The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
A BUSINESS MANS VIEW OF 1T.

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In an address at the Congregations
| prs to Club on the subject of THE Christian
Du business man. his relation to employer
and employees Mr. j. II. Tewksburl
| made some admirable points. Duty t'
",,,ople himself and his employer, he said dc
'e are mands on the part Of the Christian EN-
than ploye. zeal, earnestness, fidelity e
er in Christian principles, sterliug honest,
fact and a recognition of the rights o
4 re- ownership Christianity was shown e
Is so be antagonistc to socialism as com
ere to monty presented, though tending
yeflfact to exalt and develop the stat'
nlber By elevating the individuals
az ;od who compose it, The Christian formula
dod,on Thou shalt love thy neighbor az thy
boa NO. self" was held to be the sensible and
animal. golden mean between pure egoism
haS ,ho which was thoroughly selfish. and the
W. l,,r. pure altruism, which was thoroughly
"Mnar. impractical. tending to check all pro.
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Cyi,,ho smart men getting too much money,
10 10 y b;s would end in preventing everybody
wolomo from getting any. Belamy'5 Locking
aboyou n'cNwaiu presents iosy picture o'
socialistic life. but something besides
r,oet, long ana quiet sleep would be required
of9 ooh in order that all lazy, selfish. ambitious
trei ard wicked men be eliminated from the
TEN, aa- social problem.
,,ho 1 at Speaking of integrity. he related the
yidbose following conversation recently over
coi'y on heard by him between two commercial
,,ome travellers: 81 must get me new suit
Of their at the expense Of the house during this
Ihriwas trip - How do you manage that :"
Yan,ver asked the other. "Oh, my firm are
netyho liberal in the way OF expenses. never
~ 'ei', in question an item. and | can add the
he d,a Is price of suit to my car fares and hotel
HShol he bills on long trip as well as not. The
eryihen firm is rich: they can stand it and never
ion you know the odds" Well, =" said the
or h ere other man my firm could well enough
eorgO00 afford to pay such bills for me. but
erviyll could not afford to have them unless
'orn, EN- it was all clearly understood. I've got
eepr Id hat about me that wouldnt let me lock
resei i'd man square in the eye if
we're if- had dollar Of his money that
reseair- | could not honestly account for.
lew tie and / can't afford TO let that faculty
d"yo- get out Of order. The firm could stand
reselian it all right I'm the one who couldn't
I'M b,ys- afford to do it, That man is on solid
by ground so long as he keeps his con
Ofthd science in good working order. Some
thishe are less careful Of it. But the petty acts
nm md of dishonesty. sometimes so small that
ars ,ley if known they would hardly bring
pno Ins' as down a repro0f. are what bluut mans
eende moral sense and pave the way for the
~ u,e1'ek defacation that presently shocks the
I'D community, brings shame to family
Mfr. ey friends, loss to ali concerned, disgrace
ram N. to the church OF which he is a member
otbin and ruin to his soul.
I'd be, This much is sure:
oud of To thine own self c true.
Crap And il must follow as the night the Jay
wing ly ''''' '''' '''' ''''' 80 ''''' '''''
IN On the part Of employers, it was
Consin- urged that they should not plunder
me 'il, Il" their employees with one hand and seek
whic,n to offset it by a donation with the
1ne ois- other Profit sharing as successfully
j1ion N practced by many large firms was held
riousl 81 to be an eminently Christian way of
! lrisir settling labor troubles before they
>pec % arise. Christian men owe to their en-
an r stTr ployes not only fair compensation. but
Dbing friendly sympathy. counsel and broth
may d erly recognition, a hearty welcome at
king. !, church and Sunday school, and con-
ur Is q sistent Christian example. Constant
=, y, de, suspicion and distrust are demoralizing
,s for 7 and an employe who cannot be put on
W. ,nnS ~ his honor needs not to be watched but
tail ire to be discharged. Reference was made
appoi to well-known and successful Christian
; beay- business meh whose lives are convilc
'tock ing testimonies that man may be gen
ltidentt erous without ostentalion, religious
lr Wal without cant. successful without mean
ere arl ness, and may recogSze stewardship
re are for God as something more noble than
i dAns cGmr ownership for self alone.
ch srds The following anecdote was used TO
wool illustrate the different ways in which
ed thru different men look at things Two men
% ai "f s1 spent night last summer on the sum-
this ye' nit of Pixies Peak in order to see the
i,e1' IL sun rise in the morning. They saw first
10000 a faint streak of light on the horizon,
;;Nports : then rosy glow that revealed the dis
,regafi4 tant mountain peaks with heads uplitt-
2,92l ed into the sunlight. while the valley
total I below was still in gloom. The suns
~ 2G disc, still invisible to the world below,
! ''su an rose like a globe Of fire, gliding
kers Of each rugged crag and chasing
rs os. ioL the mists from the plains, and
thern in few moments The whole world
red dui seemed flooded with sunlight. 1t was
ign sol magnificent spectacle. and they looked
'es on upon it for time in silence till one man
'ber 53 Il said well, what do you think OF it 2"
inst 53 Think | can think Of nothing but
:, y-ro"r Sr Holy. Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
United Heaven and earth are full Of the ma
@ 'O' aga aga jesty OF thy glory - why, that
5 from wasn't the idea that struck me at all.
40 excl I've been thinking for a quarter of an
estriciel hour how much that sun looks like q
3sc.low. great, big, shining gold dollar" That
man was a type of some mon we all
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