Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-12-23


chaser. He points ont all the goo.
points in the fabric. He affects Tia.
sale. The goods are wrapped up. and
he dismisses the customer with n cheer
full good morning" and the country
merchant departs so impressed with th,.
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 Eve
years He unrolls the goods on the
counter. He says to the customer
Now, those are the best goods we hav.
In our establishments" they have better
on the next shelf. "We are selling
these goods less than cost" they ar.
making 20 per cent He says: There
is nothing like them in all the citv:'
there are fifty shops that want to sell
the same thing He says: Now. thu.
is n durable article. it will wash" YES
1t will wash out. The sale is made. the
goods are wrapped mp, the country
merchant goes off feeling that n ha,
an equivalent for his money. and TIA,
sharp clerk goes into the pri
yate room of the counting-house, nnd
he says: We'll, got rid of those good,
at last; 1 really thought we won't
never sell them; told him we wore
selling them less than cost and h,
thought he was getting good bargain
got rid of them at last" And the head
of the firm says: That's well done
splendidly donc!" Meanwhile, God had
recorded eight lies-four lies against
the young man. four lies against II. :
employer, for l undertake. to say tina;
the employer is responsible for all the
iniquities of his clerks, and all the
clerks down to the tenth generation. If
those employers inculcated ubiquitous
and damning principles
stand before young men this morn
ing who are under this pressure. Isav.
come out OF it "Oh," you say. az can't
nave my widowed mother TO support.
and II a man loses n situation now he
can't get another one" say. come
out of it Go home to your mother and
say to her: Mother. can't stay in
that shop and be upright; what shall
do?" and IL 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 fatherless; He will take
care OF u.s." And I will tell you no
young man ever permanently suffered
by such a course of conduct. In Phila.
delphia, In drug shop. a young man
said to his employer: 81 want to please
you, really, and am willing to sell medi.
cines on Sunday; but 1 can't sell this
patent shoe backing on Sunday
We'll" said the head man. you will
have to do it or else you will have to go
away" The young man said: II can't
do 1t; L am willing to sell medicines.
not shoe backing" "Well, then. go.
Go 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 for
tune God honored him. BY the course
he took he saved his soul as we'll as his
fortunes in the future A man said To
his employer: ~ can't wash the wagon
on Sunday morning; / am willing to
wash 1t on Saturday afternoon. but,
sir, you will please excuse mel can't
wash the wagon on Sunday morning."
His employer said: "You must wash
1T; my carriage comes in every
Saturday night. and you have got to
wash 1T on Sunday morning" 81 can't
do it." the man said. They parted.
The Lord looked after him, grandly
looked after him. He is worth to-day a
hundred fold more than his employer
ever was or ever will be, and he has
saved his soul. Young men, it is safe
to do right. There are young men in
this house to-day who. under this storm
of temptation, are striking deeper their
roots, nd spreading out broader their
branches. They are Daniels in Baby
Ion; they are Josephs in the Egyptian
court; they are Pauls amid the wild
beasts of Ephesus preach to encour-
age them Lay hold of God and be
faithful.
There is mistake about young men.
We put them in two classes; the one
class is moral, the other is dissolute.
The moral are safe; the dissolute can
not be reclaimed. / deny both PROPOSE.
tons The moral are not safe unless
they have laid hold of God, and the dis
solute may be reclaimed. 1 suppose
there are self-righteous men in this
house who feel no need of God, and will
not seek after Him, and they will po
out in the world and they will be
SSAHPec'' anu bhty Will Oe nunR down
by misfortune. and they will go down.
down, down, until some night
you will see them going
home hooting, raving, shouting
blasphemy-going home TO their
mother. going home to their sister. go
ing home TO the young companion TO
whom, but n little while ago. in the
presence of a brilliant assemblaQe.
flashing lights and orange blossoms.
and censers swinging in the air. they
promised fidelity and purity. and kind.
ness perpetual AS that man reaches
the door she will open IL, not with an
cutlery but she will stagger back from
the door as he comes in. and in herlook
there will be the prophecy OF woes that
are coming; want that will SILVER in
need OF fire, hunger that will cry in vain
for bread, cruelties that will not leave
the heart when they have crushed il, but
pinch IL again. and stab il again Until
some night she will open the door OF
the place where her companion was ru-
med, and she will fling out her arm
from under her ragged shawl and say,
with almost omnipotent eloquence,
Give me back my husband Give me
back my protector Give be back nv
all! Him OF the kind heart and gentle
words and manly brow give him back
Al