Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-19

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There are hundreds OF commercial estab-
! lishments in our great cities which are edu,
eating class of young men who will be til
I honor of the land, and there are other estab-
lishnlents which are educating young me:t
to be nothing but sharpers- What chance
there for young man who was taught IN
an establishment that it is right to lie, il it IS
/ smart, and that French label is all that
necessary to make thing French, and tina
YOU ought always % be honest when it pays
and that il is wrong to steal unless you do
well
St-pose. now, young man just starting
IN lie enters a place OF that kin whe-.
there are ten young men, all dr.llel in the
infamous practices OF tn. establishment. H /
is ready 10 be taught. The young man Ia
no theory Of commercial ethics. Where
he to get his theory He will get the theor,l
from bis employers. 0ne day he pushes hi
wits little beyond what tn. esta h!ishmen
| demands OF him. and he feecas custo mel;
until the clerk is on the verge OF benz
seiz41 by the law " hat is done in the esz
Establishment? He is not arraiynei. tn,
head of the establishment says to him. Now
be careful; be careful, young man. you
m ght be caught: but real that was splea,
didly done; you will get along in the world
| warrant you Then thar young mad
goes mp until he becomes head clerk He
has found there is a premiu IL on iniduity
One morning the employer comes to the
establishment. He goes into his counting;
room an throws up his hands and sh outs.
Why, the safe has been robbed" What is
the natter Nothing, nothing: only the
clerk who has been practicing a good while
on customers is practicing little on the.
employer. No new princip e introduced into
that establishment. 1t is a poor rule that
will not work both ways You must never!
steal unless you can do it well He did it,
we'll lam not talking an abstractioe; am
talking terrible and crushing fact.
Now here is young man. Look at him
to-day. Look at him five years from now,
s,.ter he has been under trial in such an
establishment. Here he stands in the shop
to-day, his cheeks ru Idly With the breath OF
the hills. He unrolls the goods on the coun-
ter in gentlemanly styla He commends
them to the purchaser. He points out all tbs
goo points in the fabric. He effects the
sac. The goods are wrapped up, AMI he
dismisses the customer with a cheerful
good morning. and the country merchant
departs SO impressed with the straightfor-
wardness of the young man that he will
come again and again, every spring aal
every autumn, unless interferel with
The young man has been now in tlat es-
Enlistment five years He unrolls the goods
on the counter. he says to the customer.
"Now these are the best goods we have in
our establishment Tney have better on
these goods less than cost They are max
ing twenty per cent. He says There is
nothing like then in all the ety. There
are fifty shops that want to sell the sans
thing. He says, Now, that is durable
article; it will wash. y Yes it 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, AMI he says: well, l
got rid of those goods at last l really
thought we never woul sell them. / told
him we were selling them less than cost, and
he thought he was getting a COOL bargain.
Got ri1 OF them at last" AMI the head of
the firm SAYS That's well done, splendidly
doneH Meanwhile God had recorded eight
lies-four lies against the young man, four
les against his employer, for | undertake to
say that the employer is responsible for all
the iniquites of his clerks, AMI all the ini-
quities of thoss VINO are clerks of these
clerks, down to the tenth generation, if those
employers inculcate1 iniquitouS and damn
mg principles
stand before Young men this morning
who are under this pressure | say, come
out Of it oh You say, Il can't; have
my widowed mother to support, and if a mar
one" ] say, come out of it. Go home Ia
your mother ard say to her, Mother
can't stay in that shop aid be uoright; what
shall do?' and if she is worthy of you sh!
will say. Come Gus OF it. nay soa-Ye will
Just throw ourselves on Him who hath prom
ise1 to be the God Of the widow aud the
fatherless; He will take care of us" And
tell you no young man ever permanently
suffered by suc1 a course of conduct.
In PhllanPlDhlH in drug shop Young
man said to his employer, Il want to please
you. really. and l am willing to sell
medicines on Sunday. but l can't sell tlis
patent shoe backing on Sunday. well, y
said the head man, ''you will have TO do it,
or else you will have to so away The
young man said. II can't do it; am willing
TO sell me iicines, but not shoe backing.
w III. then, gol Go now The young
man went away The Lord looded after
hin The huaire Is OF thousands of dolsrS
he won i'll this world were the smallest par.
OF his fortune. Go / honorei him. By the
course he TOOK he saved his soli as we'll as
his fortunes in the future
A man said to his employer. 81 can't wash
the wagon on Sunday morning; l am willing
to WASH it on Saturday afternoon, but, sir,
you will please excuse me, can't wash the
wagon on Sunday morning" His employer
said, You must wash it; my carriage comes
in every Saturday night, and you have got
to wash it on Sunday morning. Il can't
do it." the man said. They parted TIL.
Lord looked after him grandly looked aftel
him. He is worth to-day hundred fold
more than his employer ever was or even
will be, and he saved his soul. Young men,
it is safe to do right. There ara young men
in this house to-day who, under this storm
of temptation, are striking deeper and deep
er the + roots and spreading out broade;
their branches. They are Daniels in Baby
Ion, they are Josephs in the Egyptian court
they are Pauls amid the wild beasts OF
Ephesus. l preach to encourage them. Lay
hold of God and be faithful.
There lisa mistake we make about young
men. We put them in two classes the one
class is moral, the other dissolute Tbs
moral are safe. The dissolute cannot be re-
claimed | deny both propositions. Th'
moral are not safe unless they have laid holt
of God, and the dissolut9 may be reclaimed.
] suppose there are self righteous men If
this house who feel no need of God. and will
not seek alter Him, ami they will go out in
the world, and they VIII be tempted, and they
will be flung down by misfortune
and they viii go down, down
/ down, until some night you will see then
going home hootin-, ravin-, shouting bias
( phemy-goin- home to their mother, goin:
( home to their sister going home TO tins
/ young companion to whom, only littl
&
asssmblage, flashing lights and orang
{ blossoms, AMI cansers swinging in the air
/ they prom sci fl ielity and purity, an
kindness perpetual. AS that man reacae
( the door, She viii open it. not wit!
an outcry, but she will stagger bac
4 from the door as he comes in, and i
4 her look there will be the prophecy o
woes that are coming. want that WI
SILVER in need Of fire, hunger tlat will crl
in vain for bread, cruelties that viii
not leave the heart when they hav,
crushed it, but pinch it again and stab i
again. until some night sle will open tn
door of the place where her companion wa
/ ruined, and she will fling out her arm from
under her ragged shawl and say with al
( most omnipotent eloquence. "Give me haci
/ my husband. Give me back my protector
Give me back my ALL Him Of the kinc
heart and gentle words and the manly brow
I give him back to mem And then tb,
7 wretches, obese and filthy, will push bacl
their matted locks and they will say: "Pu
/ her out! Put her OUT Or, self-righteou
mar, without God You are in peril. Seel
after Him to-day Amid the ten thousand
temptations of life there is no safety for
/ man without God.
But ] may be addressing some who hav
gone estray, and 50 / assault that othe
proposition that the dissolute cannot be re
Gained Perhaps you have only gone
little astray. White | speak are vol
troubled? Is there voice within YOU say
ing: what did you DO that fors Why iii
You 90 there? What did you mean by that
Is there a memory in your soul that make
you trembe. God only knows all GU
hearts. Yea if you havs gone so far as t
commit imquitjes ant have gone through til
whole catalogue, [ invite you back thi