Show F aellie EL TE V says 0 ihrl people wonder just how these discreetly expensive little shops tucked away to in odd corners cornera on tile the avenue manage to exist and the answer Is charge account without credit there would be very attle business transacted anywhere anil and there Is hardly ft a person who does docs not have a charge account some place not long ago there sat by ray my bed bea side a gentleman who congratulated mg me sincerely on my returning health my reply was that I 1 really should be felicitated felicita ted on having been III in the farst place and allowed to recover in the second that it had all been actually a double blessing the conversa conver sn tion took a sudden turn to lin own affairs and he be made me a confidante of the unhappy period he was going through due to an estrangement from one of the members of his family and what lie ho would give if the whole nil misunderstanding 8 could bo be wiped away then it was that I 1 asked him if bo be had a charge account A dozen was life hla answer 1 I 1 do business without thorn them you liquidate your accounts every month 1 I 1 said absolutely otherwise my credit be good for very long he recognized every obligation of credit for lie he la is a good business man and good business men are honest and punctilious ile he know knew that if he saw a hat bat in a shop window and was induced to purchase it sooner or later lie he would have to give up something in exchange ile he could not have the hat and his money also and without thinking much about it lie he realized that such an arrangement was only equitable hut but lie ho was unprepared for my lay next question have billave you ever thought of opening a charge account with god lie ile hall had never explicitly considered god ns as the source of human happiness and blessings nor that in return for what god gives us we must give something it had never occurred to film that it if he wanted a reconciliation with that member of his family lie must deprive himself of something else lie ile had not until then caught the idea idelt that only by giving of our own love generously and stint can we merit the love of others ot lieis As we talked I 1 told him of the time when I 1 was working on a chicago newspaper and as a matter of convenience ven veni lence ence opened a charge account with a department store near my office for three months I 1 paid my hills bills promptly when they were rendered the fourth month I 1 was out of the city on an assignment and lid did not return for several weeks when I 1 lid did get back I 1 found it a rather curt letter on my desk from the credit man of the store asking lie HIP to kindly remit then it was I 1 realized that god was the most lenient creditor ci editor I 1 hall had my account with the store was but a few weeks overdue and I 1 had been reminded ed of it tit at once but my bill with god had stood for years and lie he was still patiently waiting for me to pay something on account I 1 knew of course that I 1 could never redeem the principal but at least I 1 could have kept up the interest on it one of the reasons for my recovery I 1 am sure Is the charge account I 1 have had with god I 1 know knew that what ile he gave we me would come when I 1 wanted it I 1 knew it would not b noddy nor second rate I 1 knew that thai he cared for my interests but I 1 realized too that I 1 must give him something in return so I 1 have done the only thing I 1 could do to pay that debt I 1 have endeavored deavo red to have leave nothing but love in my heart to come as close to the spar spirit of the sermon on tile the mount as my limited powers would perr permit alt and for loving a great many people ile he has sent a great many people to love mp me he tins has given me returning health the strength to write n hook book the friends to help me sell it my charge account witla with god has not been unavailing |