The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-25

| SooS oAC oo Ch0uSe0Oic you nave ~
taken single precaution too man
= Some night you will etout in the sno
bank and have TO walk three or 70,
miles until you get to the railroad st,
tion. and you will want all these con
. forts and conveniences. But vii! yo
excuse me if make suggestion or tw
abou, this valise? You say: "Certair
~: as we are having plain. frank tai
Twill not be offended at any houorab bl
suggestion"
Put in among your baggage som
carefully.selected. wholesome reading
Let it be history. or a poem. or a boo
OF pure fiction. or some volume that vii
give you information in regard TO you
line of business. Then add to that ,
Bible in round. beautiful type-smal
type is bad for the eyes anywhere, bu
peculiarly killing IN the jolt of raj
train. Put your railroad guide ane
your Bible side by side-the one to show
you the route through this world anc
the other to show you the route TO the
next world. "Oh." you say. "tha, is su.
pertiuous. for now in all the hotels. in
the parlor, you will find Bible. and in
nearly all the rooms OF the guests
sou will find one!" But. my brot her,
shat is not your Bible. You want your
own hat, your own coat. your own bIan.
ket, your own Bible. But" you say.
" am not Christian. and you ought,
not to expect me to carry Bible" My
brother, great many people are not
Christians who carry Bible. Besides
that. before you get home you might
become Christian, and you would teeI
awkward withou, a copy. Besides that,
you might get bad news from home. /
see you with trembling hand opening
the telegram, saying: George is
dying" or Fannie is dead; come
home!" 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 employed or you
will go stark mad. Then you will want
Bible whether you read ii or not. 1t
will be comfort to have ii near YOU
that book full of promises which have
comforted other people in like calamity,
Whether you study the promises or not
you will want that Book near you. Am
not wise when say put in the Bible?
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. Good-by! May you
have prosperous journey. large sales,
great percentages. Oh. there is one
thing forgot to ask you about-what
train are you going to take? Well"
you say, II will take the five O'Clock
Sunday afternoon train" Why? "Oh."
you say. u shall save day bythat. and
On Monday morning will be in the dis
ant city in the commercial stablish-
nent by the time the merchants come
lown!" My brother. you are starting
wrong. you clip off something from
he Lords day. the Lord will clip off
from your lifetime- sue
'esses. Sabbath breaking pays no better
or this world than it pays for thetnext.
Young man, the dollar that you earn
m the Sabbath is red-hot dollar. and
you put it into bag with 5000 hon
st dollars that red-hot dollar will burn
hole through the bottom of the bag
nd let out all the 5000 honest dollars
With it.
But you have come now near the end
t your railroad travel. ! can tell by
he motion of the car that they are
ulIlng the patent brakes down. The
ng1neer rings the bell at the crossing.
he train stops. "Al QUIT" cries the
onductor. You dismount from the
ain. You reach the hotel. The land
rd is glad to see you-very glad! He
retches out his hand across the reg.
try book with all the disinterested
armth of a brother! You are assigned
apartment. In that uninviting
'artment you stay only long enough
make yourself presentable. You
'scend then into the readng-room,
I'd there you find the commercial trav- !
ers sitting around long table with
great elevation in the center covered =
TN advertisements. while there are
kstands sunken in the bed of the '
bic. and scattered all around rusty Il
eel pens and patches of bIotting pa
r. OF course you will not stay there, =
Oh saunter out among the merchants. =
ou present your letters of introduce y
IN and authority. You begin busi- >
SIS. Now. let me say. there are two .
three things you ought to remember -"
rst' that all the trade you get by the !.
actice Of treating" will not stick,
you cannot get custom except by tip "
ng wine glass with somebody. you u
q better not get his custom. An old =.
traveller gives as his ex- :,
rlence that trade got by treating" :.
ways damages the house that gets it "a a,
one way or the other. =
Again. charge you. tell the whole -
'th about anything you sell. Lying y,
travellers will precede you. r
ing commercial travellers will come G,
mt after you into the same store. =,
not let their unfair competition "
npt you from the straight line. 1t h,
an awful bargain that man makes n,
en- he sells his goods and his soul at ce
same time. A young man in one Of ~