The Penn's Grove record., 1891-04-03

1 LHcIl o0Wh ~ s1V 49, N-
| cheat them out Of that. The woman must
deposit a dollar or two before abe got. the
garments to work on. When the work is done
L Is sharply inspected, the most indgnidcantI
laws picked out, and the wages refused, and
sometimes the dollar deposited NOT. given
Jack, The WoInen's Protective Union re-
| 1ortsa case where one Of these poor souls
hiding a place where she could get more
sages, resolved to change employers, and
| went to get her pay for work done. The
snp,oyer says III hear you are going to
% get what you owe me-" he made no
| 1ay mer' "Yes,n be said, ~ will pay your,
andh he clicked her down the stairs
There are thousands of fortunes q m
commercial spheres that are throughout
| righteous. God will let His favor rest upon
very scroll, every pictured wall, every
'raceried window, and the JOY that nashes
| from the lights, and showers from the music
and dances in the ci1ildren's quick feet, pat
sering through the hall, will utter the con.
zratulation OF men and the approval OF God
A merchant can, co the last item. be thor:
,ugdly honest. There Is never any need OF
a.sehoed. Yethow many will, day by day,
eur by hour, utter what they know to b
wrong. You say that you are selling at less
han cost II ~, then III 2 right 70 say "
But did that cost you less than what you aakI
Tor its il not, then you have fa'si1sd. You
say that that article coat you twenty-five
loliars. Did 1T II 50, then all right. kt
lid not. then you have falsl6ed
Suppose you are q purchaser. You are
s'besting down. the goods. You say that
| that article for which five dollars 10 charged
is not worth more than four. Is It worth NO
more than four doilarsf Then all right. IL
| it be worth more, and for the sake Of getting
it for less than Its value, you willtully do
a~rsciate II Won h"-' falsifed. Yon mas
sarrn a sharp trade. The recording nnsel
writes il down on the ponderous tones OF
eternity, 'Mr. So-and-so, merchant on Water
| street or In Eighth street or in State street.
or Mrs. So-ald-so, keeping house ON Beacon
street or on Madison avenue or hi5sennous
Hill. told one falsehood." You may consider
it insignificant because relating to an
Insignificant purchase. You would despise
| the man who would falsify in regard to soma
great matter In which the city or whole coun-
| try was concerned; but tnisis only . box OF
cuttons, or a row OF pins, or 2 case OF
needles. Bs not deceived. The article pur-
chased may be so small you can put Il in
your vest pocket. but the sin was bigger
than the Pyramids, and the echo Of the dis
nonor will reverberats through all the
mountains Of eternity.
You throw on your counter some specimens
OF bandkerchiefs. Your customer asks:
lis Luap Hi sllHf IO CObOQu ~ Il a. 4O0
answer, at Is all silk" Was 1t all silkr II
50, all right, But was 1t partly cottoni
rhen YOU have falsihed. Moreover, you
lost by the falsehood. The customer, though
ns may live at Lynn or Doyisstown or
Poughkeepsie. will find out that you have de-
frauded him, and next spring when he again
comes shopping he will look At your align
place where l got that handkerchief So
that by that one dishonest bargain you
pick your W pocket and tnsultsd ths
Almighty.
Would you dare to make an estimate oil
how many ia schools In trade were yester.
day told by hardware men and clothiers and
fruit dealers and dry goods ssta Adjustments
and importers and jewellers and iumbsrmen
and coal merchants and ~stationers and
ltooacconistst Lies about saddles about
buckles, about ribbons, about carpstA about
gloves, about coata, about Shoes about
| hats, about watches, about carriages. about
'books-about everything. In the name OF
the Lord God Almighty, ] arraign com.
mercial falsehoods as q Of the greatest
plagues In city and town.
IN the next place l NOTES mechanical lies.
There is no class Of men who ADMINISTERS
more to the welfare Of the city than artisans
To their hand we must look for tbs building
that shelters US, for the garments that clotht
us, for the car that carries n. Thsy wisld q
Widespread influence. There 70 much deras-
iox OF what Is called "Musoular Christian
ity,n but in the latter day Of the world,i
prosperity I think that the Christian viii b.
muscular. We have . right 70 expect o.
those stalwart msn Of toll the hiShsss POSI-
Bile Integrity. Many Of them answer all our
expectations, and stand ct ths front Of rslig.
iods and philsnthropio enterprises. But
has in 1t those who lack ~ the slemens Of
veracity. They cannot all b trusted In
times when the demand for labor n great II
il impossible to meet the demands Of the
public, or do work with that promptnssa
and perfection that would n ethsr tmss b.
possible.
But there are mechanics whose word can
right to promise moro WORK than he can do.
There are mechanics who say that they will
come on Monday, but they do not COME until
Wednesday. You put work 10 their hands
that they tell You shall be completed In ton
DAYS, but it Is thirty. Thsrs haye been houses
built of which It might b. said that every
nail driven. every foot OF plastsring put on.
mered, every brick mortared, could tell OF
falsshood connected Herewith. There are men
attempting to do ten or fifteen pieces OF
work who have not the tins or strength to
do more than five or sx pieces, but BY prom
ises never fulfilled keep III the undertakings
within their " grasp. This - they
call nursing" the Job.
how much wrong to his soul and insult to
God a mechanic would save Il he promised
Only so much as he expected to be able to do.
Society has no right TO ask OF You tmPosst.
bilitiss. You oannot always calculate cor.
rectly, and you may fail because you cannot
get the help that you anticipate. But now
promises that you know you cannot keep.
Did you say that that shos should be mendsd.
taat coat repaired, those bricks laid, that
harness sswsd, that door grained, that spout
fixed or that window glazsd BY Saturday,
knowing that you would nsithsr b able TO
do it youseif nor get anyone else to do tts
Then, before God and man you are . liar.
difference, and that II you had told the
truth you would have loss the job, and that
people expect to be disappointed, but the *.
cuss will not answer. There Il Q voice Of
thunder rolling among the drills and planes
and shoe lasts and shear which says, "All
liars shall have their part IN the Luke that
burneth with fire and birthstone"
I next notice ecclesiastical hes--that r.
ialsahoods told for the purpose Of advancing
CHURCHES and sects. or for the purpose Of de-
pistiuy them. There Is no uss In asking
many q Calvanist what an Arminian be.
iievea for he will bs apt TO tell you that the
Arminian belsvcs that o man can convert
n4l4scus SF W 0~k tau A6AlaLkh WRht tn0
Calvinist believes for he viii tell you that
the Cslvinist believer that God made soma
men Just to damn them. There 70 no need
in asking q pNio-Bsptist what q Baptist be-
iievss. for he will DO apt to say that tine
Baptist believes immersion to be positively
necessary to salvation. Il Is almost i'm
possible for one denomination Of Christians,
without prejudice or Misrepresentation, to
state the sentiment Of an opposing sect. II
a man hates Presbytsrians, and you ask him
what Presbyterians believe. he viii tell you
that thsy believe that thsrs are infants In
aeii a span long.
It is strange also how Individual churches
will sometimes make misstatements about
other individual churches. IL 10 especially
90 in regard 70 falsehoods told with reference
% prosperous enterprises. As long as q
church IL feeble, anf the singing 10 discord.
ant, and the minister, through the poverty Of
18th a threadbare coat
and here and taers q worshiper o.. me
end OF q pew, having all the scat TO himself,
religious symparhizers Of other churches will
say, "what . pityg" But let a great day Of
orosuerity come. and even ministers Of the
sospsl, wao ought TO be rejoicsd at the large