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

you are interested 80 much in their welfar,
that you want to know where they spenG
their leisure hours, and they will frankly
and gladly tell you.
: do not say of these young men: II
they do their work in the business hours
, that is all have to ask" God has made
you that mans guardian. / want You tc
understand that many of these young men
are orphans, or worse than orphans, flung
out into society to struggle for themselves.
A young man is pitched into the middle si
the Atlantic Ocean, and plank is pitched
after him, and be is told to take that and
swim ashore. Treat that young man as
you would hketo have your son treated il
you were dead. Be father to that clerk.
There is nothing more beautiful than to
hear an aged merchant addressing bis
clerks, and saying; MY som" That
young man in your employ has q history
His father was drunkard. His fret re
membrance Of bis father was the father
coming home late at night intoxicated and
the children hiding under the bed frigh.
tened. And that young man has stood
msnYA time. between father and mothers
keeping hsffrom the brutal blow. He is
prematursly old in trying to provide for
the house rent and clothing for his younger
brothers and sisters. he may seem to you
like all other young men, but God and his
mother know he is hero. At twenty years
Of age he has suffered as much as many
have suffered at sixty. Do not tread on
him. Do not swear at him. Do not send
him on useless errand Say, Good morn
ing" and Good night" and Good bye"
You are deciding that mans destiny for
two worlds.
One Of my earles remembrances is Of
OLD ARTHUR TAPPAN.
There were many differences OF opinion
about his politics, but no one who ever knew
Arthur Tappsn, and knew him well, doubt
ed his being an earnest Christian. In
his store in New York be had
room where every morning he called
his employees together, and he prayed
with them, read the Scriptures to them,
sang with them, and then they entered on
the duties o. the day. On Monday morn
ing the exe,c ciees differed' and be gather
ed the young men together and asked
them whsre they had attended church.
what had been their Sabbath experiences
and what had been the sermon.
Samuel Budget had the largest business
IN the West Of England He had in a
room of bis warehouse place pleasantly
furnished with comfortable seats and
"Fletcher's Family Devo,ions" and Wes.
leysn hymn-books, and he gathered his
employees together every morning, and
having sung they knelt down and prayed
side by sde-tbe employer and the EN-
ployees.
Do you wonder at that mans success,
and that though thirty years before, he had
heen partner in small retail shop in q
small village, al his death he bequeathed
many millions. God can trust such
man as that with plenty Of money.
SIR TITUS sAIT
had wealth which was beyond computation,
and at Salatsire England, be had a church
and chapel built and supported by him
self:-the church for these who preferred
the Episcopal service, snd the chapel for
those who preferred the Methodist service
At the opening of one OF his factories he
gave a great dinner, and there were thirty
five hundred persons present, and IN bis
after dinner speech he said 20 these people
gathered: Il cannot look around me aud
see this vast assemb!sge of friends aud
ork.people without being moved. ! feel
greatly honored BY the presence OF the
nobleman al my aide, and ] am sSnn"i"ily
delighted at the presence Of my work pso
pie. hope to draw around me q popula'
tion that will enjoy the beauties Of this
neig ghborhood-a population of we'll
pad, coptented, happy operatives
have given instructions 10
my architects that nothing il to be spared
10 render the dwellings, OF the operatives a
pattern to the country, and if my life is
spared, by Divine Providence, | hope TO
ace contentment, satisfaction and happi-
ness around me-
Thst is Christian character demonstra'
ted. There are Others in this country and
in other lands on q smaller scale doing
their lest for their eRp'oyes, They have
not torgQttsR their own early struggles
They remember the fret yard Of nankeen
they measured, the frat quarter OF tea
they weighed, the first bsniste} they turn
ed, the first ROOF thay shrngled. They re-
member now they were discouraged, how
hungry they were, and how cold and how
tired they were, and though they nsy be
sky or seventy years OF age, they know
Just how boy feels between ten aud TWEEN
ty, and how young man feels between
twenty and thirty. They have not forgot
ten it. Those wealthy employers we're
not originally. Jet lo~n out cf
heaven with pslleys Of silk in wicker
basket, satin-lined, famed BY cherubic
wings. They started in toughest cradle,
on whose rocker misfortune Eat se. violent
foot and t;Pped tneA into the cold world.
Those old men are sympathetic with boys
But you are not only to be kind to those
who are under YOU christianity EiRd--but
you are also to see that
YOUR BOSS wORKNEN AND Y-UR HEAD
CLERTs
and your ageuta aud your overseers in
stores are kind 10 those under them.
Sometimes a man will get q little brief
authority in q store or IL factory, and
while they are very courteous to you. the
capitalist or to you, the head nam OF the
firm, they are L.ost brutal in their treat
ment of those under them God only
knows what some Of the lads suffer in the
cellars and in the !ofs oi some Of our
great establishments. They have no one
to appepl 70. The time will come
when their arm will De strong,
and they can defend themselves,
but not now. Alas, fo- some Of the cash
boys, and the me: senger boy', and the boys
that sweep the store Alss. fer soEs Of
them Now. you capital ct, you, the head
man of the firm, must look, supervise. see
those all around you, investigate all be-
meath you.
And then / charge you not to pat IN.
necessary Temptation ip the way Of your
young men. Do not keep large EuDs Of
money lying around ungusrded. Know
how much money there is in the till Do
not have the account books loosely kept
There are temptations inevitable to young
men, and enough of them without your
putting any unnecessary temptations IL
tha;r vav Men in Wall s;;,aat hsv,ng