Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-17

cheerful good morning." and the country
merchant departs so impressed with the
straightforwardness of the young man that
he will come again and again, every spring
and every autumn, unless interfeTed with.
The yonng man has been nowin that
establishment five years. He unrolls the
goods on the counter He says TO the GUS
TONER, Now those are the best goods we
have in our establishment. They have
better on the next shelf. He says, I'VE
are selling these goods less than cost"
They are making 20 per cent. He says,
shere is nothing like them in all the
sy" There are fifty shops that want to
sell the same thing. He says, Now, that
is durable article; it will wash" Yes, 1t
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 good
bargain. Got rid of them at last" And
the head of the firm says, THAT'S well
done, splendidly doner' Meanwhile God
had recorded eight lies-four lies against
the young man, four lies against his EN-
ployer, for | undertake to say that the
employer is responsible for all the iniqui
ties Of his clerks. and all the impurities OF
those who are clerks of these clerks. down
TO the tenth generation, If those employers
inculcated iniquitous and damning princi-
pies
| stand before young men this morning
who are under this pressure. ] say, come
out of it. "Ohr' you say, 81 can't; have
my widowed mother to support, and if a
man loses a 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 | dor" and if she il
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 tell you no young
man ever permanently suffered by such a
course of conduct.
In Philadelphia, in a drug shop, young
man said TO his employer, II want to
please you. really, and am willing TO sell
medicines on Sunday, but can't sell this
patent shoe backing on Sunday" well,
said the head man, you will have to do it,
or else you will have to 90 away" The
young man said, 81 can't do il; am will
ing TO sell medicines, but not shoe black
ing" well, then, 90! Go now.n 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 fortune God honored
him. BY the course he took he saved his
soul as well as his fortunes in the future
A man said TO his employer, II can't
wash the wagon on Sunday morning; 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 IL on Sunday
morning" 81 can't do ii" tie man said.
They parted The Lord looked after him
-grandly looked after him. Tie is worth
today hundred fold more than his EN-
ployer ever was or ever will be, and he
saved his soul Young men, il is safe to
do right. There are young men in this
house today who under this storm of
temptation, are striking deeper and deeper
their roots and spreading out broader their
branches. They are Daniels in Babylon,
they are Josephs in the Egyptian court.
they are Pauls amid the wild beasts of
Ephesus. ] preach to encourage them.
Lay hold Of God aud be faithful.
rNTENABLE PROPOSITIONS
There Is a mistake we make about young
men. We put them in two classes; the
one class is moral, the other is dissolute
The moral are safe The dissolute cannot
be reclaimed. deny both propositions.
The moral are not safe unless they have
laid bold Of God, and the dissolute may be
reclaimed. ! suppose there are self right |
eous men in this house who feel no need OF |
God, and will not seek after bin, and they |
will 80 out in the world, and they will be |
and they will be flung down by |
aud they will go down, down, |
down, until some night you will see them |
going home hooting, raying, shouting |
blasphemy-goiDg home to their mother, |
going home to their sister, going home |
to the young companion to whom, only a 4
little while ago. 10 the presence Of bril-
liant assemblage, flashing lights and |
orange blossoms. aud censers swinging in |
the air, they promised fidelity and purity,
and kindness perpetual. As that man
reaches the door, she will open It, not /
with an outcry, but she will stagger
back from the door as he comes in, aud
IA her look there will be the prophecy
Df woes that are coming, want that will 1
SILVER in need OF fire, hunger that will
Try in vain for bread, cruelties that
will not leave the heart when they have
crushed it, but pinch it again and stab
{ again, until some night she will open
,he door of the place where her companion
was ruined, and she will fling out her arm
rom under her ragged shawl and say.
With almost omnipotent eloquence: "Give
ne back my husbandl Give me back my
Give me back my ALI Him of
he kind heart and gentle words aud the
manly brow-give him back to mel" And
hen the wretches, obese aud filthy, will
,ush back their matted locks and they
will say: Put her outi Put her outr' OH
elf righteous man. without God you are
n peril. Seek after him today. Amid the
en- thousands temptations Of life there is
10 safety for a man without God.