The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-13
EIRDEITE To TIE "SMART
YOUNG MAN.

AVOASb SuANe
The following good-natured but
somewhat sarcastic article is from the
pen of Il. j. Buruette, Of the Burlington
HuwAeye: .,
In the Boston Herald Of September Ii, read
the following advertisement:
"WANrED.-A change to work in some we'll
established business house, either as salesman
or accountant, or both, by Il voting man OF
thorough business gtraiung, who has never
preached or prayed in public. neither has been
treasurer or superintendent Ot sabbath.
schools. Or betrayed any confidence repnscd
III hlln. but who relies Tor worldly success on
the o.d-lashioned qualities OF integrity, intel
llgrnce, good heath and good nature; viii
work with muscle and brain for the same com
pcIs:>tiM given b. the city for muscle Only
I,S'-c'aSs city references. Address II. l.. c.,
Herald oilice.' rr al. .f..u
Now. as has been atorctimc observed BY
M. Weller you generally And every adyer-
tlsCElent in Il paper promptly answered by
another card i'll the next column Of the same
issue. Where You lind tac appeal OF u m.I,
Tor situation as salesman, you frequently
find beside it the inquiry Of man who il
looking for \ salesman. II one man has il
horse to sell, there is usually some man VINO
wants to buy horse. And 50 look ed all over
WASH t some business house advertising for
Just that sort Os Il salesman. Idin't find it.
glanced at other Boston papers, but couldn't
see that any house wanted salesman or
accountant whose first recommendation was
that he had "ncver preached or prayed in
public" got holl OF New York paper or
TWO. wondering IL the young man would have
any better show in the metropolis But
couldn't see any special chance for him. |
could not lind that any business house was
aiixiousiy looking for an accountant who had
never been guilty Of the grave Oifensc of
preaching or praying where anybody could
bear him; couldn't lind that any merchant
was especially looking for some young nan
who had never gone wrong 50 far as IT, become
"trcaslrer or superintendent Of a Sabbath
school" They didn't seem to hunger after
that particular kind ofyoung man.
looked at the young mans advertisement
u long time, and it seemed to me that he was Il
young. or he would know that to preach and
to pray, even boldly, without being ashamed
of it, in broad daylight, in the presence of
fifty, hundred, or three thousand people, is
not considered, even by business men, rs Il
vicious habit, or an indication OF loose morals.
40 not know VINO the young man has been
accustomed to hear preach. | do not know
"h.tt manner Oi p.uyef-McciinEs he has al
tended. but it is very evident that he has re-
ceived very erroneous impression Of preach
ing and praying in their effect and influence
upon a bltsincss-likc character, or upon the
mercantile world. do not know what kind
OF business the young man is anxious to Gu
gage III, il the best recommendation the en-
plOye can offer the house is that he has
never preached or prayed in public Posi-
ply il desk IN the general Office Of the Liberia!
League, which met recently in Chicago and
was 50 disgustingy goddess and nasty, that the
best intide in America lettit III speeches. dis
gust, may be open to him.
And then the Young man brings another
proud recommendation to the business house
mat may be SO fortunate rs to receive his in.
service. He can lay his hand on his
heart aud say, with pride, that he has "ncver
been trrastIrcror superintendent OF Sabbath
school," This Recommendation is rather
'uperliuous, as his first one covers the ground.
It is very likely that IL the only recoHimendst-
~ could bring TO the Sabbath-school WAS the
a.t that ne never '.preacilcd ur prayed the
sabbnth-school would cn,leavor to get along
ter a little while without Il treasurer ur super
ntenaent, until it could find Il more liberal
for even the Sabbath-schous and
churches are tinctured strongly with LIBERAL
SIN, and set their faces against the bigOtry
That blindly and stupidity refuses to see any
good in sermons and prayers, and will not 60
where sermons and prayers are made. ana does
not want TO engage. in business with people
sho tolerate preaching md praying. On, no.
'oung man, all the "myotry'' in the world
sn't found inside the pale Of the church, by
my means. a t.Tl N,-FE' 1l
Indeed, the young mans statement Of his
position In regard to the Sabbath-school is
Inly another indication Of his exceeding
'outh. Had he known anything about SaO-
would have known that the
treasurer, Of q Sabbath-schOol does not have
q give bonds, like county treasurer, to keep
I'M from running away with the money. All !
10; but he often has to run his generous
land down into his own pocket to buy the pa
'ers aud books that The hearts Of the little PEG.
'le long for.
Aud tleli, in cOnse luence OF his rigid ;ihsti- |,
lencc from church AMI Sabbath-SchOOl the |
'oung man wishes Ns to infer he has ''never |
betrayed any confidence repOSed in him"
Well, we don't know yet that anybody reposed !
my confidence in him. Certainly the church |
,eoplc never did; they never gave him a
hahce to bctray their confidence, because ne
lever preached for them. Nobody ever |
placed any confidence In his ability in Sunday
chOol matters, because they never elected |
lin superintendent, and it is sadly apparent,
rom tho young mans own statement, that !
hey wouldn't even trust him with tho little
handful Of pennies and nickels that are gath
red up from Sunday to Sunday from the little |
'eopic. 1t is very thin recommendation for |
young man, brethren. when he can't oven |
'e trusted to handle the scanty fund Of an av-
rage Sunday-school collection. He doesn't |
cN No tuHJ Uuy Slsc eSST uIU feIOSO any |
Onidcncc in him. he simply says that the Sun.
ay-sch00l people didn't.
And then couldn't help thinking, US read
he advertisement again and again, how
uickly after telling tho merchants Of Boston
hat he never preached or prayed nor held
flee III Sibbath-schOots. how quickly he hast.
ned to assert that he had never betrayed
ny confidence repOsed in him." he seemed
. think that 1t was time he was giving his
u "bOOst." Ordinarily, when u
Dung man asks for a situation III some 'wcll.
established house," 1t is taken for granted
hat his character Is good and that he ''has
ever betrayed any confidence repOscd in
i'm without setting 1t forth in the advertise
lent. II Is expected that he can bring good
efcrences with him. But this young man,
ftcr proudly businy his claims for the, situa-
ion upon the fact that he never breaches, and
oesn't pray in public, and never was Sun.
ay-SchOOl officer, seems to think II necessary
, say something really good of himself. lie
astens to assure the mercantile world that
eis better than they would think, from his
)regOiug references, that, if he did stay
way from church and Sunday-SChOOl, be
ever betrayed any confidence. Perhaps it
ccurred to him just then that to be a preacher
u Sunday-SchOOl superintendent wasn't
ecessarily tC DO u rascal. This young man
nally appears to grow younger every time he
peaks.
gut" the young man says, scorning the
linistry. the church. the Sunday-SchOOi. and
ven, as his advertisement reads, the fact that
g has "ncver betrayed any confidence re-
used il him." scOrning MI these md setting
Iem aside as worthless aids to worldly sue
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