ONE FAMOUS BUSINESS MAN: ABOUT A 100 PLUS YEARS AGO A YOUNG MAN HAD TO LEAVE HOME BECAUSE HIS FAMILY COULD NOT AFFORD TO FEED AND HOUSE HIM. ON HIS WAY TO HIS FUTURE HE MEET AN OLD FRIEND WHO WAS CAPTAIN OF A CANAL BOAT. THE CAPTAIN ASKED WHERE HE WAS OFF TO. HE REPLIED, “I DON’T KNOW.” HE TOLD HIM IT WAS GOOD TO BE ON HIS OWN BUT HE HAD TO START OUT RIGHT AND IF HE DID THAT HE WOULD BE FINE.. THE YOUNG MAN RESPONDED THAT THE ONLY TRADE HE KNEW WAS SOAP AND CANDLE MAKING. THE CANAL CAPTAIN SAID THAT’S ENOUGH “LETS PRAY AND ASK THE LORD TO GIVE YOU WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND THEN OFF YOU WILL GO.” SO THEY PRAYED AND THE CAPTAIN PRAYED THAT WILLIAM WOULD BE THE LEADING SOAP MAKER IN NEW YORK.” THE BOY WAS EXCITED, THE CAPTAIN TOLD GAVE HIM SOME MORE ADVICE. HE TOLD HIM TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST AND MAKE SURE HE GAVE THE LORD ALL THAT BELONGED TO HIM. HE EXPLAINED TO HIM ABOUT TITHES AND OFFERINGS AND THEN EXHORTED HIM TO MAKE AN HONEST SOAP AND HAVE INTEGRITY. HE VENTURED OF TO NEW YORK FOUND EMPLOYMENT WITH ANOTHER MAN IN SOAP MAKING AND SOON AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK BECAME A PARTNER WITH THE MAN. THE MAN PASSED ON AND HE BECAME THE SOLE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS. HE ALWAYS REMEMBERED TO GIVE TEN CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR TO THE LORD FROM THE FIRST DOLLAR HE MADE. WHEN HE BECAME MORE AND MORE WEALTHY HE INSTRUCTED HIS BOOK KEEPER TO KEEP A LINE ITEM ACCOUNT WHERE HIS TEN PERCENT OF HIS GROSS ALWAYS WENT TO THE “ACCOUNT WITH THE LORD” THIS MONEY ALWAYS WENT TO THE LORD’S WORK. HE PROSPERED QUICKER THAN HE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. HE THEN INSTRUCTED HIS BOOKKEEPER TO GIVE THE LORD’S ACCOUNT 20%, THEN
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