Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-11

not forgotten their own early strug.
giles. They remember the first yard Of
they measured, the first quarter
OF tea they weighed, the first banister
they turned, the first roof they shingled.
They remember how they were discour-
aged, how hungry they were. and how. "a
and how tired they were, and though
they may be sixty or seventy years of age,
know just how a boy feels between ten and
twenty, and how a man feels between
twenty and sixty. They have not forgot
ten it. Those wealthy employers were not
originally let down out of Heaven with
pulleys of silk in a wicker. basket, satin.
lined, famed by cherubic wings. They
started in toughest 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.
and your head clerks and your agents
and your overseers in the stores are kind
to those under them. Sometimes a man
will get a little brief authority in a 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 them! Now, you capitalist;
you, the head man of the firm, must look,
supervise, see those all around you, inves.
tigate all beneath you.
And then I charge you not to put unnec.
essary temptation in the way of your
young men. Dc not keep large sums of
money lying around unguarded. Know
how much money there is in the till. Do
not hav the account books loosely kept.
There are temptations inevitable to young
men. and enough of them without you
putting any unnecessary temptation in
their way. Men in Wall street having
thirty years of reputation for honesty
have dropped into Sing Sing and perdi-
ton, and you must be careful how you try
a lad of fifteen. And if he do wrong, do
not pounce on him like a hyena. If he
prove himself unworthy of your conf
dence do not call in the police, but take
him home. tell why you dismissed him to
those who will give him another chance.
Many a young man has done wrong once,
who will never do wrong again.
All, my friends! I think we can afford
to give everybody another chance, when
God knows we should all have been in per-
dition if he had not given US ten thousand
chances.
Then if, in moving around your factory,
or mill, or barn, or store, you are inexora-
BILE with young men, God will remember
1t. Some day the wheel of fortune will
turn and you will be a pauper, and your
daughter will go to the work house, and
your son will die on the scaffold. If, in
moving your young men, you see one with
an ominous pallor of cheek, or you hear
him coughing behind the counter, say to
him:
"Stay home a day or two and rest. or
go out n 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 a position not to be
laughed at, or scoffed at, or jeered at.
You hold the keys of the establishment,
and by your position you demand
povo,.oroo Nov, ,,,n~o Ill %h4,n o,,-1or1.
into a religious life. So far from that
how is it, young men? Instead of being
cheered on the road to Heaven some of you
are caricatured, and it is a hard thing for
you to keep your Christian integrity in
that store or factory where there are so
many hostile to religion. Ziethen, a brave
General under Frederick the Great, was a
Christian. Frederick the Great was an in-
fidel. 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-
STA, when Frederick the Great, in a jocose
way, said:
"Well, Ziethen, how did the sacrament
VI AdoU CAAudy uASoSVs AAo VOA0A oO4o l
warrior arose and said:
"For your Majesty l have risked my life
many a time on the battlefield, and for
your Majesty I would be willing any time
to die; but you do wrong when you insult
the Christian religion. You will forgive
me if l, 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 Ziethen! forgive me, forgive
me. You will never be bothered again."
Oh, there are many being scoffed at for
their religion! and I thank God that there
are as many men as brave as 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 here? Will
they be here?" Oh, ship-owner! into
what harbor will your crew sail? After
being tossed on so many seas, will they
gain the port Of Heaven? Oh, banker!
will those young men who are running up
and down the long lines of figures, and
Iz-l1:,. Tho obooLc o~1 lroftc owl