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My father kept a country store, and if there is any place under the stars where a man gets all sorts of experience in every kind of mercantile transactions, it is in the country store. MY FATHER KEPT A COUNTRY STORE AND IF THERE IS ANY PLACE UNDER THE STARS WHERE A MAN GETS ALL SORTS OF EXPERIENCE IN EVERY KIND OF MERCANTILE TRANSACTIONS IT IS THE COUNTRY STORE
. If you have not made over a thousand dollars in twenty years in Philadelphia, it would have been better for Philadelphia if they had kicked you out of the city nineteen years and nine months ago. A man has no right to keep a store in Philadelphia twenty years and not make at least five hundred thousand dollars even though it be a corner grocery up-town.” You say, “You cannot make five thousand dollars in a store now.” Oh, my friends, if you will just take only four blocks around you, and find out what the people want and what you ought to supply and set them down with your pencil and figure up the profits you would make if you did supply them, you would very soon see it. There is wealth right within the sound of your voice. Some one says: “You don’t know anything about business. A preacher never knows a thing about business.” Well, then, I will have to prove that I am an expert. I don’t like to do this, but I have to do it because my testimony will not be taken if I am not an expert.  IS TO THE WORLD AT THIS TIME IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TWENTY YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR PHILADELPHIA IF THEY KICKED YOU OUT OF THE CITY NINETEEN YEARS AND NINE MONTHS AGO A MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO KEEP A STORE IN PHILADELPHIA TWENTY YEARS AND NOT MAKE AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EVEN THOUGH IT BE A CORNER GROCERY UP TOWN YOU SAY YOU CANNOT MAKE FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A STORE NOW O MY FRIENDS IF YOU WILL JUST TAKE ONLY FOUR BLOCKS AROUND YOU AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT YOU OUGHT TO SUPPLY AND SET THEM DOWN WITH YOUR PENCIL AND FIGURE UP THE PROFITS YOU WOULD MAKE IF YOU DID SUPPLY THEM YOU WOULD VERY SOON SEE IT THERE IS WEALTH RIGHT HERE WITHIN THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE THEN SOME ONE SAYS YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUSINESS A PREACHER NEVER KNOWS A THING ABOUT BUSINESS WELL THEN I WILL HAVE TO PROVE TO YOU I AM AN EXPERT I DON'T LIKE TO DO THIS BUT I HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE MY TESTIMONY WILL NOT BE TAKEN IF I AM NOT AN EXPERT
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