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“There was one element in my work as a business man which was of great importance to me. I had started with a small capital of six hundred dollars, and I had resolved to owe no man anything save very temporarily. This was of immense value to me. When a panic tried the strength of many around me, I had nothing to trouble me, and generally the panic gave me strength. I was ready to act as soon as it had passed, and felt more hopeful than before.”

He had always followed the plan of giving one tenth of his income to the Lord’s treasury ; but of this period he writes:—

“When I reached that point where I had a surplus above what was required for my business purposes, I looked around to see what use I could make of it. I resolved to consecrate to the Master’s work as much as I expended on my family. This had a double blessing. It caused economy at home, and enabled me to use cheerfully for Christian work what I had thus set apart. A dear friend, who had broken up housekeeping on account of the death of her husband, offered me her carriage and pair of fine horses on condition that I would use them in my family, I told her I could not do that, as it might prove a snare for my