Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-08-25
Owe No Ran Anything. "A Tract for
The Times.

The prevailing sin Of this age, and ofthis
country, is running into debt. 1. is done,
universally reoklessly, and entails more
niscliiefs on society than ''war, pes,ilence
and fnrnlne.'
Almost every class Of people live beyond
or at least ahesd~of, their incomes. The
merchant prospecting at the rate of 5000
year, already sees himself millionaire,
and spes the prod,gaI life or him who en-
joys eoubie the, amount. Of revenue. The
manufactures who employs successfully
twenty "hands," imssines himself TO be
shortly at tie head Of an establishment with
payroll oftwo hundred, and income oor-
responding in greatness. The ogriculiu-
ristc in tie obsourest corners o! the State,
all I've on the future yield Of their farms,
finding IN the present fruits Of their labors
too meagre for their inordinats desires.
What is the consequence of this unhealthy
mode Of life? Debt, grinding and sccumu-
ia,ing debt, gnawing at The life Of man,
breaking down his spirit, and consuming
his substance in TIE nav CT inevitable H.
ieresf.
1t Is dejt that en,Iayss men in this COIN
try. 1t is deli that plants The foot Of pride
and oppression upon the necks OF the poor,
and brushes out all tie manly instincts OF
our nature. II is debt and its corToling
cares that tCrment the humble men Of the
world and fire them with that rssiless and
ungctly desire to be rich, which leeds 10
SO many Of the dishonest and reckless
schemes that daily siilict society.
.Owe no man anything" IL divine pre-
cspt, given out BY inspiration, and essea'iGs,
rs every other divine precept is, 10 mans
perfect safety and happiness in life. The
defiance Of any Gospel command must bring
with il linked punishnent-and that pun
,shmcnt has its prototype in the Biblical
Ii;R. IL is stated Of a merchant, whc, 70.
fifteen years, struggled against adverse for
tune, and bore up all the time heavy debt,
that when he finally threw OF tbs load and
gave up The contest, no exclaimed, in thu
agony Of the retrospect: Fifteen years
have been in Hell-yes, in He'll"
No sensitive nature can bear tbs load Of
debt without torture, and This torture, if too
long protracted, leads often 10 dishonesty,
reckless impationce and desperation. And
then ensues, too often, the guilt Of theft, for
gerry and murder. Who can Tell hcw much
Of tho crime Of this world has been brought
about by a life eHtravagant beyond he To-
climate resources &c sustain il?
These are extreIns cases. We grant II;
but the germ is the same Getting into
debt is the crying sin Of tho day. Debt ir
seourge 70 sOeioty-it destroys temper,
alienntes man and wife-it poisons the
sweets Of home-it drives families bank
rupt from .hsir houses. as Adam was ariv-
en- from Eden-it is tie hard task master
working Americans to death, and pushing
them oare-worn and roksn-besrtcd into
their graves before they have lived out
half their days!''
The Almighty Father knew the tyranny
and terror of debt too well 10 permit lis ex-
istenes in The theocra'ic government of the
Jews. The year OF Jubilee, in It's short ap-
pointed round, iclped out all debts, abolished
oil seryi,ude, and restored all men 10 an
equal footing once more. And what year
of joy and exultation that wasl The very
name is the symbol victory over The horrors
of the damned. The songs Of Jubilee are
to resound when all debts, eysn tbs last, Of
sin and death, are thrown of IN the final en-
franohisenent of Heaven!
Are men capable Of learning GO lesson
from the wisdom Of God manifested in IFS
direct government? Does net this fact in
jewish history teach that debt is scourgs
tha: cannot safely be let 10 rest Oh society?
Why vii! not ali men go about sesiins
Their o.pn Ji'biios, OF immediate freedom from
debt? THAI, Of The universal burst Of Joy
that would fill the land, on such tTanscoa.-
dent and glorious event as universal sxsI1p-
lion from deb.! Would il not almost in
augurnte the Millennium, by giving us
'peace on earth and good viii towards incn?'
Men ard brethren, LEI US conjure ySu to
set about the Christian daty o.! paying your
debts. "Owe no man anything" There
ara persons in this country that oa1not pay
their debts. II is fortunate and prosper
GUS people. They all ffsi able TO Pay, hut
they wish TO vail oirhile-te ee, better pr
ces for what thoy have-so that they may
have larger surplus, after al debts ere paid.
And they bor7 or, and tsrrory TO pay what
has been jorrowcd-an so the country is
full Of or,otcsrs, and money is "iight,n
and business stasnan', and men in despair,
waiting for some remote and unirnagiaabie !
good fortune to remove the incubus from the |
country and make money plenty sgalnl
Merchants, Manufacturers, Farnera
you wait in vain, The nightmare on The .
country Deli. The horrible spectre that
afrights The Money Market in Europe and
America is De't. There will be no peace,
no safety, no rest, ill tho Debts Ct The
world are paid-nnd TIE sooner they are
paid, the sooner will men enjoy their gen.
sral Jubilee. But the way TO bring about
this grsnd Jubilee of ali debts extinsuishsd
is for each msn to pay his own debts, at
svery sacrifice Of prospective wealth.
We entrest every one who reads this, as
4 Christian man. and as on honest man, to
set about his duty, and pay what he ewes,
without one hay Of unnecessary delay in
waiting Cor higher prices. Il is the line Of
safety, as it is the only line Of duty. End
nothing Gun excuse its neglect Evening
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