The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-04
NO. 40.

puAASys DA SILK Al a WANAASA -bNN9AAO~r 9e"N'AA-
lined, famed by cherubic wings. They
started in roughest cradle, on whose
rocker misfortune had put her violent
foot and tipped them into the cold
world. Those men are sympathetic with
boys.
But you are not only to be kind to those
who are under you-Christianly kind-but
you are also to see that your boss work.
man and your head clerks and your agents
and your. overseers in the stores are kind
to those under them. Sometimes a man
will get little brief authority in q store
or in a factory. and while they are very
courteous to you, the capitalist, or to you,
the head man of the firm, they are most
brutal in their treatment OF those under
them. God only knows what some Of the
lads suffer in the cellars and In the lofts
of some of our great establishments.
They have no one to appeal to.
The time will come when their
arm will be strong, and they can defend
themselves, but not now. Alas, for some
of the cash boys, and the messenger boys,
and the boys that sweep the store. Alas,
for some of theml Now, YOU capitalist;
you, the head man of the I'm, must look,
supervise, see those all around you, inves-
tigate all beneath you.
Then If, in moving around your factory,
or mill, or barn, or store, you are tnexora-
BILE with young men, God viii remember
it. Some day the wheel Of fortune will
turn and you win be a pauper, and your
daughter will go to the work house, and
your son will die on the scafFoId. IL, in
moving your young men, you see one with
an ominous pslIor of cheek, or you hear
him coughing behind the counter, say to
him:
!, =
go out and breathe the breath of the
hills"
If his mother die, do not demand that
on the day after the funeral he be in the
store. Give him at least a week to get
over that which he will never get over.
Employers, urge upon your employees
above all a positive religious life. You
can do it, You are in position not to be
laughed at, or sCoffed at, or jeered at.
You hold the keys of the establishments,
and by your position you demand
reverence. Now, urge all those employees
into a religious life. So far from that
how is it, young men2 Instead Of being
cheered on the road to Heaven some ofyoH
are carieatursd, and it is hard thing for
you to keep your Christian integrity in
that store or factory where there are SO
many hostile to religion. Ziethen, brave
deHGEhl uuubE EIGQeIIGh bnb AEbhb4 WAS .
Christian. Frederick the Great was an in-
fdel. One day Ziethen, the venerable.
white haired General, asked to be excused
from military duty that he might attend
the holy sacrament He was excused. A
few days after ziethen was dining with
the King and with many nOtables Of Prus-
sia, when Frederick the Great, in a j0coa0
way, said:
''Weu, Ziethen, how did the sacrament
of last Friday digest?" The venerable old
warrior arose and said:
"For your Majesty 1 have risked my life
many time on the battlefield, and for
your Majesty would be willing any time
to die; but you do wrong when you insult
the Christian religion. You will forgive
me if 1, your old military servant, can not
bear in silence an insult to my Lord and
Saviour" Frederick the Great leaped to
his feet, and he put out his hand and he
said:
"Happy zietheni forgive me, forgive
me. You will never be bothered again"
Oh, there are many being scoffed at for
their reIigionI and thank God that there
are as many men as brave Ziethen. Go
to Heaven yourself, oh employer Take
all your people with you. Soon you will
be through buying and selling, and
through with manufacturing and build
ing, and God will ask you: "Where are
all those people over whom you had so
great influence? Are they here2 win
they be here2" Oh, ship-owneri into
what harbor will your crew sail? After
being tossed on so many seas, win they
gain the port of Heaven9 Oh, bankeri
will those young men who are running up
and down the long lines of figures, and
handling the checks and drafts, and
handling the rolls of Government
securities - are they keeping their
accounts right with God-the credit ac-
count of mercies received and the debt ac"
count Of sins forgiven2 Oh, dry goods
merchants are those young mon under
your care who are providing fabrics Of ap-
pRrel for head and hand, and foot and
back, TO go nclothed-unclothed into
eternity2 o, you merchant grocersl are
those young men that under your care are
providing food for the bodies and families
of men, to go starved foreverf o, you
manufacturers OF these United States with
so many wheels flying, and so many
hands flying, and so many bands pulling,
and so many new patterns turned out,
and so many goods shipped-are the spin
ners, are the carmen, are the draymen, are
the statesmen, are the watchers of your es-
Establishments working out every thing buB
their own salvationf Can it be that,
having those people under your care, Ave,
ten, twenty years, you have made no
everlasting impression for good on their
immortal souls2 God turn us ali back from
such selfishness, and teach US TO live for
others and not for ourselves. Christ sets
us the example of sacrifice, and SO do many
of bis disciples.
One summer in California, a gentleman
who had Just removed from the Sandwich
one of the Sandwich Islands Is devoted To
lepers. People getting sick OF the lepTosy
on the other islands are sent 90 that isle Of
Iepers. They never come Off. They are In
different stages of the disease, but all who
die on that island die Of leprosy. On ono
of the healthy islands there was a physi-
clan who always wore his hand gIoved,
and it was often discussed why he always
he'd q glove on that hand under ali cir
cumstances.
One day this physician came 10 the city
authorities and he withdrew his glove, and
he said to the officers OF the law:
"You see on that hand a spot Of the
leprosy and that am doomed 70 die.
might hide this for a little while and keep
away from the island OF Iepers but I arm
a physician, and can go on that
island and administer TO the sufgerings Of
those who are further gone in the disease,
and / should like TO go now. II would be
selfish In me TO stay amid these luxurious
surroundings when I might be Of so much
help 10 the wretched. Send me to the isle
Of the lepers."
They, seeing the spot Of leprosy, Of
course took the man into custody. He
bade farewell 70 his family and his
friends. It was an agonizlng farewell
He could never see them again. He was
taken to the isle Of the lepers, and there
wrought among among the sick until
prostrated by his own death, which at
last cana oh that was r,aerfa~art