His greatest work, "The Messiah," was composed in Dublin for the benefit of poor debtors who were imprisoned there.

The influence of this masterpiece was tremendous.
It was said it out-preached the preacher, out-prayed prayers, reformed the wayward, softened stony hearts, as it told the wonderful story of redemption, in sound.
A.T.Stewart began life as a teacher in New York at $300 a year.

He soon resigned and began that career as a merchant in which he achieved a success almost without precedent.

Honesty, one price, cash on delivery, and business on business principles were his invariable rules.

Absolute regularity and system reigned in every department.