Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-07-29


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~ Or fifty years 10 Arthur Iappen-s
store in New York, man whose worst
enemies never questioned his honesty.
Every morning he brought all the
clerks and the accountants and the
weighers into a room for devotion.
They sang. they prayed. they exhorted.
On Monday morning the clerks were asked
where they had attended church on the
previous day and what the sermons were
about. It must have sounded strangely
that voice Of praise along the streets where
the dev0tees Of Mammon were counting
their golden beads. You say Arthur Tap-
pen failed. Yes he was unfortunate like o
great many good men, but understand he
met all his obligations before he left this
world, and know that he died In the peace
OF the gospel and that he Is before the
throne Of God to-day-forever blessed. II
that be failing, wish you might all fail.
There are great many young men and
young women who want a word Of encour-
agement-Christian encouragement. One
smile Of good cheer would be worth more
to them tomorrow morning IN their places
Of business than a present Of 900 ten
years hence. oh, | remember the appre-
heneion and the tremOr OF entering pro-
fessi0n. | remember very well the man
| VIII % greeted me in the ecclesiastical court
with the tip ends of the long fingers Of the
left hand, and | remember the other man
who took my hand in both Of his and said:
God bless you, my brother. You have en-
tered a glorious profession. Be faithful to
| God. and He will see you through"
Why. | feel this minute the thrill
OF that handshaking, though the man
who gave me the Christian grip
has been in heaven twenty years. There
are old men here to-day who can look back
to forty years ago, when some one said q
kind word to them. Now old men, pay
back what you got then. II is great art
III III = b.,
young. There are many young people in
our cities who have come from inland
counties, from the granite hills of the
north. from the savannas OF the south. from
the prairies Of the west. They are here to
get their fortune They are in boarding
houses where everybody seems to be think
ing OF himself. They want companionship,
and they want Christian encouragement.
Give it o them.
Ny word is to all clerks, Be mighter
than your temptations. Sandwich
Islander used to think when he slew an
! enemy allthe strength Of that enemy came
into his own right arm. And have to tell
you that every misfortune you conquer Is
50 much added to your own moral power.
With OmnipOtence for a lever and the
thronf of God for a fulcrum you can move
earth and heaven. While there are other
young men putting the cup of sin to their
lips you stoop down and drink out Of the
fountains Of God and you will rise up
strong to thrash the mountains. The
ancients used to think that pearls were
fallen raindrops. which, touching the
surface of the sea, hardened into gems,
then dropped to the bottom. I have to
tell you to-day that storms Of trial have
shOwered imperishable pearls into many
young mans lap. Oh, young man, while
you have goods to SELL remember you have
a soul to save. In a hospital Christian
captain, wronged few days before, get
delirious, and in the midnight hour he
sprang out on the floor OF the hospital.
thinking he was in the battle, crying:
"Come on, boys, Forward! Charger All.
he was only battling the specters Of his
own brain! But 1t is no imaginary conflict
into which 7 call you young man. to-day.
There are 10000 spiritual foes that would
capture you. In the name OF God, up and
at them.
After the last store has been closed, after
the last bank has gone down, after the
shuttle of the quick feet on the custom
house steps has stopped, after the long
line of merchantmen on the sea, has taken
sail of flame, after Washington and New
York and London and Vienna have gone
down into the grave where Thebes and
Babvlon and Tyre lie buried after the great
fire bells of the judgment day have tolled
at the burning of q world-on that day oil
the affairs Of banking houses and stores will
come up for inspection. Oh, what an open
ing Of account booksl Side by side the
CLERKS ana tuf' Hltu WHO tLifipy tHSLi-
Every invoice made out. all the
labels Of goods, all certificates
OF stock-all lists OF prices--all private
marks OF the firm now explained so every
| body can understand them. All the maps
of cities that were never built, but In which
| lots We're sold all bargains. oil gougings,
all snap judgments. all false entries. all
adulteration Of liquors with coppers and
strychnine. All mixing Of teas and sugars
and coffees and sirups, with cheaper mate
! rial, all emhezzlements Of trust funds.
| All swndlers in coal and iron and oil and
silver and stocks. On that day when the
| cities OF this world are smoking in the last
| confla grafton the trial will go on, and down
! in an avalanche OF destruction will go those
| who wronged man or woman, fnsulted God
| and deiied the judgment. Oh. that will be
a great day for you, honest Christian
! clerk. No getting up early, or retiring
| late no walking around with weary limbs,
| but mansion in which 10 live and realm
u light and love and Joy over which to
| hold everlasting dominion. Hoist him mp
/ from glory TO glory and from song to song
! and from throne to throne, for while others
/ go down into the sea with their gold like
milestone hanging T. their neck, this one
| shall come up the heights OF amethyst and
! alahaster holding in his right hand the
| pearl OF great price in q sparkling, glitter
| ing, flaming casset.