Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-10-28

yes. decidedly mean, and altogether ILL.,
natured. If it isn't unjust and mean and
| ill-natured to insinuate that saving ones
prayers. or preaching, or attending SUNDAY
school and "hoding Office" therein disouali-
fies young man from holding a situation
in "well-established business house." then
don't know how man is going to say any
thing unjust or ill-naturcd. The young
man may have good health." as he saws.
but If that advertisement does not run back
to the worst kind Of dyspepsia. I'm mistaken
in my diagnosis. And then. why should he
call these "old-fashioned qualities" as if to
distinguish them from preaching and pray
ing? Does his old-fashioncd Intel liyence"
consider preaching and praying as something
quite new' A craze Of the 10Th century ,
A modern wbim introduced with new Gu,
of the coat or style of hat? His ..intelli-
gence" is indeed very old-fashoned decid-
ediy antiquarian for so Young a man. Doesn't
he really know that PRAYING is older than
history
Then, in conclusion. he saws, he "will
work with muscle and brain for the same
compensation given by the city for muscle
onlv."
Well, now cheap man after ALL After
all his lofty scorn for preaching and preach
ers; after all his naughty contempt for pray
ers in public, after his proud refusal to serve
as Sunday school superintendent or the
guardian of the infant class Golfers. after all
this. and his manly refusal to .'betray any
confidence reposed in him." which he seems
TO consider something very remarkable.
Aiter all this, he turns out to be a cheap
man, and offers to do twice as much work
for just so much pay. as the street laborer
receives. lie will sell goods, pack goods
and mark cases. help the porter and assist
in the books, deyoting brain aud muscle to
his employers, and asks only the pay Of the
man who can't read. doesn't know how To
write, and scrapes the streets under the com
missiOner's orders, and carts of the mud TO
the dumping ground. 1t is really too bad
that such expensive preamble should herald
such cheap resolution.
Now, have preached longer sermon
than intended, but | fel, sorry for the Young
man when | read his advertisement /,
seemed TO me that ! could read between
the lines" and see how long he had been ou,
of employment, how badly he wanted and
perhaps needed work, how he had been dis
appointed here and there. and how at last.
hc joined the forlorn hope Of that great army
OF unemployed men in our great cities, and
after ali personal applications and the assist
ancc of friends had failed, he had resortcd
10 the column headed situations wanted"
and out west We can't realize the helpless
pathos in that column Of the the great
dailIes, and there he ha. poured out his dis
appointment and bitterness in his adser-
tlscment- And il was the wrong way for
him 70 90 al II. In the worldlicst Kind OF a
sense 1t was wrong; II was poor policy: il
was bad Judgment and il WASH, good morals
To Kick at the church and strike at the sun
day school just because he wanted a situA-
ton. The church and SUNDAY school didn't
stand between him and work yentur. to
say there are more Christian merchants ia
Boston than atheists. | know there are
more employment, bureaus under the man
agement of the Y " e. \. than are suS-
tanned by the National Liberal League.
And know the Y NJ G. A. will do What il
can 10 assist him or an, other appiican, 10
get work IN cities where a hundred appll-
eants stand ready to spring a, the first va
man .lapping his friends IN that unbruvuKeG
and very provoking way, | don't like To see
this tendency in the boys To maui the church.
That young man knows. a. every Young mans
knows, that preachers, with rare exception
are good, honest men They might BE- better
Yes, son. and might YOU. | am sure
wish YOU were both Of you. And nobody
SAYS amen.