The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1900-05-30
into oonsideration, and then pay what

Do; not be too ready to out down
wagos. AS far as possible, pay all, and
pay promptly. There is q great deal Of
Bible teaching on this subjoot. Mala-
obi: II will bo a swift 1itness against
all sorcerors snd against all adultcrcrs
and against those who oppose tho hire
ling in his wages" Levitious: ;''Ihou
shalt not keep tho wages Of tho hiroling
all night unto tho morning." Colos-
SLAMS: Masters, give unto your own
servants that which is just and equal,
knowing that ye also have Master in
heaven" So you 500 it is not ques
tion botweon you and your employee so
much as it is question between you
and God.
But, above all I charge you, 0 en-
ployors, that you look after the moral
and spiritual wolfaro of your employees.
First, know whero they spend their
evenings. That decides everything
You do not want around your monoy
drawer young man who went last
night to leo Jack Sheppard" A man
that oomes into the store Ia tho morn
ing ghastly with midnight revolry is
not tho man for your store. The young
man who spends iis ovoniDg III tho SO
oioty Of refned women or in musical or
artistic orioles or in literary improve.
mont is tho young ,uan for your store. n
Do not say Of these young mon, IF
they do their work in tho business
hours, that is all have 10 ask" God
has mado you that mans guardian. |
want you to undorstaud that many of
theso young mon arc orphans, or worso
than orphans, flung out into society to
struggle for themselves a young man
is pitched into tho middle Of tho Atlan-
tic ocean, and plank is pitched after
him, and then he is told to take that
and swim ashore. Treat that young
man as you would like to have your son
treated if you were doad. Do not tread
on him. Do not swear at him. Do
not send him on useless errand. Say
good morning and 'good night" and
goodbye" You are deciding that
mans destiny for two worlds.
Ono Of my earliest rcmembcranccs is
Of old Arthur 1appan. There were
many differences Of opinion about his
politics, but no ono who ever know Ar
thur Tappan, and know him wcll,
doubted his boing an earnest Christian.
In his storo in Now York he had room
whore cvory morning ho called his ON.
ployees together, and no prayed with
them, read the Scriptures 20 thcm, sang
with them, and thcn they entorod on
tho dutios Of tho day. On Monday
morning the exercises differed, and no
gathered tho young mon together and
asked them whore they had attended
church, what had boon their Sabbath
experiences and what had been tho SER
mon. Samuel Budgett had the largest
business in tho west Of England. He
had in a room of his warehouse place
pleasantly furnished with comfortable
seats and Flotohera Family Devo-
tions" and Wesleyan hymnbooks, and
ho gathered his employees together
every morning and, having sung, they
knelt down and prayed sido by sido-
tho employer and the employees. Do
you wonder at that mans success and
that, though 30 years before ho had
boen partner in small rotail
shops in small village, at his
death ho bcquoathcd many millions2
God can trust suoh man as that with
plenty Of money.
And then | charge you not to put un-
necessary temptation in the way Of
your young men. Do not koop large
sums OF money lying around unguardcd.
Know how much money there is in the
till. Do not havo tho account books
loosely kept, There arc temptations
inevitable to young men, and enough
OF them, without your putting any un-
necessary temptations in thoir way.
Men in Wall street, having 80 years Of
reputation for honesty, have dropped
into Sing Sing and pcrdition, and you
must be careful how you try a lad Of Is.
And if he do wrong do not p,unco on
him like hyona. If ho prove himself
unworthy of your confidence, DON call
III the police, but take him homo. Tell
why you dismissed him to those who
will givo him another chance. Many
young man has done wrong once who
will mover do wrong again. All, my
friends, think 40 can afford to give
everybody arother chance whom God
knows We should all havo been in per
dition if ho had not given us 10000
chances.
Then, if in moving around your fac.
tory or mill or barn or store, you arc in
oxorablo with young men God will ro.
mombor it. Some day the wheel of
fortune will turn, and you will be
pauper, and your daughter will 80 to
the work house, and your son will die
on the soaffold. If in moving among
your young men you see one with an
ominous pallor Of cheek or you hear
him coughing bohind the counter, say
to him, "Stay homo day or two and
rest or go out and breathe tho breath Of
the hills" II his mother die, do not
demand that on tho day after tho fun
eral ho be in the store. Give him at
least week to get oyor that which no
will never get over.
Employers, urgo upon your ON
ployees, above all, religious lifo. So
far FROM that, how is it, young men?
Instead Of being oheered on the road to
heaven some Of sou are carioatured, and
it is o hard thirg for you to keep your
Christian integrity in that store or fac
tory whore there arc 80 many hostile to
religion. Ziothen, grave general un-
dor Frederick the Great, was a Chris.
tian. Frederick tho Groat was skcp.
tic. One day Ziethen, tho venerable
white haired general, asked to be cx.
cuscd from military duty that ho might
attend the holy sacrament. Ho was ex-
cused A few days after Ziothen was
dining with the king and with many
notablos of Prussia when Frederick tho
Great in q jocose way said, "Well,
UiothoD, how did tho sacrament of last
Friday digest?" The venerable old
warrior arnao md ao.d t.fTo, .,o,,,