The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-25
FOk THE DRUMMERS.
DR.. Talmage Presches to the Army
Of Commercial Travellers,
Cautions Them to Start Right On
Their JOurneys-COndem Work
On the sabbath-'rhe Duty
Of Employers.
washington,

WORDS OF good cheer TO cOmRerci
travellers and tells of their safeguar
and their opportunities; text. Nahu
ga. THE chariots shall rage in Il
streets; they shall justle one again
another in the broad ways; they sha
seem like torches; they shall run lii
the ligbAniugs."'
1t has been found out that many
the arts and discoveries which we SUI
posed were peculiar 10 our own age al
merely the restoration of the arts an
discoveries of thousands of years ag,
! suppose that the past centuries hav
forgotten more than the present Gel
tury knows 1t seems TO me that the
must have known thousands of year
ago, in the days of Nineveh. of the use
of steam and its application to swift
travel In my text hear the rush o
the rail train. the clang of the wheel
and the jammng Of the car couplings
''Ihe chariots shall rage in the streets
they shall justle one against another i,
the broad ways: they shall seem lik,
torches; they shall run like the light
nings."
Have you ever taken your position ir
the night far away from a depot along
the track waiting to see the rail trai
come at full speed? At first you hea ro
in the distance rumbIing like the com.
ing OF a storm; then you saw the fla sll
OF the headlight Of the locomotive as /,
turned the curve; then you saw the
wilder glare of the fiery eye of the
train as it came pIunging toward you;
then you heard the shrek of the whis-
tie that frenzied all the echoes; the
you saw the hurricane dash of cinders;
then you felt the jar of the passing
earthquake and you saw the shot thun-
derbolt of the express train. Well. i,
seems that we can hear the passing of
midnight express train in my text.
The chariots shall rage in the streets;
they shall justle one agains: another
in the broad ways; they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like the light
nings."
lhaltthe train long enought to geton
board. and 60 through the cars. and
find three- -fourths of the passengers are
commercial travellers. They are folk
peculiar to themselves, easily recog-
nlzed. at home on all the trains, not
startled by the sudden dropping of the
brakes. familiar with all the railroad
signals, can tell you what is the next
station. how long the train will stop,
what place the passengers take lunch
con at. can give you information on al
most any subject, are cosmopolitan, at
home everywhere from Halifax to San
Francisco. They are on the eight
o clock morning train. on the noon
train. on the midnight train. You take
berth in sleeping car. and either
above you or beneath you is one of these
gentlemen. There are 1O0.O 600 professed
travellers in the United |
states, but 100000 would OF include all
hose who are sometimes engaged in
his service. They spend millions of
iollars every day in the hotels and in
he rail trains. They have their official
'ewspaper organ. They have their
MUTUAL benefit association. about 1000
ames ON the rolls. and have already
attributed more than 100000 among
he families Of deceased mem bers.
hey are ubiquitous. unique and tre-
1endous for good or evil. All the ten
ences of mercha ndise are toward |
heir multiplication. The house that
tands back on its dignity and waits
or customers to come instead of going
seek bargain makers viii! have more
nd more unstable goods On the shelf
nd will gradually lose its control of
he markets. while the great. enterpris-
lg and successful houses will have
heir agents on all the trains, and
their chariots will rage in the streets. s
ley shall justle one against another ,
! the broad ways; they shall seem like
'rches; they shall run like the light
ings." I
| think commercial travellers can ,
and sermon of wa-m-hearted sym {
'thy. If you have any words of good
'eer for them. you had better utter 7
EN-. If you have any good, honest ]
ayers in their behalf, they will be 7
'eatly obliged to you. | never knew
man yet who did not like to be prayed c
r. never knew a man yet that did r
It like to be helped. 1t seems TO me a
is sermon is timely. At this season l.
the year there are tens OF thousands
men going out to gather the spring I
lde. The months of February and r
arch in all our commercial estab- T
hments are very busy months. In r
" days our national perplexities will r
settled. and then look out for the 7,
ghtest ten years of national prosper is
which this country has ever wit :,
ssed. All our astute commercial men n
! that we are standing at the opening Il
lie OF wonderful prosperity. Let the 81
lnufacturers put the bands on "
'ir wheels. and the merchants open a is
v set of account books in place of +,
'se filled with long columns of bad a,
ITS. Let US start on a new CONNER. OF
campaign. Let US drop the old tune "a
Naomi" and take up "Ariel" or IAN Il
H." :,
low you. the commercial traveller. ct
e received orders from the head men ",
the firm that you are to start on In
q excursions Y0u hava vour no~ Mv