Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21


morning after that sunday and asked
myatlf What would Jesus do in hiH
| relation % these clerks. honkkfcpfrs
| uiilcc boys. di1ymen. s1lc1mcuf Would
| Ne Try 10 Establish rImc sort NJ ncfHnnal
! relation TO thcm dlnertnt FROM that
which have SUSTAINED an those years.
I soon answered the question hy saying,
Yes Then came the question of what
@ would lead me 20 DO.
u ala not zee how could answer u
to my satisfaction without gcttiug all
my employees together and having q
talk with them. SO I sent invitations
TO ell ~ them. aud We had a meeting
night
"a good many things came out o,
that meeting. I can't tell you nil l
tried 70 talk with the men ns I I'M
aElncd Jesus might. n was hard work.
| for have not been IN the habit ~ u.
and ! must have made mistakes. nut I
can hardly make you believe Mr.. Max
we'll, the eject ~ that meeting on some
OF the men. Before 10 closed | saw more
than dozen or them with tears on
| their faces, ! kOpt asking. What would
Jesus dor and the more asked II the
further along it nunhed me into the
most Intimate and loving relations with
the men who have worked Tor me all
/ these years. Evnry day something now
| u coming up, and / am rirht now In
/ the midst Of "a reconatructlng u the
entire business. 60 fhr as It's motive for
being conducted ~ concerned. ! nm 30
! practically ignorant N all plans Tor co.
operation and Ia application 10 bust
ness that I am trying 60 got informa-
| ton from every possible source. I have
/ lately made @ special study " thu NE
| N Titus Salt. the great min Owngr N
| bradford. IT GLAND, who aficrwird built
that model town on the banks of tho
! Alrc. There la a good deal IN his plans
| that VIII help. Hut / have not yet
reached definite cancellations In regard
10 an the details. ] am not enough used
TO Jesus methods. But Hue here
Milton eagerly reached up into one %
The plgconholca Of his desk and took
! out rupor
II have skctched out what fotma TO
me q program such ns JeHue might
| 80 By IN "a huninena Ike mine. ! want
I you % tell me what you think about
WHAT JESUS WOULD PROBABLY
| DO IN MILTON WRiUHTS PLACE
AZ a nuRtNEss MAN.
n. lie would engage In business FOR
the purpose % giorifying God and not
for The primary purpose 81 making
money.
%. Al money that mlght be made
he would never regard a. his own. but
NJ trust fuLds 20 be used for the good
~ humanity
IS his relations with all the per-
sons In his employ would be- the most
iuyinE and helpful Hc could not help
thinking of them all IN the light "
souls IN be saved. This thought would
always be greater than hlH thought Of
making money IN bualncfa
| - lie would never do "a n'tilO dls.
honest or questionable thing ur Try In
the fcmotoat way 10 Ftt the advantage
uf any one else ln the same business.
90. The principle Of nnsolhshncaa aud
hclnfuluCnn IN an the details OF the
business would direct o. details.
90 Upon this principle h. would
shape the entire plan 81 his relations o.
! hll employees. to the people who were
hls customers and To the general bual-
ness world with which be was CON
Henry Maxwell read this over slowly.
II reminded him Of hia own attempts
the day before 90 put Into ID concrete
form his thought of Jesus probable nc-
ton. lie was very thoughtful us De-
looked up and met Milton Wflghts
NO you believe you can continue to
mako your business pay on those
lineal'
n DO, Intelligent unaclnrhncsa ought
10 b. wiser than Intelligent sclnHhneEH.
don't you thlnk2 II the men who work
a. employees begin TO feel a personal
share IN the prohta OF the bualnesa and.
more than that, a personal love for
Themselves on the part Of the nrin,
Won't the rctult be more care, lees
waste, more diligence. more faithful
noaa3f
yves: think 10. a good many other
business mon don't, do they ! mean
~ n general thing. How about your Tc-
latiuna 10 the selfish world that IN not
trying 20 make money ON Christian
principlra2"
THAT compllcates my action. OF
course"
Does your plan contemplate what ls
coming 10 be- known ~ co-uparationf"
Yes. AZ FAR N have gone. it docs.
A. told YOU, I am studying out my
details carefully. l ana absolutely con-
Vlnced that Jesus in my place would be
absolutely uuHclnah, lie would love all
, these men la his employ lie would
, consider the main purpnle NJ all the
. business 90 be "a mutual holpfulncaa and
would conduct IL all 10 that Gods king
: dom would BE- evidently tho FIRST object
, sought ON those general principles, az
say. / am working. ! must have time
TO complete the details"
! when Henry Maxwell finally loft
Milton Wright, DC WIS profoundly linz
/ pressed with the revolution that was
being wrought already la the business,
. A. he passed ont uf The store he caught
something OF the new spirit uf the place.
b There was no mlHtaking the fact that
Milton WnghtH now relations 20 his
4 | employees were beginning, even 30 soon.
! after less than two weeks. 10 transform
the entire business. This was apparent
IN the conduct ana faces % the clerks.
, ~ Milton Wright keeps ON. he win
be one OF the most influential preachers
Ia Raymond" said Henry Maxwell IN
/ | himself when he reached his study. The
b question roao na 10 his continuance In
taia course when he began 10 ioso
money by n, as was possible. Henry
| Maxwell prayed that the Holy Spirit.
who had shown himself with growing
power IN the company NJ the First
b lichurch disciples. might abide long with
themiall. ana with that prayer on hla
: Hips and In his hoart he began the prep
3 arltion ~ "a sermon ln which he was
I nolng to prevent 90 his people on Sun
day the subject OF the saloon In Ray
p mhnd. na De now believed Joaua would
. do. tie had never preached against the
{ saloon ln this way before. lie know
{ TINT the thingH he should say would
/ lead o. serious results. NcvpriAgleas he
Z went on With his work. ana every sens
= tcnce he wrote or shaped was preceded
q with the question. Would JOHus aay
that?' once iu the course Of his study
!, he went down ON hln knees. 80 one Xxx
= ccpt himself could know what that
d meant 10 him. When had hc done that
d Ia the preparation of sermons before
the change that had come into his
j ] thought on uIHululDalIuH A ln VIUWDH