Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-19

weighers into room for devotion.
They sang, they prayed, they exhorted
On Monday morning the clerks were
asked where they aad attended church
on the previous day and what the SER
mons were about. 1t must have sound
ed strangely, that voice of praise along
the streets where the devotees of Mann
mon were counting their golden beads.
You say, Arthur Happen failed. Yes,
he was unfortunate, like 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 today-forever blessed
1t that be failing, ! wish you might all
fail
There are great many young men
and young women who want a word of
ragement-Christian encourage
ment One smile of good cheer would
be worth more to them tomorrow morn
ing i'll their places of business than a
present Of $15 600 ten years hence. Oh,
L remember the apprehension and the
tremor of entering profession. re-
member very we'll the man who greeted
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 entered 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 20 years. There are
old men here today who can look back
to 40 years ago, when some one said
kind word to them. Now, old men, pay
back what you got then. 1t is a great
art for old men to be able to encourage
the young. There are many young peo-
pie in our cities who have come from
inland counties, from the granite hills
Of the north, from the savannas of the
southf from the prairies of the west.
They are here to get their fortune. They
are in boarding houses where everybody
seems to be thinking of himself. They
want companionship, and they want
Christian encouragement. Give it to
them.
Balancing the Books.
My word is to all clerks, Be mightier
than your temptations. A Sandwich Is
lander used to think when he slew an
enemy all the strength of that enemy
came into his own right arm. And
have to tell you that every misfortune
you conquer is so much added to your
own moral power. With omnipotence
for a lever and the throne Of God for a
fulcrum you can move earth and heav
en-. While there are other young men
putting the cup of sin to their lips you
stoop down and drink out of the foun-
tains 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. have to
tell you today that storms of trial have !
showered imperishable pearls into many
a young mans lap. Oh, young man,
while you have goods to sell, remember |
you have a soul to save. In a hospital a
Christian captain, wounded few days /
before, got delirious and in the mid
night hour he sprang out on the floor of /
the hospital, thinking he was in the
battle, crying: Come on, boys! For |
ward! Charged All, be was only bat
thing the specters of his own brainl But
it is no imaginary conflict into which 1 /
call you, young man, today. There are |
10000 spiritual foes that would cap |
ture 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 Gus
tom house steps has stopped, after the
long line of merchantmen on the sea
has taken sail of flame, after Washing
ton and New York and London and
Vienna have gone down into the grave
where Thebes and Babylon and Tyre
lie buried, after the great fire bells of
the Judgment day have tolled at the
burning of a world-on that day all
the affairs of banking houses and stores
will come up for inspection. Oh, what
an opening of account books! Side by
side the clerks and the men who en-
ployed them. 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 were sold-an bar
gains, all gougings, all snap judgments,
all false entries, all adulteration of
liquors with coppers and strychnine.
All mixing of teas and sugars and
ooffees and sirups, with cheaper mate
rial, all embellishments Of trust funds.
All swindles in coal and iron and oil
and silver and stocks On that day
when the cities of this world are smok-
mo in the last confederation the trial
will go on, and down in an avalanche
Of destruction will go those who wrong
ed man or woman, insulted God and