New Britain herald., 1924-05-05
BUSINESS ALLIED
 WITH CONFIDENCE
Rev. John |. Davis Says Mans
 Trust in FelloWmen Is Keynote

feel that they cannot trust other
 men," said Rev. John L. Davis yes- terday in his address to Everyman's
 Bible class on Merchants Sunday" Continuing he said:
 Religion begins when a man feels l that he can trust God, and it fails
 when he no longer trusts God and when God can no longer trust him,
 and just as everybody must make a
 venture in beginning business so
 everybody must make a venture in
 beginning religion. There comes a
 time in your life when you have got
 to risk all you have on the fact that
 you will succeed in this religion. There comes a time when you must break
 with the old associates, the old habits, 1 the old way of living, and start utter
 ly new in life, and there are thousands
 who win not start because they are
 afraid they cannot succeed. There
 are men looking at me and listening
 to me this morning who are afraid
 really to cut loose from the old habits
 that are binding them. They fear
 they may not hold out faithful. It is l the same fear that keeps you out of
 business and success all your life. I
 want to tell you that in business and in religion both there is venture.
 You have got to throw yourself into
 this future life: you have got to trust something or somebody and your own powers, and if you do that you will
 not fail.' There are 10000 failures in
 business in the United States; but are a great many more successes. There are probably thousands who be- gin religion who fail, who give up
 drunkenness and go back to 1t; but where 10 start and fail, 10000 begin and continue to the close of life. and the Bible says that a man will re- ceive his reward If he holds out faith full to the end. The saddest wrecks are those that take place in sight of the shore.
 "I say there is a venture. and you must trust yourself and you must have faith. and every man has got to start somewhere. You cannot start any younger than you are now. This is a good time to start in business and in religion. I have said there's great deal in business that is true in re- ligion.
 Business has got to have . mans attention. his energy and his interest And certainly religion demands Q mans attention and his--energy and his interest. If 1t is half-hearted religion it is like half-hearted busl- ness. To be a successful business man you have got to put your whole life into it. If you neglect It you know you will soon fall. The best farm will go to ruin through neglect. Some men make . great start and have great vision, and when that enthusi- asm of the first few months is gone, and business is not coming in so fast and isn't as rushing as it might be, their ardor cools and their enthusiasm lags and they begin to lose interest, and it's failure.
 some people do the same thing in religion. They come into the church and become enthusiastic. They rush into the work, and in a little while their ardor cools and their enthusiasm begins to fail. In little while they have no interest in religion. Your business will be a success If you can keep your energy and keep your in- terest in spite of the obstacles and failures you meet. If you can only keep that enthusiasm and interest and energy in religion in spite of the dif- faculties and hardships, why every mans religion would be success also. The same principles that obtain in business will obtain in religion, and the very qualities of religion-kind- ness, love, honesty, righteousness and sympathy, all have a great place Tn business. It isn't enough to have en- ergy and foresight and enthusiasm and shrewdness, you have got to have good will in business and kindness and politeness.
 .'There are a great many things that enter into business besides shrewd- ness. You have got to have the hu- man element in business and in a store or in the mercantile business. or wherever else it is. Kindness, po- liteness. sympathy, the human eie- ment enters Into business the same as if does in religion. I am beginning to think that the more religious a man is the more likely he is to suc- ceed in business.
 No Bargains in Religion
 "Theres one thing that doesn't work in religion as it does in business. You cannot have sales In religion fire sales. mark down sales. s1.9S was a shrewd thing in business but it won't do in religion. Those who try 10 cheapen religion and try to sen it to the crowd because it is reduced Tn ;ts demand, because you can do any thing you want and get by with it; that destroys religion. They destroy religion. There Is no cheap religion. I used to think before I was religious - looked over different religions, and there are some that after you do cer- tain things and go through certain worship then you can do as vou please the rest of the time. That appealed 10 me, and it appeals to {. nv old sinner or young sinner either. If appeals to anybody who doesnt want to be good. SIPS doesn't go in religion. You have got to make t ss oo straight. Sixteen ounces to the noupd. ss inches to the yard. all wool. 1 take the shrink out of #. give them exactly what you say and then they like 1t.
 aTbere are some ministers who Will | teJl a dirty rotten story and think they | are getting away with it. lot of men think that's the way to please men. But that's the way to make decent man disgusted with minister and no man has respect for such