The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-15

ticing and alluning temptations which
everywhere, in hamlet and in village,
in town and in city. surround the youth
of both sexes, with the dangers from
evil companions, debasing literature.
strong passions and unholy desires. it
is no easy matter to guide the young
Alright, however moral the home sur
roundings, however strong the parental
influence.
Again, then, it becomes of the high
est Importance to the man of business
if his sons are to be his pride and to
become his counselors; if later in life
they are to become his right arm and
to him a joy and a comfort: a never
failing source of happiness and glad
dening sunshine; if they are to prove
a perpetual blessing and to make the
atmosphere of the home one, filled only
with love, with kindness and with the
charm and the graceS which surround
womanly purity and womanly virtue:
IL sons and daughters are to become all
this, then it is of the highest import
ance to the man of business to depend
not on home training alone. but to aid
and encourage by his means, by his
words and by his deeds. all institutions
which have for their object the spread
ing of knowledge, of morality and of
righteousness; institutions, which in
proportion as they flourish and are nu
merous, must make their influences for
good felt directly and indirectly in the
lives of sons and daughters.
Our third and final plea to this great
q N ha
is on still higher plane Much as we
may love riches, much as we may love
cur children, there is that which has
still stronger claims upon US; the well
fare Of our country.
The ideal man of business is not only
a money getter, but he is also patriot
He lis a patriot because he seeks the
welfare of the city, the State and tho
Nation wherein he dwells.
He does this from love of country and
from the knowledge that his own well
fare and the welfare of the land in
which he dwells are inseparable. The
ideal man of business realizes that the
welfare of his country largely depends
en- good government, and that good
government depends upon the high
character of the citizen, and that the
character of the citizen largely de-
Ponds upon his environments and the
Influences for good which surround him.
The man of business, to be also a
patriot, must therefore by his means,
by his words and by his deeds. aid all
institutions which stand for higher
morality, for loftier citizenship, for
nobler manhood and for purer woman
hood. He must stand ready to give of
his profits, Of his time and Of his ener-
giGs in aiding and encoura ging the
home, the schoolhouse, the church and
all that directly and indirectly leads
and pertains to them 1t lis the home,
the church and the schoolhouse where
character is nodded and the citizen pre-
pared for his duties in life.
Danish Schoolhousas and churches
from our midst, and in spite of the
home, the standard of morality, the
standard Of righteousness and the
standard of citizenship would rapidly
sink to the lowest ebb. Danish churches
and schoolhouses from our midst and
the next generation would find itself
unfit for free government. Civil lib
erty would speedily become thing of
the past and despotism and tyranny
would soon replace our benign form of
government.
And so, our third and final plea to the
great middle element in the business
world is from the standpoint of patriot
ism and love of country. From the
standpoint that the most priceless
treasure in the possession of the re-
public is the character of it's citizen
ship. AS a patriot, then, it becomes
the duty of the man of business to en-
courage and to aid in the support of
an institutions which have for their OBJ.
ject the advancement of morality and
the elevation of character.
Let us then see in how far this as
ISOLATION which the young women as
sembled under this roof represent. is
worthy the support of the men of bust
ness.
The great secret Of the wonderful
progress made in the nineteenth CEN
fury is admittedly in the marvellous di-
vision of labor which within the past
fifty years has so generally taken place.
1t is the doing OF one thing, and doing
that one thing wonderfully well which
has commanded the greatest success in
the present century
The all-around men and women have
found it possible to do everything but
make a living; to do everything but
make themselves felt 1t is given only
to the few to be successful in many
things. 1t is the sad experience of the
many that they are fortunate indeed if
within a lifetime they are successful
in some one thing
This wonderful division of labor has
not confined itself to industrial pur-
suits alone; it has made itself manifest
in all branches of business. in all pro-
fesSions in all educa tional methods.
and finally in religious undertakings
as well. The exception to this rule per-
haps is the Catholic Church, which
continues the church of the rich as we'll
as the church of the poor.
In the Catholic Church the prince and
the beggar, the philosopher and the
peasant worship, stand as it were, side
by side. The same Catholic house of
God, the same Catholic preacher, the
same Catholic sermon, the same Catho-
lie religious ceremonies seem to appeal
equally to all its followers.
In the Protestant world however.
conditions are different. In the religious
world of the Protestant we find the law
Of division of labor manifesting itself.
We find the church for the rich where
the poor seldom enter, and where, IL
they do enter, they feel far from at
home. We find the church for the mid
die class, and we find the missions
established for work in the Sums We
find each of these churches presided
over by men specially fitted and trained
for their peculiar congregations The
SUM preacher would likely prove as