The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-25
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waShington. Feb. Is. Copyright i1el
In this discourse DR.. TslmAge gives
words Of good cheer 70 commercial
travellers and tells Of their safeguards
and their opportunities text, Nahum
ga, The ehariots shall rage in the
streets; they shall justle one against
another in the broad ways; they shall
seem like touches; they shall run like
the hRhanings."
II has been found out that many Of
the arts and discoveries which we sup
posed were peculiar TO our " agear
merely the restoration OF the Arts and
discoveries OF thousands Of years ago.
! suppose that the past centuries have
forgotten more than the present cen
fury knows. IL seems TO me that they
must have known thousands Of years
ago, in the days Of Ninsveh. OF the uses
OF steam and tie application 10 swift
travel. In my text l hear the rush OF
the rail train. the clang Of the wheels
and the jsmming Of the q couplings.
'Tb. chariots shall rage in the streets;
they shall iustle one against anotherin
the broad ways; they shall seem like
torches: they shall run like the light
nlngs."
Have you ever taken your position in
the night far away from a depot along
the track waiting to see the rail- train
come at full speed7 At first you beard
In the distance a rumbling Like the com.
ing Of a storm; then you saw the fash
Of the headlight of the locomotive as Il
turned the curve; then you saw the
wilder glare Of the fiery oye Of The
train a. IL came plunging toward you
then you heard the shrek Of the whls
tie that frenzied al the echoes; ther
you saw the hurricane dash Of cinders;
then you felt the Jar of the passing
earthquake ard you saw the shotthun
derbolt Of the express train. Well, 1
seems that we can hear the passing Of
a midnight express train in my text
"The chariots shall rage in the streets
they shall tustle one against aDothei
in the broad ways; they shall seem iki
torches; they shall run like the Light
nings."
halt the train long enoughtto getoi
board, and / 60 through the cars, and
find three-fourths Of the Passengers Ar
commercial travellers. They q fol-
| peculiar TO themselves, easily recog
nized, at home on all the trains, no
startled by the sudden dropping Of th
brakes, familiar with all the railroal
signals, can tell you what Is the mex
station, how long the train will stoI
what place the passengers take lunch
o at, can give you information on a
most any subject are cosmopolitan, 0
home everywhere from Halifax to Sal
Francisco. They are on The eigh
o'clock morning train, on the moo
train, on the midnight train. You tax
a berth in a sleeping car, and eiths
above you or beneath you IL one Of thss
gentlemen. There are 100. 900 professe
commercial travellers in the Unite
States, but 500, 900 would not inclnde q
those who are sometimes engaged
this service. They spend millions G
dollars every day In the hotels and {
the rail trains. They have their oficil
newspaper organ. They have the
mutual benefit association, about 400
names on the rolls, and have alread
distributed more than 100000 anon
The families Of deceased member
They are ubiquitous, unique and tr'
mendous for good or evil. All the Ter
denotes Of merchandise are towar
their multiplication. The house tha
stands back on it's dignity and wait
for customers 10 come instead Of goin.
10 seek bargain makers will have NOR
and more unstable goods On the theI
and will gradually lose its control {
the markets, while the great, enterprii
ing and successful houses viii hsV
their agents on all the trains, al
their chariots will rage in the street,
they shall justle one against anoths
in the broad ways; they shall seem lik
torches; they shall run like the lIght
pings."
/ think commercial travellers cal
stand a sermon Of warm-hesrted syn
patby. II you have any words Of goo
cheer for them, you had better ute
them. II you have any good, homes
prayers in their behalf, they will b
greatly obliged TO you. ! never kne,
a man yet who did notlike to be prayeI
for, / never knew a man yet that dI
not like 10 be helped. It seems 10 m
this sermon Is timely. At tllG Seasol
OF the year there are tens OF thousand
of men going out TO gather the sprinI
trade. The months Of February an
March In all our commercial eStAt
lishments are very busy months. In
few days our national perplexihes vii
be settled, and then look out for th
brightest ten years Of national prosper
fly which this country has ever viii
messed. All our astute commercial me
feel that we are standing at the openipI
gate OF wonderful prosperity. Let th
manufacturers put the bands o
their wheels. and the merchants open
new set Of account books in place o
those allied with long columns Of baI
debts. Let US start on q new CONNER
cinl campaign. Let US drop the old tun
of NAOMI" and take up "Ariel" or "An
tioch."
Now you, the commercial traveller