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

"WANTED-A cnAnce 10 WORK IN somo
well-establlshed business house, elshsrn
salesman or accountant. or both, by q
young man of thorough business training,
who has never preached or prayed Ia pno'
llc. neither has been treasurer or supefln.
,endent of sabbath schools, or betrayed
any confidence reposei In him. bat who
relies for worldly success on the old'fash'
loned qualities OF Integrity, Intelligence,
good health aud good nature; VIII work
with muscle and bfaln for the same com
pensation given by the city for muscle
only; frst-elass city references. Address
IL l. c. Herald Office"
Now, a. has been afOre,ims observed
by Mr Weller. you generally fad every
advertisement Ia a paper promptly an
swered by another card in the mex, col.
umn OF the same issue. Where You find
the appeal Of man for a situation as
salesman. you frequently hnd beside !,
the inquiry Of man ~ho s looking for
a salesman. II one man has horse TO
sell. there i. usually some man who
wants 10 buy horse. And 30 | looked
all over the copy Of the B,'ioa Herald
20 see IL there vas some badnss' house
Advertising fot Just ,ha, sort OF a sales
man. | didn't fld il. | glanced az
other Bo.,on papers. bu, couldn'isse that
any house wanted salesman OF account
ant whose fr, recommendation wa' iha,
he had "nsve. preached OF prayed m pib'
le." 20, hold Of Nsw York paper
or too. wondering II the yoans maa
would have any better show In the me
tropoli,. Ia, eouldn', see any special
chance f5r him. could no, hnd that
any ba,ines. house vas snxioa'ly looking
Zoe an aeeolnisn, who had never been
guilty Of the grave offence Of preaching
or praying where anybody could hear
him couldn't find thu, any merchant
". especially looking for sons Young
man who had never gone wfong - f.r
a. 70 become 'rea.lrrr or suPsriniend.
en-, of Sabbath school" They didn't
seem to hunger after that particular Kind
Of young man.
| looked Al the young man. advertise
men, a long time. and !, seemed 10 me
,ha, be vas very young man, indeed
he must BE- very yolng. OF he would
know ,ha, TO preach and to pray. even
boldly. wi,hou, being ashamed OF u. In
broad daylight. IN the presence Of hf'y,
q hundred. OF three thousand people. Is
no, considered even by business men. {.
viciou, habit. or an indication Of loose
morals. DO no. know Who the yoang
man ha. been accustomed 10 hear preach.
| 40 no, know what manner OF prayer
meeting. he has attended. but u IL very
evidea, ihA, be has received very erro'
neous impression Of preaching and pray
lug in their taec, And ingnsnee upon a
businss like character. ot upon the mer-
camille world. | DO no, knos wha,
Kind o. ba,ine.. the youo; man i' AK
lou. 10 engage 10. IL the bes, recommend
alton the employee can offer the house.
is thu, be Ia. never preached or prayed
10 public" Possibly desk in the general
office Of the liberal league, which met
recently In Chicago and va. 80 disgust
insly goddess and nasty that the best IN
fisl in America left !, In 'Pseehlss' dis.
gust. may be open TO him.
And then the young man brinss an.
other proud recommendation TO the basi'
ness house ihs, may be 50 fortunate .'
TO receive hi, invaluable service. lie
can lay hi. hand on hi, hear, and say
With pride ,ha, be has ''neyer been treas
ursr OF superintendent, Of a sabbath
school" Thi, recommendation i' rather
.uperhaou.. a. hi. first one covers the
ground. /, i, very likely that. u the
oaly recommendation he could bring TO
The Sabbath school was the fac, ,ha, be
never preached or prayed" the Sabbath
school would endeayor TO get along t1r
little while without treasurer or super
in,enden,. until /, eonld fad more lib
eral candidate. for even the Sabbath
school. and ehurehs. ate iine,arei slrons-
ly with liberalism. aud set their faces
sg.in., the bigOry tha, blindly and stu
pidly refuse. to zee any good in sermots
and prayers, and will no, 20 where ser.
mon. and prayer, are made. and does
no, wan, 10 engage in business with
people who tolerate preaching and pray
iug. Oh. no, young man, all the
"bigO,ry" 10 the world isn't found inside
the pale Of the church, by any means
Indeed. the young mans statement OF
his position in regard to the Sabbath
school i. only another indication OF bis
exceeding youth. Had he known any.
thing about Sabbath school. be would
have known that the "ueAsurer Of a
Sabbath school does no, have to give
bonds. like = county treasurer. 10 keep
him from running away with the money.
All. no; bat be often has TO run his gen
eroas hand down into his own pocket TO
buy the papers and book. that the little
ones long for.
And then, ia consequences OF his rigid
abstinence from church and Sabbath
school the young man wishes US to infer
be ha. "never betrayed any confidence
repo.ed in him." Well. we don't know
ye, ,ha, anybody ever reposed any eonh.
denee in him. Certainly the church peo.
pie never did; they never gave him a
chance to be,ray their confidence. because
he never had any conhdencs in his ability
in Sunday school matters. because they
never elected him superintendent, and Il
| is sadly apparent. from the young mans
own statement. that they wouldn't even
uus, him.wi the little hlndfal Of PEN
nies and nickles that are gathered up
from Sunday TO Sunday from the little
people. Its very thin recommends
ton for a young man. brethren. when he
can't even be trusted to hanile the scAn'y
fund Of an average Sunday school eollee
ton. He doesn't feel tha, anybody else
ever did repose any confidence in him, h'
simply says ,ha. the Sunday school Peo
pie didn't.
And then eouldn't help thinking a
| read the advertisement again and again
how quickly, after telling the merchant,
Of Boston that he never preached or pray
ed, nor held office in Sabbath schools
bow quickly he ha',ened'o assert 'ha
he had "never betrayed any confdene