Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-07-29
DR.. IALMAGE'S SERMON
e Noted Washington Divine's
Sunday Discourse.
Ner7>on Directed TO the Great Arrrv
VI Men and Women EMPLOYED ns
Clerks in the Varioua Occupattons-
Words OF Advice and announcement

w Men and Women Fmployed ns
Clerks in the Varioua Occupations
Words of Advice and Encourayenent.
TKxr And certain woman nan.d
tydla- seller of purple II the city ~
.hyatira, which worshiped God. heard ma
.h1sc heart the Lord opened. Acts xvi.
~ 'Seest thou man dtligcnt in his bust
nos-> He shall stand before Kings. +"
trDVcrbs Xvii, ~
me hrS' paSeage introduces to YOU
iEHia, Christian merchantess. Her bust
t"sa - 10 dec IN purple cloths or silks
f1fe ls not gigSiinv noncntity but q prac-
veal woman, not ashamed to work for her
nYhg. All the other women Of Philippi
hhc Thvatira have been forgotten, but God
ms made immortal In our text Lydia. the
Aristi0n shleswoman. Tho other text
tA""7 You man with head and hand and
'i'Art ahd loot all busy toiling on up untI
J." gains princely cuccess "seest thou
man diiirent IN his business? He shall.
sttr tcfofe kings"
trrat "nenuragemcnt In these two pas
'aRcN fpr men and women who will be busv
h4' ~ -piace for those who are waiting for
E@bd lI6k t. show them, Mt the foot Of the
rainbow. q ca@kct ~ buried gold. 1t is
iollv for anybody IN this world to walt for
.nihrtl1na 20 turn up. 1t will turn down.
y" laW II thrift Is as fnexorabe as the
'aW ~ I'll" tides. Fortune, the magician
iHRV wave her wand in that direction until
rA-tI"1 aud palaces come but she Will after
while invrrt the same wand and all the
.Fl"hder- viii vanish into thin air
hero ar" certain styles OF behavior
witch lead 70 usefulness honor and per-
lnau"ht success end there nre certain
ttyl"s of behavior which lead TO dust. dis
honor and moral default | would like to
Hr" IN" ambition Of young people / have
~ sympathy with those who would prepare
&9ung folks for life by whiting down
their expectations That man or woman
Wits'r worth nothing to church or state
who h"glns life rowed down. The business
of Christianity is not to quench but to d :
rect human ambition. Therefore it is that
utter words of cncOuragenent to those
WHO ar" occupied as clerks in tho stores and
SHOPS and banking houses OF the country.
hrN i'Fo not an exceptional class. They
brlpnr ton great company OF tens Of thou
sands who are III this country amid cir
culnstaaa which will either make or break
th"n f1r ime and for eternity. Many Of
tilns" people have already achieved q
Christian manincss and Christian wo-
lnaEii'r- which will be their passport to
any -Qlpn | have seen their trials.
hay" watched their perplexites. There
ar" evils abroad which need to be hunted
down and dragged out into the MONDAY
light
IN the first place, I counsel clerks to
rem"mhrr that for the most part their
aro 10 be graduated. 1t takes about eight
years TO get into one OF the learned profes-
tlons. II takes about eight years to get to
De Il merchant. Some OF you will be clerk J
all your lives, but the vast majority Of
You ar" only in transient position. After
awhile, eomo December day, the head men
81 the firm will call you into the back
"iiir", AMI they will say to you: Now, yUI
haNe ton" well hy us, we are going to do
W"l' ~ YOU. W" invite you to have an in
ter"9t IN our concern" You will bow to
that cdirt very gracefully. Getting into n
street car TO 20 home, an old comrade will
meet yen and say. "What makes you look
SO happy tO-hil,ht?' "Oh'' YOU Will saw
nothing. nothing But in few DAYS
Your name will blossom on the sign. Either
IN tn" store or bank where you are now
or III samH other store or bank, you will
TAX" higher position than that which you
now "rrupy. SO feel am now address
ine pcoplr who Will yet have their hand
on ~" world : commerce and you will turn
u Tins way or that. Now clerks, but to BE-
hank'rs. importers, insurance company
directors. shippers, contractors, superin
tenlen'- of railroads your voice mighty
"oh Chang" standing foremost in the
great financial and religious enterprises
of til" day. For, though we who are III
the profession may, on the platform. plead
for til" phiianthropios, after all, the mer-
chant. must come forward with their mil
81 therefore patient and diligent In this
transient position. You are now whert'
Nau ran l"arn things you can never learn
III any other place What you consider
Your disadvantages are your grand oppor-
tunity. You see an affluent father Aomc
day como down n prominent street with his
son who has just graduated from the uni
N"rsity and establishing him In business,
iuttins so ,0eo OF capital in tho store.
We'll, you are envous. You say: "Oh. II
only had u chance like that young mani II
| only And father to put $50 900 IN a
business for me. then l would have some
chance in the world" Be not envious
l"u have advantages over that young man
which he has not over you. As we'll might
come down to the docks when vessel l.
about t. sail fer Valparaiso and say, "Let
III" pilot this ship out to sea. Why. !
would sink crew and cargo ~ Ire I got OUT
II the harbor simply because I know moth
iuE about piiotagc. Wealthy sea captains
pnt their sons before the mast for the
reason that they know ii Is the only
place where they can learn 10 be sue
cc-,ful sailors. 1t is only under drill
that people get to understand pilotace and
navigation. and | want you TO understand
that II takes no more skill to conduct a yes
~e ont 81 harb0r and across the sea than &c
~tt r commercial establishment clear OF
tan rutks. You see every day the folly Of
people going into n business they know
p"e business thinks there iSaanother occu-
latlon more comfortable. goes into II and
>lfth~ all Many OF the commercial eetab-
ll~AHs1utS Of eur cities are giving their
ci"rk, 4 mercantile education rs thorough
a~ lalepr Harvard or Princeton are giving
scientific attaiuments TO the students ma
trieulatei. The reason there are 50 many
men laundering in business from year to
year j. because their early mercantile edu-
cation Ms neglected. Ask the men IL high
commercial circles and they will tell you
they thank Ctod for this severe discipline OF
their ,ariy clerkship. You can AFFORD u
eniG- The wilderness march II 1t Is going
- end III the vineyards and orchards Of the
IRON ised land.
lis; y0u say, viii the womanly clerks
il. eur stores have promction?" Yes. Time
i .4lI- when women Will be as we'll paid
for their toll IN mercantile circles men
ar now paid for their toll. Time Is coming
when Il woman will be allowed to DO any
thing she can do well. 1t IS only a little
II bite ago when women knew nothing Of
tr!,crssf.hy. and they were kept out Of Ii
great many commercial circles where they
arr now welcome, and the time Will SO on
unti the woman who at one counter in "A
store sells 5000 worth of goods In year
xih gct ~ high salary rs the man who
~ ~. ,tt ar ,pnnt.r ~ tht. same store sci Is