The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-05

1 host or dlre neceSSlIleS SCanuluS DenlnC
him. 1t is not, my brother, matter between
Ter between you and Almighty God. The
Bible is very explicit on this subject and
leaves no man in doubt. Pay wages and Pay
them promptly. Malachi: II will be O
swift witness against all sorcerers and against
Ill adulterers and against those who opDress
he hireling in his wages" Levltlcus: "Ihou
shalt not keep the wages of the hlrelng al
night unto the morning" Colossians: Mas
ers, give unto your servants that which is
lust and equal, knowing that ye have a mas
ter in Heaven" Do not say as it is often
,aid now: "If you do not like your place get
another" when you know he cannot get an
other.
Then charge you also to be careful about
she physical health and about the financial
welfare, the future financial welfare Of the
men who are under your charge. You are
10 mold their ideas, you are to tell them
about savings banks, about investments,
any surplus now; but they will have. What
you teach them will affect their who'e lives
upon this subject. It is your busi-
ness, it is your solemn obligation to
teach them these things. am glad
there are men who appreciate this. Such as
Marshall in Leeds, such as Lester in Brad
ford, such as A in Halifax, such as men
in our midst whom I might mention but
will not, lest offend their modesty-men
who build concert halls for their employees,
organize choral societies, open cricket
them reading rooms and libraries and afford
them all kinds of opportunity, so that these
employers are not merely paying
wages now due, but through the con-
tentment and good morals Of their
employees they are paying from generation to
generation and forever. Now, you are to
look after the physical welfare of those in
your employ. There are banking houses and
there are factories and there are workshops
in this country which simply mean death by
their atmosphere. You are supposed to be
and sunshine and all the laws of hygiene.
This afternoon at half past o'clock will be
buried a man who has done more for the
health Of this century than any ten men IN
tiny glorious friend, Dio Lewis. l have
known him In this country and have known
him in other countries, and he has been doing
but Just one thiug-trying to M ike the world
stronger and bettar and happier. His books
giving advice to boys and advice to girls and
advice to workmen and advice to all classes
If people, old and young, have increased the
on gevitY Of this race. of the human race.
dis influence will be felt for all time Oh, en-
,loyer interest yourself in thephysical health
" those who are in your employ; some.
lines it may not be appreciated, as in the
.ase, mentioned by Charles Reade, where
great fan was builtto blow the dust from the
metal and the stone, the dust rising from the
machinery in factory, and these men de-
,lined to set the great fan in motion, seeming
20 prefer the filings, the poisonous filings,
rather than to have this great fan working.
But while here and there there may be some
unappreciative Of your tolls in thoir be-
half, the vast majority Of people
in employment in this country will
thank God and thank you for anything you
may do for them. Do not put on them any
unnecessary burden. I never could under
stand why car drivers should have to stand
when they could just as we'll sit down and
drive. It seems to ma that all Intelligent
employers ought to befriend the shortening
of the hours Of toll in this country. Some
time ago there were a thousand grocers'
clerks in this city who worked from five
o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock
at night. Now that IS simply inhuman.
These employees ought to have time
to 20 to the mercantile library, to
go to the gymnasium, to go to the
Young Mems Christian Association, to
70 to choral societies, to g. to churches If
they can do their work in eight or ten hours,
why employ them seventeen? 1t seems to
me that the intelligent employers Of this
country ought to become sympathetic with
the early closing movement and with the
movement in al carts Of this land to COM
press into shorter time the work that is to
te done in this country
Then charge you, oh employer, that you
look after the moral and spiritual welfare of
those whom you employ. Find out where
they spend their evenings. What does that
mean? 1t means everything. You do not
want in your store that young man who went
last night to see Jack Sheppard. You do not
want in your store young man who shall
come with face ghastly from midnight rev.
elrv, The Young man who spends bis even
ines in the society Of refined women, or in
musical circles, or in literary employment
and the Improvement of his mind-that's the
Young man you want in your store. Not
by disgusting in1uisitiveness; not by prying
into other peoples affairs, but in legitimate
WAYS you can find out where that young
man spends his evenings. Aye, If he knows
that you are interested in his welfare,
he will gladly and frankly tell you: l
have been great many differences OF opln-
ion about his politics, but no man that
ever knew Arthur Tappan well doubted his
earnest. Christian character. In the morn
ing of every day he gathered all the employees
Of his establishment in a room, gave out 8
hymn, united with them in prayer, and read
the Scriptures. Samuel Budget, the wealth
lest man in the west Of England, had room
furnished for the especial purpose, and he
had in that room " "Fletchers Family pevo
tions," and Wesley's hymn books. Their
employe. How many strikes did he have;
When would they strike hima Before
prayer or after prayer, or while he was dowr
at prayer? Do you wonder that though thai
man thirty years before had been a part
ner in small shop in small
village, he died worth his millions. contrib
uting them to all kinds Of charity and
philanthropy? But God can trust such a
man as that with money. Sir Titus Solt haf
wealth beyond computation, and at Solitaire
England, he built and endowed church and
a c6apel-the church for those who preferred
the Episcopal service, and the chapel fol
those who preferred the Methodist service
He was about to open one Of the factorie:
and he had a great banquet, at which there
were $500 men, the most OF them workmen
In the after dinner speech Of that banquet
he said: II cannot look around me
and see this vast aSsemblage Of friends and
work people without being moved. l feel
greatly honored by the presence Of the noble
man at my side, and am especially delighted
at the presence Of my work people. l hope
to draw around me population that will
enjoy the beauties of this neighborhood, 9
population of well-paid, contented, happy
operatives. I have given instructions to my
architects that nothing is to be spared to rem
der the dwellings of the operatives a patterr
to the country, and if my life is spared
by Divine Providence, hope to seq content
ment and satisfaction and happiness al
around me-" ALL that is Christian characte
demonstrated. Many of these employers re
member their own early struggles. They re
1nemter when the first yard Of nankeen wa
measured by their hands, and the first pount
of tea weighed, and the first baluster turned
and the first roof shingled. They know a