In his dealings with his
fellow men he had been fair and equitable, even leaning toward mercy
when opportunity offered.
In fact, he had incorporated the Spirit of Righteousness into the Temple
of Mammon and molded worldly affairs after the principles of divine
teaching.
And what to him had been the results? He smiled with grateful
satisfaction as he briefly reviewed them.
There was a trifling shortage as compared with the accounts of previous
years, so trifling that it astonished him when he reflected upon the
amounts which he had paid his two partners. Beyond this the business of
the store had been good and his books showed new accounts recently
opened with wealthy persons, which assured him beyond doubt that they
indorsed his methods.
Further than this, there were offers of capital from a dozen different
sources. The sincere Christians of the city could not have expressed
more tangibly their ardent desire to stand shoulder to shoulder with the
merchant who had resolved to deal according to his conscience.
The outlook for the future was more than hopeful. He could see no
obstacle in the path of his ultimate victory.
There should be no more grinding down in the work-rooms where his goods
were made, no undercutting of prices to ruin a brother merchant.
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