Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-12-19

free 'thinlSer;" he il one OF your "lib-
eral" men; he Is free and easy In re-
ligion. O! how liberal he Is; he Is so
'liberal" that he will give away his
Bible; he Is so 'liberal" that he will
give away the throne Of eternal justice;
he is so liberal" that he would be
willing to give God out of the universe;
he is SO liberal" that he would give
up his own soul and the souls of all his
friends. Now, what more could you
ask in the wPy of liberality? The VIC
tim of this skeptic has probably just
come from the country. Through the
intervention Of friends he has been
rlaced in n shop On Saturday the
skeptic says to him: "Wcll, what are
you going to do tomorrow" He says:
~ am going TO church." ''Is 1t posi-
ble?" says the skeptic. "Well, l used to
do those things. l was brought up,
suppose, rs you were, in a religious
family and believed these things, but
got over II. The fact is, since came
to town have found that there are a
great many things in the Bible that
are ridiculous.
Thousands of young men are going
down under that process day by day,
and there is only here and there a
young man who can endure this artil-
lery of scorn. They are giving up their
Bibles. The light Of nature! They
have the light Of nature in China;
they have it in Hindostan; they
have it in Ceylon. Flowers there; stars
there; waters there; winds there; but
NO civilization. no homes, no happiness.
Lancets to cut and juggernauts to fall
under. and hooks to swing on; but no
happiness. l tell you, my young
brother, we have to take a religion OF
some kind. We have to choose between
four or five. Shall 1t be the Koran OF
the Mohammedan, or the Shaster OF
the Hindoo, or the Zendavesta OF the
Persian, or the Confucius writings of the
Chinese, or the holy Scripture? Take
what you will; God helping me, / will
take the Bible. Light for all dark
ness; rock for all foundation; balm for
all wounds.
Young man, hold on to your Bible.
1t is the best book you ever owned. II
will tell you how to dress, how to bar
gain, how to walk, how to act, how to
live, how to die Glorious Bible
whether on parchment or paper, in
octave or duodecimo. on the center
table OF the drawing room or In the
counting room of the banker. Glorious
Bible! Light to our feet and lamp to
our path. Hold on to it!
The second class Of insidious tempta-
tions that comes upon our young men
is led on by the dishonest employer.
Every commercial establishment is
school. In nine cases out of ten, the
principles of the employer become the
principles of the employe. l ask the
older merchants to bear me ont in these
statements. II. when you were just
starting in life, in commercial life, you
were told that honesty was not mar
ketable, that though you might sell all
the goods in the shop, you must not
sell your conscience, that while yor
were to exercise all industry and tact
you were not to sell your conscience
if you were taught that gains gotter
by sin were combustible, and at the
moment of ignition would be blown or
by the breath of God until all thu
splendid estate would vanish int
white ashes scattered in the whirlwint
then that instruction has beer
to you precaution and hell
ever since. There are hundreds o
commercial establishments in our grea'
cities which are educating class o
young men who will be the honor Q
the land, and there other establish
ments which are educating young mer
to be nothing but sharpers VIVA
chance is there for young man VIII
was taught in On establishment that
is right to lie, if it is smart and that
French label is all that is necessary t.
make q thing French, and that yo'
ought always to be honest when
pays, and that It is wrong to steal un
less You do it we'll? Suppose, now,
young man just starting in life enters
place OF that kind where there are tel
young men, all drilled in the infamou
practices of the establishment He i
ready to be taught The young maj
has no theory of commercial ethics
Where is he to get his tAeoryP He will
get the theory from his employers
Then that young man goes up unit
he becomes head clerk. He has foun
there is q premium on iniquity. On
morning the employer comes to tn
establishment He goes into his count
ing room and throws up his hands an
shouts: 'Why, the safe has bee
robbedm What Is the matter? Noti
ing, nothing; only the clerk who ha
been practicing . good while on GU
toners is practicing little on the EN-
ployer. No new principle Introduce
into that establishment. II Is q poo
rule that will not work both ways
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