Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-17

aud every autumn, unless lnterlefen Will
The young man has been now in that
establishment five years He unrolls the
goods ON the counter. He says to the Gus
toner, "Now those are the best goods we
have in our establishment" They have
better on the next shelf. He says, "We
pre selling these goods less than cost"
They are making 20 per cent. He says,
"rhere is nothing like them in all the
city," There are fifty shops that want to
sell the same thing. He says, Nov, that
is q durable article; it will wash" Yes, it
will wash out.
The sale is made, the goods are wrapped
up, the country merchant goes of feeling
that he has an equivalent for his money,
and the sharp clerk goes into the private
room q the counting house, and he says:
"Wel, got rid of those goods at last.
really thought we never would sell them.
| told him we were selling them less than
cost, and ne thought he was getting good
bargain Got rid of them at last" And
the head of the firm says, "That's well
done, sponlidly done" Meanwhile God
had recorded eight lies-four lies against
the young man, four lies against his en-
poyer, for | undertake to say that the
employer is responsible for all the iniqui
ties Of his clerks, and all the iniquities of
those who are clerks of these clerks, down
to the tenth generation, if those employers
iuculcatCd iniquitous and damning prncl-
pies.
stand before Young men this morning
who are under this pressure. | say, come
out of it. "Oh!' you say, 81 can't; have
my widowed mother to support, and if n
man loses situation now he can't get
another one" say, come out of it. Go
home to your mother and say to her.
"NIother, can't stay in that shop and be
upright; what shall | do?" and if she is
worthy Of you She will say, Come out of
it, my son--we will just throw ourselves
on him who hath promised to be the God
of the widow and the fatheress; he viii
take care of US" And tell you no young
man ever permanently suffered by such u
course of conduct.
In Philadelphia in drug shop, young
man said to his employer, 81 want to
please you, really, and am willing to sell
medicines on sunday, but | can sell this
pateut shoe backing on Sunday" "Well,"
said the head man, ''you will have to do it,
or else you viii have to 90 away" The
young man said, IL can't do it; am will
Ing to sell medicines, but not Shoe black
ing" "Well, then, go! 60 now" The
young man went away. The Lord looked
after him. The hundreds of thousands of
dollars he won in this world were the
smallest part OF his fortune. God honored
him. BY rhp course he took he saved his
soul as well rs bis fortunes in the future.
a man SAID to his employer, Il can't
wash the wagon on Sunday morning; | am
willing to wash it on Saturday afternoon
but. sir, you will please excuse me, can't
wash the wagon on Sunday morning.
.ift ash nj
carriage comes in every Saturday night
and you have got to wash il on Sunday
morninG" 81 can't do it," tie man said
They parted. The Lord looked after him
-1randly looked after him. He is worth
today hundred fold more than his en-
pOver ever was or ever will be, and h'
saved his soul. Young men, it is safe L
do right. There are young men in Thu
house today who, under this storm o
temptation, are striking deeper and decpe
their roots and spreading out broader thei
branches. They are Daniels i'll Babylon
they are Josephs in the Egyptian court
they are Pauls amid the wild beasts O
Ephesus. | preach to encourage them
Lay hold of God and be faithful.
TNTTEADLE PROPOSITIONS.
There is mistake we make about youn
m-n. We put them in two classes; tn
one class is moral, the other is dissolutt
The moral are safe The dissolute cannc
be reclaimed. ! deny both propositions
Tie moral are not safe unless they hay
laid hold Of God, and the dissolute may b
reclaimed. | suppose there are self right
= eous men in this house who feel no need c
| God, and will not seek after him, and the
= will 90 ont In tie world, and they will b
tempted, and they will be flung down h
misfortune, and they will SO down, dOwI
down, until some night you will sec ther
, going home hooting, raving, snoutn
asphemy-Going home to their mothe
j going home to their sister, going HON
, to the young companion to whom, only
} little while ago, in the presence Of a bri
liant asscnbia9e, flashing lights an
, orange blossoms, and censers swinging i
the air, they promised fidelity and purity
/ and kindness perpetual. As that ma
reaches the door, she will open it, NJ
with an outcry, but she will Stage
back from the door as he comes ill., al
in her look there will be the prophec
, Of woes that are coming, want that wi
= shiyer in need of fire Luurpr that WI