The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-12-19

rice out OF harbarism Ask them when inn
deity ever instituted a sanitary commission,
and. before you leave their society once and
forever. tell them they have insulted The mem
DRY OF your Christian father. and spit upon the
death- bed OF your mother and with swines
snout rooted up the grave OF your sister who
died believing in the Lord Jesus.
Young man, hold on 70 your bible. IL n the
best book you ever owned II win tell you how
20 dress, how 10 bargain, how 20 walk, how 10
act. how to live, how 20 die. Glorious BiDlel
whether ON parchment or paper. ia octave or
duodccino, on the center table OF the drawing
room, or in the counting room OF the
banker. Glorious oiblel Light 10 our
feet and lamp 10 our path Hold on 10 itl
The second class OF insidous temptations that
comes upon our young men is led on by the dis
honest empl oyer Every commercial establish
mcnf is n school in nine cases out OF ten, the
principles OF the employer become the princi-
pies OF the employee. ] ask the older mer-
chants 10 bear me out IN these statements. II,
when you were Just starting In life, In CONNER
cial life, you we're told that honesty was not
marketable, that though you might sell al
the goods in the shop, you must not
sell your conscience. that while you we're
70 exercise all industry and TACT you
were not 20 sell your consciencc-if you
were taught that gains gotten by sin
wore combustibie. and NJ the mo-
ment OF ingnition would be blown
on by the breath Of God until All the splendid
estate would vanish into white ashes scattered
IA the whirwind-- tina; instruction has been
TO you prccantion and a helpever since There
are hundreds OF commercial establishments in
our great cities which are educating a class OF
young men who viii be the honor OF the land
and there are other establishments which are
educating young men 10 be nothing but sharpcrs
What chance - there for young man who was
taught I'm an establishment that IL Is right 10
lie IL II Is smart, and that French label Is all
hot a. arvt IN M "A I'rCurl
that you ought always 10 be honest when IL
pays and that II Is wrong 70 steal unless you
do Il wellf Suppose, now young man just
starting IN life, enters place OF that kind
where there are ten young men, all drilled In
the Infamous practices OF the establish
ment He is ready TO be taught. The young
man has no theory OF commercial ethics.
Where Is he 20 get his theory He will get the
theory from HIS employers. One day he pushes
his wit a little beyond what the establishment
demands Of him, and he fieeccs a customer UNI
I'll the clerk Is on the verge Of being seized by
the law What Is done in the establishment
He Is not arraigncd. The head OF the estab-
lishment says 20 him: "NOw be careful; be
careful young man, you might be caught, but
really that was splcndidly done; you win get
along IN the world warrant you" Then that
Young man goes up until he becomes head
clerk He has found there Is premium on IN
lquity
One morning the employer comes 10 the es-
tablishment lie goes into the counting-room
and throws up his hands and shouts, Why,
the safe has been robbed" What is the mat
terY Nothing. nothing; only the clerk who has
been practising good while on customers Is
practicing a little on the employer. No new
principle introduced into that establishment
IL Is poor rule that will not work both ways.
You must never steal unless you can do IL well.
He did IL well. 1 am not talking an abstrac-
ton: l am talking terrible ana crushing
fact
Now here IS young man. Lock at him to-
dav Look at him five years from now, after
he has been under trial in such an establish
ment Here he stands In the shop
today his cheeks ruddy with the breath
OF the hills He unrolls the goods
on the counter in gentlemanly style He com
mends them TO the purchaser. He points out
all the good points in the fabric. He effects the
sale The goods are wrapped up, and he dis
misses the customer with cheerful good
morning" and the country merchant departs so
impressed with the straightforwardness OF that
young man that he will come again and again.
every spring and every autumn unless inter
fered with The young man has been now in
that establishment Ave years He unrolls the
goods on the counter. He says 20 the custo-
mer "Now those are the best goods we have In
our establishments they have better on the
next shelf lie says; I'VE are selling these
goods less than cost" they are maxim: twenty
per cent He says. There Is nothing like them
IN all the city" there are fifty shops that want
10 sell the same thing. He says: NOW,
that is durable article II will wash" yes, IL
will WASH out The sale is made, the goods are
wrapped up the country merchant goes on feel
Ing that he has an equivalent for his money,
and the sharp clerk goes into the private room
OF the counting house, and he says; We'll, /
got rid OF those goods at last; / really thought
we would never sell them; told him we were
selling them less than cost; and he thought
he was getting n good bargain, got rid
OF them at last" And the head OF the firm
says That's well done, splendidly donein
Meanwhile God had recorded eight lies -four
lies against the young man, four lies against
his employer, for undertake. 10 say that the
employer Is responsible for All tho iniquites OF
his clerks, and all the iniquitics OF those who
are clerks OF these clerks, down TO the tenth
generation, II these employers inculcatod
niduitous and damung principles
stand before young men this morning who
are under this pressure. / say, come out Of H.
"Ohl' you say II can't have my widowed
mother To support, and ia man loses a stua-
ton now he can get another one. [" Isay, come
out OF a. Go home TO your mother and say 10
her Mother, 1 cant stay in that shop and be
upright: what shall doy" and II she is worthy
Of you she will say, Come out OF IT, my son
Ne will just throw ourselves on him who hath
promised 10 be- the God OF the widow and the
fatherlcsst he viii take care OF Us" And tell
by such course Of conduct In Philadelphia.
In II drug shop, young man said 10 his employ
er; II want 10 please you, really, ana am
willing 10 sell medicines on Sunday: but can't
sell this patent shoe backing on Sunday"
Well said the head man. you viii have 20
do H. or else you VIII have to 90 away The
young man said. II can't do IL; am willing
to sell medicines. but not shocbacknR
Wei. then, gol Go now" The young man
went away. The Lord looked after him. Tho
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars he won IN this
world were the smallest part OF his fortune.
God honored him By the course he took he
saved his soul as well ns his fortunes In the
future. man said 20 his employer
II cant wash the wagon on Sun.
day morning. am willing 10
wash II on Saturday afternoon; but sir, you
win please excuse me, l cant wash the wagon
ON sunday morning" His employer said:
You must wash ~. my carriage comes In every
saturday nght, ana YOU have got 90 wash n on
sunday morning" Il cant d. g." the man
said. They parted The Lord locked after
him, grundly looked after him. He is worth To-
day hundrcdfold moro than his employer
ever was or ever will be-, and he saved his soul.
Young men, II Is safe 10 do right. There are
young men In this house to-day who, under
This storm OF temptation, are striking deeper
ana deeper there roots, and spreading out
I roader their ranches They are Daniels IN
Babylon, they are Joscrhs in the Egyptian
court they are Pauls amid the wild beasts Oi
Ephcsus / preach 10 encourage them. Lay
hold OF God and be faithful
There u a mistake we mako about young
men. We put them In two classes; the one
Glass Is moral. the other Is dissoutc. The