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If you read the account you will see that out of the 107 millionaires only seven made their money in New York. IF YOU READ THE ACCOUNT YOU WILL SEE THAT OUT OF ONE HUNDRED SEVEN MILLIONAIRES ONLY SEVEN MADE THEIR MONEY IN NEW YORK
ing that people need. When will you salesmen learn it? When will you manufacturers learn that you must know the changing needs of humanity if you would succeed in life? Apply yourselves, all you Christian people, as manufacturers or merchants or workmen to supply that human need. It is a great principle as broad as humanity and as deep as the Scripture itself. The best illustration I ever heard was of John Jacob Astor. You know that he made the money of the Astor family when he lived in New York. He came across the sea in debt for his fare. But that poor boy with nothing in his pocket made the fortune of the Astor family on one principle. Some young man here to-night will say, “Well they could make those fortunes over in New York but they could not do it in Philadelphia!” My friends, did you ever read that wonderful book of Riis (his memory is sweet to us because of his recent death), wherein is given his statistical account of the records taken in 1889 of 107 millionaires of New York.  WHEN WILL YOU SALESMEN LEARN THAT WHEN WILL YOU MANUFACTURERS LEARN THAT YOU MUST KNOW THE CHANGING NEEDS OF HUMANITY IF YOU WOULD SUCCEED IN LIFE APPLY YOURSELVES ALL YOU CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AS MANUFACTURERS OR MERCHANTS OR WORKMEN TO SUPPLY THAT HUMAN NEED THAT IS A GREAT PRINCIPLE AS BROAD AS HUMANITY AND AS DEEP AS THE SCRIPTURE ITSELF THE BEST ILLUSTRATION I HAVE EVER HEARD WAS OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR YOU KNOW THAT HE MADE HIS MONEY OF THE ASTOR FAMILY AND WHEN HE LIVED IN NEW YORK HE CAME ACROSS THE SEA IN DEBT FOR HIS FARE BUT THAT POOR BOY WITH NOTHING IN HIS POCKET MADE THE FORTUNE OF THE ASTOR FAMILY ON ONE PRINCIPLE SOME YOUNG MEN HERE TO NIGHT WILL SAY WELL THEY COULD MAKE THAT FORTUNE IN NEW YORK BUT THEY COULD NOT DO IT IN PHILADELPHIA MY FRIENDS DID YOU EVER READ THAT WONDERFUL BOOK OF RIIS HIS MEMORY IS SWEET TO US BECAUSE OF HIS RECENT DEATH WHEREIN IS GIVEN HIS STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RECORDS TAKEN IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN MILLIONAIRES OF NEW YORK
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