boo o or be rated high on the books
Of the world and have God turn His
back on you?
You say:
"T don't care what the world y
"And / say I don't a what the
saloonkeeper, or the gamblers, or the
L ha NEElfHnrG er0n6 For ~z4hS,r oL.-zl
members say against me.
Willing to Stand High With God.
II am willing ana anxious to stand
high with God and 1 have every rea-
son to believe 1 do, so 1 don't care
whether the world dimes or damns me,
Kisses or appIauds me. / will testify
that it's deeds are evil.
II meet a man and I say:
How do you do
81 ask:
els he a member of a secret order?'
Eyes
"a Mason?'
eyes
"tAn odd FeIlow|
"'Yes.'
practice the lesson of David and
Jonathan and the Good Samaritan?
Yes
xviii share his last dollar with a
needy brother? Is, he an EXP
Eyes, and a number one man
"'True?'
eyes
"T am glad to shake hands. Is he
a married man?"
yes
""True to his wife?'
eyes. He would stand UP and let
a regiment Of soldiers fire at him be-
fore he would side step his marriage
vows
HE would lay his hand on the
track and let the Hummer or the Red
Limited grind him to pulp before he
would be false to his wife,
Good. I love to see a man true to
his wife. I like to see a man true to
his lodge. / like to see a man true in
a business deal. But what about this
anne man who is true to his wife, true
to his lodge and true in business?
"These men will go into the church
and partake Of the bread, an
blematic of Christ's body and drink of
the wine, symbolic of his blood shed,
1 ceAA0 NANAAAA NCA6 III HULL GAlGV WILL
lean up in front of a bar and pour
down beer and wine, and guzzIe down
a mint julep, a pony and a schooner,
great torrents of profanity will pour
from their lips. They are untrue to
the word of Jesus Christ.
How is it that a man will be true
in business, true to his wife, and be a
liar and a falsifier to his vows and
promises made to God?
"That is what it means TO be a back
slider. 1t near you are q liar. 1t
means you are false. 1t means you
are a hypocrite. You are untrue. 1t
ought to make anybody hang their
head in shame.
II go to a man and say:
"'They tell me you are an old thief
and they have to watch you all the
time. Is that SOP
HE says
"tWell, / suppose so, but / am only
human, don't put the standard too
high, don't expect too much
Il go to another and ! say:
They tell me you are an old liar
and they would not believe you on a
stack Of Bibles as high as q mountain.
Is that so?'
"He says:
ct suppose SO, but / am only hui
man. Don't put the standard too high.
II SO to another and / say:
They tell me you are an old lib
ertine; that you would crush a wo-
mans virtue as soon as you would a
pipe stem. Els that SOP
"And he will say: