Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-17

shall l do that shall benefit my EN-
ployerT is the maxim Of success. Sue
cess does not always. as bee, fly in
straight line for Its hive. Success like
an Australians boomerang, nearly al
ways goes in circle. That circle may
widen out and out and out, larger and
larger but after awhile the boomerang
may be made to come back to the
place where 1t started. When a man
serves his employer best, then he will
find that the best rewards shall be
placed at his own door.
True service always brings it's right
reward. This fact was we'll illustrated
in a conversation I had with one of
the most distinguished ministers of
the world now living. One day he
placed his hand upon my shoulder and
said, Frank, the best way to attract
the attention Of the world to your
worth is to All to the best of your abil-
ity the position to which God has
called you" For some years I was
very much satisfied with a church
in which at that time I was laboring.
l felt I could not do myself Justice in
that field. I wrote to John L. With
row, the pastor Of the Park Street
church Of Boston, asking him if ln
would help me to another pulpit. DR..
Withrow wrote back this letter, which
changed the whole course of my life:
my dear brother am very sorry to
hear that you are not happy amid your
present surroundings, but to tell the
truth, | never heard of you before in all
~, life. Perhaps you may be young
man of inestimable genius, but the way
to prove this to the world is to serve
your present charge so well that your
light will shine forth to other locali-
ties. Then there will be no need of
looking for another pulpit. Other
churches will then be seeking you in
stead of you seeking them" Grand
advice that, as grand as any ever CIV
en- by a noted pastor to a struggling
young clergyman! Useful advice also
is it for me to give to you, young men
starting forth in a business career.
When you serve others faithfully, then
in the end you will also serve your
selves well.
Duty to Employers.
But a step further You must not
only serve your employer Alright during
the hours you work for him within the
four walls of the store, but You must
also consecrate to good service the 9th
er fourteen hours when you are away
from his watching eye. He has a right
to expect that you will spend your
leisure in way that will render you
more efficient in his service. That
means your employer does not hire you
for eight or ten or twelve hours serv-
ice. He hires you for every twenty
four hours out of every twenty-four
He does not say, sell me your time
from a. IN. until 6 p. m but he says
"Sell me your time from II O'Clock
noon until II o'clock noon. | will then
give you fourteen hours Of every TWEEN
ty -four in which to eat and sleep, rec
reate and improve your mind and body
for the duties Of the following day
Some time ago 1 was talking with a
hard headed and yet a clear minded
farmer upon this subject. He said
You are right. l do not hire my farm
hands from chores to chores, but
hire them for twenty-four hours out OF
twenty four. | expect them at night
to take eight hours sound sleep so that
they are in fit condition for my work
Some time ago | had young mar
working for me who was a fine fellow
But he would go to town every night
After the chores were done he would
get with the boys and drink and gam
BILE until ! or o'clock in the morning
The result was that | have seen thai
young man actually nodding and sleep
ing over the pillow handle. I bad to dis
charge him. Since then he has deteri
Grated, until he is now nothing but 6
drunken loafer." Tell me what a yount
man eats and drinks, how long he
sleeps, how much exercise he takes
with what companions he associates
and what are his pleasures and recre
atoms and l will read that yount
mans character and future success
more easily than you can interpret |
by observing what he does from a. m
to p. m. when he is at work In tn
store.
Advice to Young Men.
Young men. how are you going t
snend your evenings during the com
4. winter7 What books are you 60
ing to read? What night school am
course Of lectures are you going to at
tend? How are you going to improv
? your mind? What is that bit Of paste
board sticking out of your vest pocket
Is it policy ticket or an admission t
one of the low variety shows that ar
: crowded every night with young mel
who are trifing away the precious me
ments OF youth? Is it ticket to on
great circulating library, filled wit
the noblest thoughts of the mobiles
writers who have ever lived? AS No
I poleon Bonaparte once declared tina
: every soldier who was recruited in tn
I French army carried the possibility o
: a marshars baton In his knapsack, S
$ every young man carries the pOssibi
: ity of future success in his makeup
! he rightly improves his leisure. Maj
t thew Arnold, the son OF the great Dl
: Arnold of Rugby. asserted this whe
r he visited America some years ag'
He was standing at the time In tn
s great Boston library, looking at a littl
I ragged boy, with his bare feet pcrche
n upon the chair rung, while he was rea(
r. ing and absorbing a Life of Geore
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