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How Much of the Lord's

                                                                   Time Have You Stolen?
                                                                        here  was  a  story  in  a
                                                                        Rochester,  Texas  church
                                                                  Tbulletin about a young man
                                                                  who  was  working  in  a  large
                                                                  department store, being told by
                                                                  his  employer  that  he  would  be
                                                                  required to work on Sundays.
                                                                  It  so  happened  that  the  hours
                                                                  assigned  to  him  would  have
                                                                  prevented  his  attending  any  of
                                                                  the worship services to which he
                                                                  had  been  accustomed  to  atten-
                                                                  ding since childhood.
                                                                  The  young  man  informed  his
                                                                  employer  that  he  would  not  be
                                                                  able to continue his work under
                                                                  these  conditions,  and  his  em-
                                                                  ployer  told  him  that  he  would
                                                                  have to go.
                                                                  A few days later, the young man
                                                                  answered  an  advertisement  in
                                                                  the paper from a bank which had
                                                                  advertised a vacancy for a teller.
                                                                  In  checking  the  young  man's
                                                                  previous  employers,  the  bank's
                                                                  president  contacted  the  depart-
                                                                  ment store head and inquired as
                                                                  to the boy's record and whether
                                                                  he could recommend him.
                                                                  The store manager replied, "Why,
                                                                  yes, I will be glad to recommend
                                                                  him.  He  will  make  you  a  good
                                                                  man. I just fired him a few days
                                                                  ago."
                                                                  "Fired him?" the bank president
                                                                  exclaimed.
                                                                  "Why  would  you  recommend  a
                                                                  man  whom  you  just  recently
                                                                  dismissed from your service?"
                                                                  The store manager explained the
                                                                  circumstances  under  which  the
                                                                  boy was released, and remarked,
                                                                  "I know he will make you a good
                                                                  man for your bank, because if he
                                                                  will not steal the Lord's time, he
                                                                  will not steal your money."
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