The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-08
"BUsINEss SUCCESS. .
Lecture of Rev. DIR. COrdIey at the Em-
PoriA business College Last


Lecture of Rev. DIR. COrdIey at the Em-
Poria business College Last
Evening.
Avery good audience, including many
Normal students, assembled at the En-
poria Business College last evening 10
hear the lecture of Rev DIR. Cordley, of
the Congregational church on Business
Success" which admirable effort prov
ed that the Doctor has not limited his
observations and research to the field Of
theology alone, but that his views on
topics of general interest are equally as
well digested as his pulpit utterances
and quite as worthy of consideration.
The following is an outline OF his ex-
cellent address, which has excited the
most fiaiterIng comment:
Toknow what is business success we
must know what is business. There is
a narrow use of the word which confines
II to those branches which pertain to
tIade, traffic and the management of
| money. To many minds, to succeed in
business is 10 make money, and a mans
success will be in proportion toihe money
he makes. But this is special mean.
ing of the word, and not broad enough
| for our use. Webster defines business
as 'that which busies man as his prin-
cipal concern" A mans business is
what he does as his regular employ
ment.
Business success, then, is success in a
mans work-success IN what man is
doing. A successful shoemaker is a
man who makes good shoes-not a Ian
/ xrhn akaS fnrfuna hv salliuU Fa0or
1 shoes. A successful farmer is a man
/ who manages his farm well-not man
who gets rich by crowding his land and
running it out. Successful mining is
developing mines and getting out silver
not becoming a millionaire by sellin 9
mining stock. This last would be sue,
cess, but not in mining. 1t may be sue
cess in swindling.
1t is often said that ministers, teach.
ers, authors, inventors. &c, are not usu.
ally good business men. But thi:
means only that they are not good al
making and managing money. But
this is not their business. Dc
they succeed in their own work
everything, and managing money isaI
art by itself. This being business sue
cess, what are the conditions of it?
A man must be master of his business
4 boy in the back woods had a passion
for music. But the only instrument III
had was an old fife. By constant ap
plication he became master of the fife
II was marvellous what he could DE-
with so simple an instrument. Blu
when he went out into the world, thu
flute and ali kindred instruments were
as ehild's play to him. Master OF one
all else came TO him Whatever you
work may be, make yourself master o
it. He that is master of his work, viii
have no trouble in finding employment
The second element in business sue
cess is faithfulness. Whatever you un
dertake at all, do it well.
The third element in business success
is patience. Success is often slow il
coming We must learn to wait for her
"Still achieving, still pursuing, learn tC
labor and to wait"
Young men, full OF zeal, often expec
TO take the world by storm. But this i
q tough old world She has stood man
a storm, and will stand many more. Shi
will take her time, and We must wal
her time, but faithful work and patien
waiting will always find their reward.