Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-25

DAbat- Abh want sRNA WI Ahtf sbAt O"h
coat. your own blanket. your own Bible.
But. you say. Il am not n Christian,
and you ought not 70 expect me 10 carry
Bible My brother, great many people
are not Christians who carry Bible. Be
sides TINT, before you get home you might
become Christian, and you would feel
awkward without copy Besides that,
you might get bad news from home. /
sec you with trembling hand opening the
telegram saying, George is dying or
Fannie in dead; come homel" Oh, as
you sit in the train. stunned with the
calamity, going home, you will have no
taste for fine scenery, or for conversation,
and yet you must keep your thoughts EN-
ploycd or You will go stark mad. Then
You will want Bible whether you read
IL or not II will be comfort to have il
near you-that book full of promises
which have comforted other people in like
calamity. Whether you study the prom
Uses or not you will want that book near
you. Am / not wise when / say put in
the Bibles
Now. you are all ready TO start You
have your valise in the right hand and
you have your blanket and shawl strap In
the left hand. Goodby, May you have n
prosperous journey, large sales. great
percentages Oh. there is one thing for
got 10 ask you about-what train are You
going TO take? Well you say, Il will
take the o'clock Sunday afternoon
train" Why? oh, Z" you say, Il shall
save day by that. and on Monday morn
ing will he in the distant city in the
commercial establishment by the time the
merchants come down" My brother. you
are starting wrong II you clip of some
thing from the Lords day. the Lord will
clip Off something from your lifetime sue.
ccsscs Sabbath breaking pays no better
for this world than II pays for the next.
There was a large establishment I'm New
York that said TO a young man, I'VE
want you to start tomorrow afternoon
sunday afternoon-at ; o'clock fer Pitts
burg = 'Oh. replied the young man.
Il never travel on sunday. well. " said
the head man of the firm. you must GO
We have got 20 make time, and you must
90 tomorrow afternoon at 5 O'Clock The
young man said. II can't go; It is against
my conscience; can't go J." We'll said
the head man Of the firm. then you will
have 10 lose your situation. There are
plenty Of men who would like TO GO The
temptation was too great for the young
man, and he succumbcd 10 It. He obeyed
day afternoon for pittsburg do you want
the sequel in very short mcterg That
young man has gore down into life Of
dissipation. What has become Of the bust
ness ilrmg Bankrupt-onc Of the firm
confirmed gambler Out of every week
get ~ hours for yourself Your employer.
young man. has no right 10 swindle you
out of that rest The bitter curse of AL
.,Iukfr God will rasf npnt, that rop,t,a,
cial establishment which expects its en-
ployccs TO brcak the sabbath. What right
has Christian merchant 10 sit down in
church on the sabbath when his clerks are
travelling abroad through the land on TINT
day. Get up. profossed Christian merchant
so acting. You have no business here. Go
out and call that hoy back. There was "a
merchant In s37 who wrote: II should
have been dead man had II not been for
the sabbath Obliged 20 work from morn
ing until night through the whole week,
felt on saturday, especially on Saturday
afternoon, that must have rest II was
like going into a dense fog. Everything
looked dark and gloomy, rs IL nothing
could bc saved dismissed all and kept
the sabbath in the old way ON Monday
il was all sunshine, hut had II not been
for the sabbath | have no doubt should
have been in my grave" Now. | say IL the
Sabbath is good for the employer IL IL
good for the employee Young man, the
dollar that you earn on the sabbath is n
rdhot dollar. and if you put it intoa bag
with .. 900 honest dollars that rcdhot dol
lar will burn hole through the bottom
Of the bag and let out all the 1000 honest
dollars with IL.
4 Place 10 study
But | see you change your mind, and
you are going on Monday morning and /
see you take the neutrality-suspicious., or
the Baltimore and Ohio. or the Hudson
River. or the Erie. or the Harlem, or the
New Haven train. For few weeks now
You will pass half Of your time in the rail
train. How are you going to occupy the
time: Open the valisc and take out Il book
and begin To read. Magnificent opportu
mites have our commercial travellers for
gaining information above all other clerks
or merchants. The best place in the world
10 study Is n rail train. | know IL by ex-
pcricnce. DO not do as some commercial
travellers do-as many If them do "a most
Of them do-sit reading the same ncwspa-
per over and over again and all the ad-
refreshments through and through. then
sit for two or three hours calculating the
profits they expect to make. then spending
two or three hours looking listlessly out
of the window, then spending three or
four hours in the smoking car, the nasti-
est place in Christendon, talking with
men who do not know as much n you do
Instead Of that, call William Shakespeare
the dramatist. and John Ruskin. the es-
sayist, and Tennyson, the poet, and Ban
croft and Macaulay, the historians and
Ezekiel and Paul. the inspired men of God
and ask them To sit with you and talk
with you. "a they will if you ask them. /
hear you say: Il do wish could get out
Of this business Of commercial travelling
l don't like IL" My brother, why don't
you read yourself out; Give me young
man Of ordinary intellect and good eye
sight. and let him devote TO valuable read
ing the time not actually occupied I'm com
mercial errand. and In six years he will
be qualified for any position for which no
Is ambitious
"Oh." you say. Il have no taste for
reading" Now, that Is the trouble, but It
il no excuse There was u time my broth
er, when you had no taste for cigars, they
made you very sick. hut you pcrsevered
until cigars have become To you luxury
Now, If you can afford TO struggle on to
get had habit, Is IL not worth while 10
struggle on to get good habit like that
Of reading. | am amazed to find how
many merchants and commercial travellers
preserve their ignorance from year To year.
notwithstanding all their opportunities.
II was well illustrated by one who had
been largely successful, and who wanted
the show Of library at home, and he
wrote to book merchant in London, say
ing, Send me six feet of theology, and
about as much metaphysics. and near a
yard Of civil law in old folior There Is
no excuse for a man hacking information,
II ne have the rare opportunities of com
mercial traveller Improve your mind. Re
member the Learned Blacksmith. who,
while blowing the bellows, set his book
up against the brickwork, and became
acquainted with 80 languages Remember
the scholarly Clifford. who, while an ap-
prentice, wrought out the arithmetical
problem with his awl on "A piece Of leather.
Remember Abcrcrombic, who snatched
here and there a fragmentary five min