The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-27
4 4 the Only One That Is
Worth Possessing.
wo.t ~ DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS.
80. a. Major Prssebes 20 1sssg
um-Tsssimsny Of sissveA's
rabists-Chureh Notes.

- fnk9, De suast Hos Sthnu OcsoIe mean
- on the subject The Honest Dob
80 n part he said:
susry are concerned 1t this age In get
- money and possessions without any
c1sc;snce 40 70 the methods employed.
5sh - ever been SO, and We have no spe-
- rhsres 90 bring against men Of today,
4 s eanparison with those who lived In the
~ old days Honesty and straight
wanrd business methods belong not only
- - fathers. Some Of the salt Of the
- 4 here today, and - here in Seattle.
sskut to proceed TO the subject. The
kaaess dollar il the earned doliar-ons
7rndssd cents. for every penny Of which
~ besn gwen an honest equivalent in
~ facs shalt thou eat bread il law Of
] ca that stands good today. six days
AT thou labor IL o law that this world
- rot escape by any device OF men. This
- World Of burden bearing. We ars told
q the spostle that every man shall bear
IS own burden. There Is just 30 much in
eod's plan to do. The evolution Of things
8 this world can not 90 on without men
ukose brains and muscles are put TO the
1T Of activity and endurance. He who
souid escape his burden IL throwing q
heavier burden upon him who II willing
ssa glad 20 carry his share.
sfndusfry is q virtue. The industrious
~ Gods MODEST men. With diligence,
/ I'll the sraces are coupled that fall upon
men. Without industry you will ind the
/ sAs6ncs Of all the graces. Diligence de-
tsrmines progress. Without il all the
Wheels Of machinery would stop. To have
prosperity and happiness there must b
tapof and there must be the willing. per-
nyering iaborer. 1t 10 not the scarcity Of
The dollar that II paraiy wing our country
4 the present. bat the scarcity of labor.
There Is something ciogging the indus
rial machine. Men can't get labor, and
kbor IL the source OF income. Ii ever viii
b. Diligence has crossed the periious
sess, has hewn down forests, has bridged
streams and FLYERS. has climbed the
MONTANA, has filled the valleys, has
built orr cities, has adorned and beauti-
Esd our country. has. in short, conquered
md fashioned the world of nature that ~e
nay enjoy ali that distinguishes Us from
he Hostentot. who eats, sleeps and IL
ccntent.
sGod intends that men shall earn what
they get in this world. and upon the man
Who Is Wiling to earn hts way he bestows
his richest gifts. 'Secst thou man dill
Gsnt In bnsinessf He shall stand before
kings: he shall not stand before mean
mem What you need today. young man,
y success. There Is but one way LAID
down by God. Some are stronger than
others. and by endurance will obtain more
than others. Some are swifter than others,
md will reach the goal before the rest. but
tli must travel the same course, which ID
pillgent in business. serving the Lord
sThe honest dollar will never do vio-
God Intended We should keep. The shirker.
~ ioafer. the parasite. the gambler. the
thisf Is each striking blow ct industry,
md IL stabbing that power which has
wrought all the important changes that
~ world reioices in: and he has brought
nm upon himself. What We need TO
mstili into the minds OF the boy and the
81 In the school y the coursg. and moral
softh to take hold Of the plan laid down
~ God, and to consider any other method
heinous in the extreme. What calls forth
such praise a. the pictures Of men rising
ttep by step. surrounding every difficulty,
ksfdening their wills. sharpening their
intelects and broadening their manhood
With each successive trial.
"Freshen your memory with the picture
Of green country boy landing from the
Jersey ferry IN New York. his SLOUGH hat
snd baggy breeches. suspended by the
homemade gailowses cut from bed tick
ing. his whole appearance that OF oddity;
YET follow him in his course. study his
mind. know his will; he had an active
brain, win like iron, a courage like q
hero, and no amount Of difficulty, no
poverty. no allurement. could turn him
rom an honest course, could induce him
70 tarn his back from diligence though her
nwares were yet meagre-and Horace
Greely rises like dream TO become one of
TIE leading IL not the leading editor Of the
age. When this generation which is born
Without prejudice in its blood and bones
shall come To study the life of that man il
VII rise up and call him q man with
hrat hran rkf
his time aud hence blessed.
Dickens. as We read, took the world
INTO his confidence and shows IL the
picture OF queer small boy,' o years old.
standing on the high land between
Rochester and Gravesend. and delighted
In no feature of the " ide prospect so much
In prominent place called Gads hill
Place. The thought had become his own
Iaas II he were very pcrseverIng and were
70 work hard he might come TO live as
msn ~ Gadshiu place. The dream was
raiixsd aud he won the desire of his
heart.
How different is that spirit which seeks
70 prey upon the diligence of others.
They lie in weight for the unwary, they
wed on the innocent, and their whole
manner of life provokes rehuke. They sue
.as editor Tor Islander. the physician for
mapraetlee and the railway company for
aAmages Something for nothing il
tAsis motto. II Is shame that men are
sauna TO assist them in their dishonesty.
saea men, who try 10 get the reward of
Ns ailigent, are men who will no, carry a
o1a II the opportunity 10 given; who
soad not win honornbiy II they could.
va they DO violence to every honest man.
!. when men wonld aud cannot carry
sesar burden, through lack NJ opportunity
rfyslcsi OF mental deficiencies. they
vi forth sym pathy and help. But when
s asa can and sili not carry their burdens
.nsf call forth contempt. That Was q
maehihg thing TO read that In Cincinnati
ss1aai array OF men, who are Industrious
az viii work, marched at the head of a
selahteeF brass band calling attention 10
sas TACT that they were without employ
asal Some great man has said that the
nos aoss rssiahie picture is man With fam
aependen, upon him Who would work
~ vac cannot get work. The most ag-
; vii not
fhe honest dollar will bring with 10 the
sAafs Of possession. Possession is sweet
- aars and 10 spare Is the dream of life.
sae desire Tor possession has aroused at
LAYS All the faculties men possessed and
80 80 saem on journeys which deprived
en nom the dearest associations on
80. ithas made men endure solitude.
- y taefn from wife and offspring. caused
- 49, 10 undergo in silence .ufferangs na-
-. IL could get the voice If the cit.
-. ~ Seattle you would find that the
-. has eecn built At the expense of
ssssa ties and separations calling forth
ssaoeress consideration. But men
- sor possession; and where the
800 y honorable the ead jasiites the
- NeasG that every man had the
sse OF hrs heart--his home. his modest
A.y hat the pFouaest man. whether
possesses o0t Of the battle Of life cot
palace or rounded character. Is