Lecture Eleventh. SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG MEN ENGAGED IN MERCANTILE BUSINESS: A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF MR. ARCHIBALD SLOAN, AT THE MERCHANTS' HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA, (387) CORRESPONDENCE. Dear Sir: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1, 1851. Having listened, with great interest, to the sermon you delivered on Sunday evening last, addressed to "the Mercantile Classes," and desiring that its usefulness may be extended, by affording an opportunity for its perusal to the community at large, we respectfully request, on our own behalf and on that of many others who heard you, that you will furnish us with a copy for publication. With much respect, your obedient servants, T. G. MOSS, W. R. CASON, G. M. PROCTER, Rev. Dr. BOARDMAN. To the Rev. H. A. BOARDMAN, D. D. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1st, 1851. Dear Sir:-The undersigned listened with great satisfaction to the sermon delivered by you on Sunday evening the 26th ult., occasioned by the death of one of our companions, Mr. ARCHIBALD SLOAN, and are deeply impressed with the belief that its publication and general circulation would be productive of much good in this community, more particularly to that class to which we belong, and to whom it was especially addressed. With that view, we most respectfully ask from you the manuscript for publication. FRANCIS SQUIRE, W. M. F. MAGRAW, ROBERT A. CRAWFORD, C. C. HAFFELFINGER, E. W. DAVIDSON, JACOB ZELLER, LAMBERT THOMAS, ALEX. T. LANE, H. T. M'VEIGH, GEORGE T. HEATHER, SAML. P. DARLINGTON, (388) E. C. HUNTINGTON, HENRY C. LAUGHLIN, S. H. SMITH, HARRY A. GLEIM, GEO. W. WANAMAKER, JOS. S. BROWN, JOS. WEBSTER, W. M. RECKLESS, JOHN C. RALSTON, J. W. WHITEMAN, FRANCIS A. FERRY, WM. T. DORTCH, JOHN JORDAN, A. EMSLIE NEWBOLD, HUGH P. SCHETKY, WM. J. BARR, HENRY LELAR, JR. J. M. TAYLOR, H. A. LEAVITT, GEO. S. TOBES, W. AUG'S ANDREWS, HARRY STILES, JAS. W. VEAZEY, J. M. CARSKADDEN, E. S. HOWELL, L. LEAVITT, HUGH B. M'CAULEY, J. H. MEEHAN, EDMUND B. ORBISON, JAMES W. LINVILLE, SAML. H. STERETT, C. B. SLAGLE, JOHN C. WEBER, F. C. POTTER, B. A. BUCK, WM. F. WILKINS, C. W. YARD, C. W. SYDNOR, SAML. MILLIKEN, JR. WM. H. GREGG, D. M. SWARR, C. J. SHOWER, WASHINGTON DANNER, ALFRED NESMITH. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3d, 1851. Gentlemen: Having been led by the lamented death of Mr. SLOAN to reflect on the position and relations of the large body of Young Men in our commercial houses, the unwelcome conviction was forced upon me, that our Pastors generally, myself included, had scarcely recognized them as a distinct class in the community, much less put forth any suitable efforts for their welfare. Under the influence of this feeling, the discourse you have in such kind terms requested for publication, was written. You will need no assurance from me that it was prepared without the slightest reference to the press; but I do not feel that this is a sufficient reason for withholding it, if, as you seem to suppose, its suggestions are adapted to be useful to those who listened to it from the pulpit. The manuscript is herewith placed at your disposal. I am very truly and faithfully yours, To Messrs. T. G. Moss, W. R. CASON, FRANCIS SQUIRE, H. A. BOARDMAN. W. M. F. MAGRAW, and others. A FUNERAL PAGEANT. 391 Lecture Eleventh. SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG MEN ENGAGED IN MERCANTILE BUSINESS. BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTE OUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. - MATT. VI. 33. FUNERAL pageants are too common in large cities to attract notice, unless they are marked by some peculiar circumstances. About two weeks since, on a mild and serene afternoon, a procession passed along our streets to a cemetery in the southern part of the city, which did for the time bring the eager throng in the thoroughfares to a pause, and excite at least a transient feeling of interest. It was a train of YOUNG MEN following the remains of a friend and companion to the grave. He came here from Tennessee three or four years ago, as a clerk in an eminent commercial house. His integrity and capacity, his fidelity and diligence, his modest demeanour and |