Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-07

did stay away from church and sunday
school. he never betrayed any confidence.
Perhaps II occurred to him jus, then.
,hs, to be = preacher OF Sunday school
superintendent, WASH, necessarily to be
rascal. This young man really appears
to grow younger every time he 'pssk,.
"Ba,." the young man says. seornins
the ministry. the church. the Sunday
school, and even as his Advertisement,
reads. the fac, ,ha, he has "nsser be-
,rayed any confidence rspo'si In him.
.cornins all these anil setting them ASIDE
a. worthless aid. to worldly success. ne
"r,lies for worldly success on the old.
fashioned qualities Of integrity. in,elli.
genee. good health and good ns,are,
And do hope. for the sake Of the
young man. worldly 'acse... ,ha, his
Integrity i. greater than bis intelligence.
and ,h., hi. health /, better than his
nature. For the sample Of Intelligence
,ha, he lay. Oh, for the inspection Of bust
meas men in his advertisement doesa't
show up a very good lo,. And the good
nature" exhibited in IL !, no, the be-,
kind Of gool nature. Il i'very dy'Psp'
tic. ,h., god nature. /. Is di'e) irisoa',
s,,iris,l. unjust. little mean, ! 'h'ali
say. ye,. decidedly mean. and altogether
M nainrrd. III, i,n't unji'i and mean
and ill.n,,ured to in,iaaaie ihi, sayins
ones prayers. OF preaching. OF attending
Sanday school and "holdins oth,e' there
IN. disqaalihs, yoins man from holdins
q situation Ia "sell.esiGolishei bi'l'
ne., house" then don, kno~ hoss
man /, going to say anything unJa'' OF
ill.nAiurd. The young man may have
god health. a. he says, but u 'ha, ai-
yefiissment doe, not run back - the
wors, kind Of dyspepsia. I'm mi'iassn
in my di.gno.i.. And then. ~hy should
he call these "old.f.,hionsd qualities,
{. II 20 distinguish them iron
preaching and prayins' Does his old
fashioned "iniellisence" consider preach
ing AID praying az .oms,hinsqi''e new
A erars Of the Ninieen,h csnsafy A
m,dsra whim introduced With a new cut
Of the Goa, or style Of hat HIs "in,el.
lisenee" /, indeed very old.fAshioasi;
decidedly antiquarian for 30 young
man. Doe,n', hs really ksos ,ha, pray
in, /, older than history
Then. Ia conclusion. he says be "wil
work with muscle and brain Tor the
same compensation given by the city Tor
muscle only"
A Cheap Maxwell, nov A cheap
man, after all. After all his hansh'y
eoa,cmp, for prayer. 10 public after bis
proud refusal to serve . sunday
school ,aperin,enien, OF tbs siirii.a OF
the iaf.ni class Golfers. after all ,h"' ani
ki. manly refusal to "beuay any eoah'
denee repose in hin" vhieh he seems 70
consider something very remarkable
Ater all this. he tarns oa, 70 be ehsap
man. and Offers 20 DO twice as much
work for jas, % mach pay, a. tue street
l.bofet receive. lie will cell goods.
pack goods. ani mark eA,e', help tbs
porter and A.i., in the books, ds'o'ns
brain aud muscle TO hi. employers. and
Ak only the pay Of the man who can :
read. doe.n', know how TO wnis, aud
.erape the streets under the commission
er'. orders. and cart, of the mud to the
dumping groand. |, !, really TOO bad
that such expensive preamble should
herald such cheap resolution.
Nov, | have preached longer SET
mon than | intended. but fel, sorry
for the young man when ! read his al.
yer,i.men,. /, seem TO me that | could
read "be,ween the lines" and see how
loag he had been OF, OF emPloymsni,
how badly be wanted aud perhaps nsei.
ed work. how he had been disappointed
here and there. and how a, las, be joined
the forlorn hope OF ,ha, greA, army OF
unemployed men ia oar srea, cities and
after personal applications and assist
anee Of friend. h.d failed. he had resort
ed u tbs column headed situation
wanted" and ou, West We can, real.
i1e the hslples, pl,ho' ia ,ha, column OF
the srsa, d.ilie,. and there he had pour
ed oa, hi. disappointment and bitterness
ia hi. advertisement And u VAS the
wrons way for him to ge, a, IL. 10 the
worldies, kind OF sense !, was wrong
/, was poor policy. it was bad Judgment
and /, wasn't good morals, to kick al the
church, and strike the sunday School,
lust because he wanted a situation. The
church and Sunday school didn't stand
between him and work. | venture TO
say there are more Chris,ian merchants
in Boston that atheists. know there
are more "employmeni bureaus, under
the management Of the \. NJ. Z. A..
than there are sustained by the National
Liberal League. And know the \.
NJ. G. A. will do wha, It can TO assist
him or any other applicsn, to gs, work
In cities where a hundred applicants
stand ready to spring a, the first vAeaa'
ey. And am sorry TO see the young
man .lspping his friends In that anPfo.
voked and very provoking way. don !
like this tendency in the boys to maui
the church. ThA, young man knows
a. every young man knows. tha, preach
era. with rare exceptions, are good hon.
e., men. They nigh, be better Yes,
son. and so nigh, you. l Am sure
wish you were. both OF you. And no.
body says amen TO thi, wish more heart
lily then the preacher. don't suPPo,e
even the young mln who wrote aud pub
lished in the Bos,on Herald. ,hs text
for this sermon OF mine. Is any better
than he need be. or is really any too good
for this world. And be knows. and you
know, and we know. that society. and
the mercantile world does no. look with
suspicion and aversion upon Sunday
school superin,enden,s. They are not
bad men. You can't run man out o'
town. or put him in jail. or hang him
for being Sunday school superin,en'
dent. They used to do such things
People used to hate Sunday school super
inienden,s jus, as cordially as thi, youns
man appears to. and they would hans
them or burn them, as was most con