The Republican journal., 1913-11-20
Some Elements of a Success
full Career.

JOnn W anAmakeF AZ 10 yc0Ao VI aye Ii PROD
ably the greatest department store retail mer-
chant in the world today. He still works
early and late and business is his great sport.
His mercantile interests are now about equal
ly divided between New York and Philadelphia.
In each he has between seven and eight mil
lion dollars, but this fifteen millions in dry
goods and notions is less than half his wealth.
He has much more in r. al estate alone"
The above clipping from the Boston
News Bureau leads up to matter that
has been in my mind for some time-the
relation of the church and the Sunday
school to successful career.
When boy approaches young man.
hood he is apt to think that the church
and Sunday school are out of his class,
especially the latter, and that he has no
use for them. But glance at the inn
portant men in the State and nation
shows that great many of them are
closely affiliated with these institutions.
John Wanamaker, whose rank a. a
merchant is given above, is leader in
Sunday school work in Pennsylvania and
was president of the State association
for many years. The present president
is H. J. Heinz, manufacturer of the 1877
Varieties some of which are used in
every home in our land which buys pick
les and preserves. Mr.. Heinz interest
takes a practical form and he recently
contributed Sl2,0 to the international
Sunday school work.
The late ]. P. Morgan's interest in the
church is a prominent part of his history,
and the declaration of Christian faith in
his will, coming as it did from the lead
ing hnancier of the age, made profound
impression on the world.
Coming to our own State we find that
the president of the State Sunday school
association is a lawyer and the treasurer,
a physician, each stancing high in his
profession. and a member of the execu-
tive committee is prominent contractor
and builder. Another active Maine Sun
day school worker is a leading wholesale
druggist.
During the last Jew months Maine has
suffered the loss of several prominent
men. George H. Eaton of Calais, who
died last summer. was lumber manu-
facturer, the president of trust com
pany and interested in other enterprises.
He was also interested in church work
and was trustee OF Bangor Theological
Seminary. His interest in religious mat
tiers was active, and he did his duty as a
trustee, and found time to attend the
State meetings OF his denomination as a
delegate. Another prominent man died
a few days ago, Frank W. Rollins, ed-
tor Of the Ellsworth American, leader
in musical matters in his county and
postmaster OF Ellsworth for II years.
He was so highly esteemed in his city
! that Congressman John A Peters was
one of the bearers and Associate justice
A. w King, one Of the ushers at his
funeral
But Mr.. Rollins interes. IS were rot
confined to literature nor music nor
nature, of which he was very fond, but
It is said Of him that ''he was a constant
attendant upon church. He greatly en-
joyed religious services and always main
tanned relation Of kindly sympa thy
with the pastor of his church "
DR.. Arthur A. Downs of Fairfield, who
died last week, was an important man in
Maine, leader in the crusade against
tuberculosis. The Waterville Sentinel
devoted considerable space to his mem
DRY and among the articles was the fol-
lowing from his pastor, Rev. John l..
Clark.
Any proper and complete estimate of the
worth and character of DR.. Arthur A. Downs
will include reference to the moral and re-
igious side of his life. After an increasingly
Intimate acquaintance with him extending
over nine years, | can bear witness to his
sterling wcrth. He was clean man. His
mind and his life were both white. He ''kept
himself unspotted from the world If any
man mad reason to trust in his upright, moral
life he had, and yet when confronted with the
personality and claims of Jesus Christ eight
years ago. he became His loyal follower From
that day the chief, underlying motive of his
life haa been to live the Christian life well
This he conceived to mean, living for his fell
lowmen. endeavoring to free them from those
conditions which make all life painful and
right life most difficult. When in his last
hours he recognized that death was inevitable
he said: - love my church, love my Sunday
school, love my work, and am sorry to leave
them, but am sure that am going o. to
greater opportunities aud better things"
These words reveal better than any words of
NINE dc. the reality, delight and optimism
of MS religious life
II 2 died as he lived, Christian.
| think | have shown that attendance
upon church and Sunday school need not
detract from young man success in
business nor in the professions, but l
want to touch on another important sub
ject, familiarity with the Bible, which
may be acquired by attendance on church
and Sunday school.
The average young man wants to be
well read' nut he cannot be so without
a Knowledge Ct the Bible for it is quoted
more than any other book. The most
successful authors make use of it and
such titles as the Inside of the Cup"
"a Certain Rich Man, THE House of
Mirth, etc.. We're taken from it.
1t is said that Mark Twain made such
q careful study of the Bible while in the
Holy Land during his trip which resulted
in The Innocents Abroad" that it i'll
fiuenced his writing; in fact Albert Bige-
low Paine tells US tina. his finest compo-
sit;on dates from that time.
General Lew Wallace also made a
careful study OF the Bible and gave the
world ''Ben Hur, one of the most popu-
lar books ever VIZ tten, SO popular that it
is said mail order house plans to print a
million copies of it.
1t can thus be seen that the study of
the Bible is not an indication of weak
ness but of strength and leads to great
,f,I1, tk1r, h.