Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24

demand that on the day after the funera
he be in the store. Give him at least ,
week to get over ths. which he will neve
get over.
Employers. urge upon your employees
above all, q positive religious life.
YOU CAN DO IT.
You are in q position not to be
laughed at, or scofed at, or jsered at.
You hold the keys Of the establishment,
and BY your position you demand rever'
ence. Nov, urge all those employees into
q religious life. So far from that, how is
it, young men? Instead OF being cheered
on the road to heaven, some Of you are
carricstured. and 1t is hard thing Tor
you to keep your Christian integrity in
that store or factory where there are 90
many hostile religion. Ziethen, a brave
general under Frederick the Great, was 0
Christian. Frederick the Great was an
inidel. 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 jocose way, said: "Well,
Ztithen, how did the sacrament Of
last Friday digestH' The venerable old
warrior arose and said: For your Msjes.
ty | have risked my life many time on
the battlefield, and for your Majesty !
would be willing any time to die; bat you
do wrong when you insult the Christian
religion. You will forgive me if |, your
old military servant, cannot bear in silence
any insult to my Lord and my Ss-ior."
Frederick the Great leaped to bis feet and
he put out his hand and be said Happy
Ziethen forgive me, forgive me- You will
never be bothered again"
Oh, there are are many being scofied at
for their religion! and thank God there
are many men as brave as Zie,hen Go to
heaven yourself, o, employer Take all
your people with you. Soon you
will be through buying and
selling, and through with manu-,
and building, and God will ask
you: Where are all those people over
whom you had so great infuences2 Are
they here2 Will they be hereY' o, ship.
owners! into what harbor will your crew
sail2 After being tossed on 80 many seas
will they gain The port Of heaven 0,
bankers 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 Govern.
ment securities-are they keeping their
accounts right with God2--the credi,
account Of mercies received and the debt
account Of sins forgiven. o, you dry
goods merchants! are those young men
under your care who are providing fabrics
Of apparel for head and hand, and foot
and back, TO 90 unclothed--unclothed
INTO eternity? O, you merchant grocersl
are those young men that under your care
are providing food Tor the bodies and tam.
lies OF men, 10 go starved for ever? .,
you manufacturers OF this United States
With so many wheels flying, and so many
bands playing, and 80 many lew patterns
urned out, and 60 Eaary goods shipped
are the spianers, are the carmen, are the
Tray men, sre the sslemeu, are the watchers
II your establishments working oat every
hing but their own sslvGt.Ont Can il be
hat, having those people under your case,
i've, ted, twenty yes'e, you have made 20
everlasting impression for good oa their
mmorta! sou!s2 God turn us all h,.ck
rom such sellshnesS, and teach us 10 live
or othsra and not for ourselyes Christ
'ets us the exn%ple OF sacrifices, and so do
many OF hia hisrinles.
AN INCIDENT.
One summer, in California, n gentleman
Who had just removed from the Sandwich
Stands, told me this incident. He said
,ue OF the Sandwich Islands is devoted TO
epers. People getting sick Of the leprosy
IN the other islands are sent TO that isle
If lepers They never come of
They are in different stages Of disease, hat
III who die on that Island die OF leprosy.
IN one oi the healthy islands there was a
,hyGicisn who always wore his hand gloyed,
md it WAS often discussed why he always
lsd glove on that hand under all circum.
tances.
One day this physioian came to the city
and he withdrew his glove, and
le said to the officers Of the law; "iou
lee on that hand the spot Of the leprosy
md that am doomed TO die. | might
hide this for little while and keep away
rom the isle OF lepers; but am ply
jician, and can 90 on that Island admin
stcr TO the suferipgs OF those who are far
her gone in the disease. and should like
% 60 now. 1t w5u'd be selGsh in me to
'tay amid these luxurious surround
ngs uhea ! might be of 80 much
help TO the wretched. Send nae
% the isle OF the lepers." They, seeing
he spot Of leprosy, Of coarss took the man
INTO custody. Iis bade farewell TO his
family aud bis friends. 1t was an asaniE.
ing farewell He could never ace them
again. He was iakea TO the isle Of the
lepers, and ia,fe wrought among the sick
Gnsii proStrstei by his own death, which o,
last came. Oh that was magnificent
selfdenial, magnificent sacrifice, only sur.
passed By that Of Him who exiled Himself
from tte hearth Of Heaven to this leprous
island Of world, that He nigh. physician
our wounds and weep Oar griets and die
our deaths turning the isls OF leprous
world into great blooming paradisicsl
garden. Whether employer or employe,
let us catch that spirit.