, 1886-05-30

him, and then he Is told to take that and
swim ashore. Treat that youn. mnn as y on
would like to have your son treated II you
were dead. b. father to that clerk. There
Is nothing more beautiful than TO hear an
aged merchant addressing his Clerks. and
saying: "My SOM That young mar in your
employ has n history. His father was a
drunkard. His first remembrance of
his father was the father coming homs lats
at night intoxicated and the children
hiding under the bed frightened. And that
young man has stood many n time between
father an mother, keeping her from the
brutal blows. He is prematurely oil in try
ing to rovice fer the house, rent and cloth
ing for hi. younger brothers and sters. He
may seem to yol like all other young men,
but God an | his mother kno W he is a hero.
At 90 years Of age he has suffered as
much us many have suffered at co. Do
not tread on him. Do not swear at him.
Do not send him on n useless errand. Say,
''gool morning." and good night" AMI
good by You are deciding that mans
destiny for two worlds.
One of my earliest remembrances Is of old
Arthur Tappan. There were many differ
ences Of opinion about his politics, but no
one who cver knew Arthur Tappan, and
knew him well, doubted his being an earnest
Christian. In his store in New York he had
n room where every morning he called his
emp'oyes to sether and he prayed with
them, read the Scriptures to them. sang with
them, and then they entered on the duties OF
the day. On Monday morning the exercises
differed, and he gathered the young men
together and askel them where they had
attended church, what had been their Sab
bath experiences and what had been the
sermon.
Samuel Budget had the. largest business
In the west of England. He had in a room
Of his warehous, a place PLEASANTLY fur
nished with comfortable seats and "Fletch-
er's Family D,votions" and Wesleyan hymn
boo'sq, AMI he gathered his employees to-
gether every morning. and, having sung,
they knelt down and prayed side by side
the employer and the employees.
Do you wonder at that mans success, and
that though thirty years before he had been
a partner in n small retail shop in a small
village, at his death he bequeathed many
millions q Vi can trust such a man as that
with plenty of money.
Sir Titus Salt hal wealth which was be-
yond computation, and at Saltaire, England.
he had a church and a chapel built and sup
ported by himself-the church for thos, who
preferred the Episcopal service. and the
chapel for those who preferred the Methodist
service. At the opening of one of his fac
tories he CAV, a great dinner, and there were
thirty-fve hundred people present, and in his
after-linner spesch he said to these pcop'e
gathered: ~ cannot look around me and
sec this vast assemblage OF friends and
work people without being moved. l
feel greatly honorel by the presence
of the nobleman at my side and l
am especially delightel at the presence
of my work people. hope to draw around
me a population that will enjoy the beauties
of this neighborhool-a population of well
paid, contented, happy operatives have
given Instructions to my architects that
nothing is TO he spared TO render the dwell
ings of the operatives n pattern to the coun-
try. and If my life is spared, by Divine
Providence, | hope to see contentment, salts
faction an happiness arouni me.
That is Christian character demonstrated
There are others III this country and
in other lands on a smaller scale doing
their best for their employees They
have not forgotten their own early
stru yglez. They remember the first yard of
nank zen til y measured, the first quarter OF
tea they weighed, the first banister they
turned the first roof they shingled. They
rememb r. how they were discouraged. how
hungry they were, and how cold and how
tired they were. and though they may be 60
or - wears of age they know just how a boy
feels between 10 and 20. and now a young
man feels between % and 30. They have
not forgotten it. Those wealthy employers
we're not originally let down out of heaven
with pulleys Of silk in a wicker basket, satin
line l, famed by cherubic wing. They
started in toughest cradle. on whose rocker
mis- or;une put her violent foot and tippel
III m INTO the cold worll. Those old men
arc sympathetic with boys
But you are not only to be kline to those
who are under you-Christianly kind-but
YOU are also to see that your boss workman,
aud your head clerks, and your agents, and
your ovrrieers in stores are kind to those
under them. $ I'M etimes a man will get n
little brief authority in a store or in n fac
tory, and while they are very courteous to
YOU, the capitals, or to you, the head man
of the firm. they arc most brutal in their
treatment to those under them. God only
knows what some OF the lads suffer In
the cellars and in the lofts of some of
oar great esta bli,hments. They have no one
to appeal to. The time will come when
their arm will be strong, and they can de
fend themselves, but not now. Alasi for
for some of the cash boys and the messenger
boys. and the boys that sweep the store
Alas, for some of them Now. you capital
Isl, YOU. tut Htul mhn bl tue nrm, must
look, supervise, see those all around you, in
vestigate all beneath you.
And then | charge you not to put unneces-
sary tempt ition in the way of your young
men. Do not keep large sums OF money lying
around u1guarded. Know how much money
there is in the till. Do not nave the account
books loo ely kept. There are temptations
iaevita BILE to young men, and enough of them,
without your putting any unnecessary
temptations in their way. Men in Wall
street having thirty years OF reputation for
hon sly have dropped into Sing Sing and
perdilion, and you must be careful how you
try a lad of Is. And if he do wrong, do not
pounce on him like a hyena- If he prove
himself I'M worthy Of your conf len ce do not
call in the police, but take him home, tell
why you dismissed him to those who wilt
give him another chance. Many n young
man has done wrong once, who will never
do wrong again.
All, my friendsl | think we can afford to
give everybody another chance, when God
knows we should all nave bsen in erdition
II He had not givel us ten thousand chances.
Then, IL in moving around your factory.
or mill, or barn, or store, you are inexor-
able with young men God will remember 1t.
Some day the wheel Of fortune will turn and
you will lie a pauper, and you daughter will
go to the workhousr, and your son will die
on the scaffold. IL in moving among
your young men, you see one with an o min
Gus pallor OF cheek, or you hear him cough
ing behind the counter, say to him: Stay
home n day or two nm | rest, or go out and
breathe ths breath Of the hills" II his
mother die, do not demand that on the day
after the funeral he be in the store. Owe
him at least a week to get over that which