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Business as it is and as it might be. 



By JOSEPH LYNDALL. Crown 8vo. Is. sewed, Is. 6d. cloth. 



%* This work obtained the Prize of Fifty Guiueas offered by the Young 

 Men's Christian Association for the best Essay on " The Evils of the Present 

 System of Business, and the Difficulties they Present to the Attainment and 

 Development of Personal Piety, with Suggestions for their Removal." 



"We give a special welcome to 'Business as it is and as it migM be,' an Essay for 

 which Mr. Lyndall gained the prize of the Young Men's Christian Association. We 

 trust that it will powerfully aid the object of the Society which called it forth. So 

 vigorous, so well informed, so healthful in its tone, it is a virtual plea for the Early 

 Closing Movement of a sister Society." Excelsior, vol. i., p. 159. 



CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



THE PHYSICAL EVILS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. 



I. Late Hours. II. Over- Application. III. Neglect of Exercise. 

 CHAPTER II. 



THE MORAL EVILS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF BUSINESS. 



I. Excessive Competition. II. Trading Frauds III. Over- Trading. 

 IV. Credit. V. Speculation VI. Wrong Conceptions of the Relation 

 subsisting between the Employer and the Employed. VII. The Sacri- 

 fice of Conscience to Mammon. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE DIFFICULTIES PRESENTED BY THE EVILS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF 

 BUSINESS TO THE ATTAINMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL PIETY. 



I. The want of Time for Serious Reflection. II. Evil Associates. III. Phy- 

 sical Exhaustion inducing an Apathetic Spirit in regard to Spiritual 

 Things. IV. Covetousness. V. The Habitual Tampering with Truth. 

 VI. Forgetfuluess of God and the Value of the Soul, in the Eager 

 Pursuit of Riches. 



CHAPTER IV. 



REMEDIAL SUGGESTIONS. 



I. Improved Education. II. An increased sense on the part of Employers 

 of their Duty to promote the Temporal and Spiritual Welfare of all under 

 them. III. The Abstinence of Christian Men from all Semi-Gambling 

 Schemes. IV. The Cultivation of Studious Habits. V. Literary In- 

 stitutes and Mutual Improvement Societies. VI. The Influence of the 

 Christian Ministry and Religious Associations. VII. The paramount 

 Importance of Spiritual-Mindedness. 



