Telegram-herald., 1891-12-14

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erswis1- 1hsa al sAss story sooas the
uAals swaliovsng JssAa. or Jonah swAi-
Dwfsg the wkAls. vnAcn vas iss IL dss's
make any dl6srescss the thing u shszra,
IL il ridiculous % suppose sAat mAa could
hAvs nsns dewa Through the jaws ef . seA
nsnssss aaA - ksss hls hls. why, ms
raspissEaoa veald have sesn his1essds be
vsald hAvs bsss dixsss<d, sss gastric
Juice vsaid have Dissolved the abrins AID
ooaguIsssd sssansn. aad JsnAh would
hsvs bes essaesd fEen prsphss inso
ehyla Thso ail thai story about the ni-
rssslsos es.cspsion-why, is u perfectly
disgvaasfuI o.. sri h<lieve Ia the light
Of salass. fhk 10 The Niassssath esatary.
Progren. ssS. pesGr@- l don't blame
you, bur after yes have been in town as
Lag = Aavs pea viii tkisk jass - do"
kxliGIos sIcEssARr.
Thousands Of young .en are going down
under that process day ey day. and there
Is ssly here and there young man who
can eadare tAis artillery Of scorn- They
are givisg mp their Bibles. The light OF
natnre! They have the light Of nature in
China, they have 10 In Hiadostan: they
hare 10 In Ceylon. Flowers therx, stars
there, waters theirs. Winds there. but no
civilization. no homes, no hsppineS- Ian
cets TO cut and iaxgeruaats TO fall under
and hooks TO swing on. but no happiness.
l tell you. my young brother, We have TO
take . religion u come kind We have TO
choose between four or fve. Shall it be
the Koran Of the Moh1mmedAn, or the
Snsstsr Of the Hindoo. or the ZeRdavesra
OF tho Persian. or the Confucius writings
Of the Chinese. or the Holy Soripturesi
Take what you will; God helping me,
will take the Bible. Light for all dark
meas; rsek for ali foundations; balm for all
wounds. A glory that lifts its pillars of
fro over the wilderness march. Do not
give up your Bibles.
Ask them what inhdeIity has ever done
20 tft the fourteen hundred millions OF the
race out OF bArbarism. Ask thera VIXEN
tnisdeiiry ever instituted = sanitary com-
mission. aud before you leave their society
once 1n1 forever tell them that they have
tnxalted the memory Of your Christian
father, and apis upon the d>Athsed Of your
mother and with swine's snous rooted up
the grave Of your sister. who died believ-
ing n the Lord Jesus.
IL these people sco0 at you as though re-
ligion and toe Bible were 6t only for weak
Rot ashamed to be in the company OF
Burke the statesman, and Raphael the
painter, and Thorwaiasen the sculptor,
aud Mozart the musician. End blackstone
the lawyer. aud Bacsr the philosopher
and Harvey the physicisn, and John Nil
ton the poet.
HOLD ON 70 TEE BIBLE
Young man, hold on TO your Bible. I.
u the best bool; you ever owned. 1t will
tell you how 10 dress. bow to bargain, how
/ TO walk, how to act, how to live how 10
die. Glorious Bibls. Whether on parch-
ment or paper. In octasv or duodsei mo, OF
the center table Of the craving room or in
the counting room Of tia banker. QlorioHs
, Biblel Light to our feet and lamp TO ear
path. Hold on to il!
The secoud class Of insidious ten ptstions
that comes upon our young men IS led on
BY the dishonest employer Every COM
| mercial -eabiishn meat Il . school. In nine
| cases out Of tea tae principles Of the en-
pleyer become the principles OF the en-
ployee. ask the older merchants to bear
me out in these statements. II, when yon
! were just starting in life-in commercial life
you were told that hooeaty was not mar
ketable; that, though you might sell all
the goods In the shop, you must pot sell
your consciooce; that. while you were tn
exercise all industry aud tact, you were not
to sell yonr conscience; II you were taught
that gains gotten by sin were combustiblc,
! and at the moment of ignition would be
/ blown on by the breath Of Gec until al
! the splendid estate would vanish into
white ashes scattered in the whirlwind.
| then that instruction has been TO you q
precaution and a help ever since.
j k.,v IroAo <xfn 81 n
| lishments in our great cities which are
educating class of young men who will
be the honor OF the land. and there are
other establishments which are educating
young men to be nothing but sharpers.
What chance Ia there for q young man
/ who was taught in an establishment that
IL Is right TO lie, IL il is smart. and that a
I French label is all that is necessary to
make thing French, and that you ought
always to be honest when 1t pays, and that
/ IL Il wrong to steal unless you do 1t welli
Suppose, now, n young man just starting
I In life enters y place Of that kind where
there are ten young men, all drilled In the
infamous practices of the establishment.
he is ready to be taught. The young man
has no theory OF commercial ethics. Where
/ II be TO get his theory He will get the
theory from his employers One day he
/ pushes his wit little beyond what the es-
tabIishment dena ads Of him. and be feeces
= customer until the clerk Is on the verge Of
bsing seixed by the law. What Is done In
the establishment lie il not arraigned.
/ The head Of the establishment says to him,
Now. be careful; be careful, young man,
/ ron might be caught; but really that was
/ spleadiaiy done: you viii get along in the
world. warrant you" Then that young
man Socs mp until he becomes head clerk.
! EQUITY.
one morning the employer comes to the
establishment. lie goes into his cor rating
room and throws ap his hands and shouts,
why. the safe las bean robbedr' What
(, il the matter, Nothing, nothing; only
tbs clerk who has hecn prscticing a gsod
while on customers Is psacticing . little on
the employer. No ne. principle intss-
duccd into that establishments. IL il a
poor rule that wiil net work both ways
You muss never steal unlees you can do il
well. He did 1t well. | afn not talking
IN abstraction. am talking . terrible and
= crushing fact.
HEsx's AN EXAMPLE,
Now here is yonng man Look at him
>ecay. Look 1T him aye years from now.
alter h- hes been under trial In such al
establishments. Hero he ssands in the
shop today. his cheeks ruddy with the
breath OF the Ailis. He ssrois ths goods
on the eoanter in gsntiemanly styIe lie
commands them to the purchaser. He
points QUE ali the good pesats IN the fabric.
He e6ecsn che sale. The geeds are wrapped
- a -. sUtf a.