The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

law. What 10 done In che estaoiisn-
ment? he Is not arraigned The head
Of the establishment says to him;
''Now. be careful; be careful, young
man, you might be caught; but really
that was spleudidly done; lyouyill 1ggt
along In the world, warrant you"
Then that young man goes up until he
becomes head clerk. He had found
there was q premium ON iniquity.
One morning the employer comes 70
the stablishment. He goes into hia
countfng-room and throws up his hands
and shouts; why, the safe has been !
robbedl", What Is the matter? Moth
ing; siothihg, only the clerk who has
been prscticing q good while on custon,-
ers Is pracheing little On the employ
or. No onewf principle introduced into
that establishment. 1t is poor rule
that will not work both wayA You
must never steal unless you can do It
we'll. He did It well. am not talking
an abstraction, am tallfing . tsrrible
and crushing fact IL rpy lnre 10.
Now here is o young man. Look at
him to-day. Look at him Ave years
from now, after he has been under trial
in such an establishment Hero he
stands in the shop to-day, his cheeks
ruddy with the breath Of the hills He
unrolls the goods on the counter In
gentlemanly style. He commends them
to the purchaser. He points out alIthe
good points in the fabric He effects
the sale. The goods are wrapped up,
and he dismisses the customer with
cheerful good morning" and the coun.
try merchant departs so impressed with
the straightforwardness Of that young
man that he will come again and again,
every spring and every autumn unless
interfered with. The young man has
been now in that establishment five
years He unrolls the goods on the
counted He says to the customer:
Now those are the best goods we have
in our establishment" they have better
on the next shelf. He says: 1--WE are
selling these goods less than cost"
they are making 20 per cent He says:
''There is nothing like them in all the
city;" there are fifteen shops that want
TO sell the same thing He says: Now,
that is durable article, it will wash"
yes, il will wash out. The sale is made,
the goods are wrapped up, the country
merchant goes off feeling that he has
. an equivalent for his money, and the
sharp clerk goes into the private room
of the counting-house, and he says:
"Well, got rid of those goods at last;
/ really thought we never would. sell
them. told him we were selling them
less than cost; and he thought he was
getting a good bargain; got rid Of them
at last" And the head OF the firm says:
That's well done, splendidly donel"
Meanwhile God has recorded eight lies
-four lies against the young man, four
lies against his employer; for l under
take to say that the employer is respon.
sibls for all the iniquities Of his clerks,
and all the iniquities Of those who are
clerks Of these clerks, down to the tenth
generation, II those employers incul-
Gated iniquitous. and damning princi-
pies .tt
/ stand before young men this morn
ing who are under this pressure. Isay,
come out OF it. ''Ohr' you say, IL
can't; have my widowed mother to
support, and IL a man loses his situa-
tion now he can't get another one" ]
. say, come out OF it Go home TO your
mother and say to her, Mother, 1 can't
J stay in that shop and be upright; what
, shall l do?" And II she is worthy OF
you she will say, Come out Of 1t, my
son-we will just throw ourselves on
Him who hath promised TO be the God
. of the widow ana the fatherless; he
will take care of u.s." And tell you
no young man ever permanently suf-
, fered by such course OF conduct In
. Philadelphia, in drug shop, young
man said to. his employer: II want
: TO please you. really. and I am vii.
J ling TO sell medicines on Sunday;
but I can't sell this patent shoe
blaclsing on Sunday" "Well," said the
hoad man, you will have TO do II, OF
else you will have TO go away" The
young man said: II can't do IL; am
: willing TO sell medicine, but not shoe.
blaeking." "Well, then, 60! Go now. "
The young man went away. The Lord
, looked after him. The hundreds oi
I thousands Of dollars he won In the
world were the smallest part OF his
: fortune. God honorcd him By the
l course he took he saved his soul as well
as his fortunes In the future A man
= said TO his employer: ~ can't wash
$ the wagon on Sunday morning; am
. willing 70 wash II on Saturday after.
, noon; but, sir, you will please excuse
e me, can't wash your wagon on Sun
{ day morning." His employer said:
e "You must wash IL; my carriage
e comes In every Saturday night, and you
have got TO wash IL on Sunday morn
D ing" II can't do IT," the man said.
, They parted. The Lord looked after
9 him-grandly looked after him. He
J is worth to-day q hundred-fold more
c than his employer ever was or ever
, will be, and he saved his soul. Young
: men, Il is safe TO do right There
1 are young men in this house to-day,
+ who, under this storm Of temptation.
are striking deeper and deeper their
] roots, and spreading out broader their
o branc, eS They are Daniels in Baby
lon, they are Josephs In the Egyptian
D court, they are Pauls amid the wild
J. beasts Of Ephesus. preach 10 encour.
r age them. Lay hold Of God and be faith
full
c There Is a mistake we make abou,
G Young men. We put them In two classes;