Middletown transcript., 1899-12-30
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"A good many things came out &
} that meeting. cant tell you all
! tried to talk with the men as | i'm
agined Jesus might It was hard work
: for have not been in the habit of il
and must have made mistakes. But
can hardly make You believe, Mr.. Max
well. the effect Of that meeting on som
OF the men Before it closed / saw NOR
J than a dozen Of them with tears OF
their faces | kept asking. What woult
Jesus dor and the more / asked it tn,
further along it pushed me into th,
most intimate and loving relations will
the men who have worked for me al
these years Every day something new
is coming up. and | am right now il
the midst Of a reconstructing of ths
entire business, so far as its motive fo1
being conducted is concerned. am SC
practically ignorant of all plans for co.
operation and its application to business
that | am trying to get information
from every possible source. have late
ly made special study of the life OF
Titus Salt. the great mill owner of
Bradford, England, who afterward built
that model town on the banks Of the
Aire There is good deal in his plans
that will help. But I have not vet
reached definite conclusions in regard
to all the details. I am not enough used
to Jesus methods. But see here. -
Milton eagerly reached up into uue of {
the pigeonholes of his desk. and took
out paper
~ have sketched out what seems to
me programme such as Jesus might
go by in business like mine. want
you to tell me what you think about
it.
WHAT JESUS WOULD PROBABLY DO IN
MILTON wRIGHT's PLACE AS BUSINESS
MAN.
81. He would engage in business for
the purpose of clarifying God and not
for the primary purpose of making
money.
"2. All money that might be made
he would never regard as his own, but
as trust funds to be used for the good
of humanity
''3. His relations with all the per-
sons in his employ would be the most
loving and helpful He could not help
thinking Of them all in the light Of
souls to be saved This thought would
always be greater than his thought of
making money in business
~. He would never do single dis
honest or questionable thing or try in
the remotest way to get the advantage
OF any one else in the same business.
"5. The principle Of unselfshness
and helpfulness in all the details of the
business would direct its details.
"B. Upon this principle he would
shape the entire plan of his relations to
his employees, to the people who were
his customers and to the general busi-
ness world with which he was con-
nected
Henry Maxwell read this over slowly.
1t reminded him Of his own attempts
the day before to put into concrete
form his thought Of. Jesus probable ac-
tion He was very thoughtful as he |
looked up and met Milton Wright's
eager gaze
''Do you believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those linesr
81 do. Intelligent unselfshness ought
70 be wiser than intelligent selfshness,
Ion you thinkf If the men who work
IS employees begin to feel a personal
hare in the profits of the business and.
more than that, personal love for
themselves on the part Of the firm,
won't the result be more care. less
waste. more diligence, more faithful
less 2
''Yes; think So A good many other
business men don't. do theyS | mean
Is general thing How about your re-
ations to the selfish world that is not
rying to make money on Christian
''That complicates my action. Of
curse.
docs your plan contemplate what Is
oming to be known as cooperation ?"
Yes, as far as have gone. it does
u told you. am studying out my
etails carefully am absolutely con-
incetl that Jesus in my place would be
bsolutely unselfish He would love all
hese men in his employ He would
pnsider the main purpose of all the
usiness to be mutual helpfulness and
TouM conduct it all so that Gods king
ON would be evidently the first object
ought. On those general principles, as Il
say, am working. I must have time
, complete the details. 81
When Henry Maxwell finally left q
[ilton Wright. he was profoundly i'm Fl
ressed with the revolution that was !,
eing wrought already in the business. I,
s he passed out of the store he caught Z,
of the new spirit of the place. :
here was no mistaking the fact that :
ilton Wright's new relations to his =
nployees were beginning. even so soon, "
ter less than. two weeks. to transform VI
le entire business. This was apparent 81
the conduct and faces of the clerks g
If Milton Wright keeps on, he will y
one of the most influential preachers 81
Raymond, said Henry Maxwell to =
mself when he reached his study The
lestion rose as to his continuance in
is course when he began to lose
oney by it. as was possible Henry Il
axwell prayed that the Holy Spirit.
no had shown himself with growing
wer in the company of the First
urch disciples might abide long with 4
em all. and with that prayer Oh his 1
IS and in his heart he began the prep
alton of a sermon in which he was q
ing to present to his people on Sun Z
y the subject of the saloon in Ray (
md, as he now believed Jesus would ;
He had never preached against the 5
oon in this way before. He knew (
At the things he should say would
d TO serious results. Nevertheless he
MT nn with his work and eue1.r SEN