The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-21

hair and beard twisted looked Ike
a cows tail He started as a back
slider. ended IN apOstasy. Just rs dis
ease ends in death n uoI checked
In business ne. crises come IN
foreseen Hard times come When
they do, you may Dc able 20 get
away with an overdraf, AZ The bank
II the cashier doesn't know you too
we'll
IA the bank 81 heaven no checks
on Gods mercy when signed BY
Gods loyal followers. have ever
been turned down II YOU come with
honest heart God will honor the APP
peal Il your hands are red with
blood
There Is no man I so delight 20
honor as the Man who is true There
Is no woman I SO delight 10 honor
as the woman who Is true There
Is no one / 80 ahhor as a man or
woman whose words are untruth
and whose word is as ureRduring
sand
Il may differ from a mar In poll
tics, religion or business and II he
Is living up 70 his highest ideals.
even y think his ideals OF religion
are wrong. respect him and viii
I do nv best 20 clear up his errors
/ and lead him 20 the higher light
through the Word % Jesus Christ
General Lee Valued Self-Respeet
AT the 10 gthniag OF the civil war
! General Rohcrt r lee said 20 Gen
/ eral Scott that ~ was a Union man
A. heart but thar his native state OF
Virginia had seeded and that as a
loval son he felt - must cast his
fortunes With the Corfederpcy
LAS the war proceeded Lee saw
the bright hopes Of the Confcderacy
fade. saw the government, FOR which
he had suffered all overturned and
broken az his feet When the end
came as he was a prematurely old
man. his health fed his fortune
gone. his property az Arlington con
hscated
Al that time OF despair there
came 70 him the officers OF the
Louisiana Lottery company-that
octopus OF heli-orering 20 make
him its president
But. gentlemen he said. I don't
know anything about the lottery
business
That makes 10 difference. they
said we DO We want the use OF
your name and We will give you
10000 year
General Lee buttoned his coat
over his Sunken breast, brushed
back his gray hair from his fore
head. and said
Gentlemen, my good name and
my seli-respect are all that is saved
from the wreck. and they are not
for sale You cannot buy Robert
E Lee
My father was Union soldier
! am loyal American. but | saw
that Robert z. Lee was one OF the
noblest Christian characters this
country has ever produced. He went
I 20 Lexington where he worked for
1000 a year teaching young men
| ~ the south the higher principles OF
life and mathematics.
| In a campaign like this. for some
little thing many men VIII sell out
! There are men whose honor and
manhood hang like meat in a butch
er shop. for sale az so much
| FOUND. thank Coo. tho. that most
men are honest and most women
are virtuous, and that even The nj
nority can be made 70 Yield when
you preach the gospel right
Two Kinds Of Ratings
Suppose I am a commercial trav.
eler who has come 70 Detroit, let US
say. 10 sell goods FOR my house.
There ia an old merchant here that
has been doing business with US for
years. ! call upon him and take his
order, then go down street and And
young man. rev in business. who
offers me a large order
Il look In Drn's and Brsdstreet's
and find that he has only low rat.
ing. but ! go 10 the Old merchant
and ask about him
They say he ia a fine Young man
and be is safe In his methods. and
he will succeed They speak so
highly OF him that I sell him all he
wants.
Then there is another fellow
with A good rating. and be wants %
place large order He has a fine
rating but ash the old merchan,
about him. They call NE into the
private Office and shut the door and
say Get the cash for all YOU sell
He fails every six years and the six
years IL up The FIRST % June.
And | don't sell that fellow any
( goods.
Would you rather BE rated AAG
I In Dun and BrEdstreet's or rated
I AAG In God'g Book An honest mar
will say Never mind what the
world thinks I don't care whether
! the world dimes Or damns ne
Il ask about man. Has ho
| reached the burning bush -
They answer Yes and got past
f.
4 AJAX. Is hc ? K. OF P7'
They say he H.
81 ask Has 10 jumped
They say. Yes
81 don't know what Il means 70
/ Jump. for ! an not X % p /
( heard a couple % x az P's taking.
tho, and they didn't leak sup
( pose y has something 70 DO with the
/ initiation
- r-k. An Odd Fellow -
eyes
The tel nn ne ALI share his
last dollar With needy person. die
/ for the widow or The orphan put his
head or the track ahead = rne
Black Diamond or allow himself -
be shot 20 pieces before ne would be
/ false ~ the vows he took amid the