of them, I mean. The impress of my selfishness is
stamped on this place. It will take years to remove it. I might have
been far more to you. I might have raised my voice, as a Christian and
an influential director of this road, against the Sunday work and
traffic; I never did. I might have relieved unnecessary discomfort in
different departments; I refused to do it. I might have helped the cause
of temperance in this town by trying to banish the saloon; instead of
that I voted to license an establishment of crime and poverty and
disease. I might have used my influence and my wealth to build healthy,
comfortable homes for the men who work on this road; I never raised my
finger in the matter. I might have helped to make life a happier,
sweeter thing to the nearly one thousand souls in this building; but I
went my selfish way, content with my own luxurious home and the ambition
for self-culture and the pride of self-accomplishments. Yet there is not
a man here to-day who isn't happier than I am.

"In the name of the good God, who forgives our sins for Jesus' sake, I
wish you the wish of a man who looks into the other world and sees things
as they really are. I do not desire you to think of my life as a
Christian life. It has not been such; but as you hope to be forgiven at
last, forgive all wrongs at my hands.

"You are living in the dawn of a happier day for labour. There are
Christian men in business, and some few connected with railroads, who are
trying to apply the principles of Christianity to the business and frame
of the world. My probable successor in these shops is such a man.

"God is love. I have forgotten that myself. I have walked through life
forgetful of Him. But I know that He is drawing the nations and the
world together to-day in true sympathy. The nations that are
persistently defiant and disobedient to God shall perish. The rulers who
haughtily take God's place and oppress the people shall be destroyed.
The men of power and intelligence and money who use these three great
advantages merely to bless themselves and add to their own selfish
pleasure and ease, shall very soon be overthrown. I would give all I
possess to be able to live and see a part of it come to pass. Men,
brothers, some of you younger ones will live to see that day.

"Love God and obey Him. Envy not the rich. They are often more
miserable than you imagine. True happiness consists in a conscience at
peace with G