Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-02
a YOUNG NAV RUNNING IN DEBT.


a young man running in debt is a
painful sight. The disposition to do this
/ is the fOre-runneF and exponent of all
evil. Apostolic authority says: The
love of money is the root Of all evil
But when a young man loves money so
well as to get it while knowing he can
not repay, or be willing to take it before
/ he has honestly earned, there is, in most
cases, lying behind this, some passion so
strong as to thus overbear his moral
principles in clamOuring for its indul-
/ gence. Pleasure, especially unlawful
/ pleasure, is a perilOus and exhaustive
! thing. Lawful, necessary, and health
! ful pleasure, like the pure mountain air,
and the gushing waters of the mountain
| spring, has been made accessible by our
/ Creator, at comparatively little trouble
and eXpence. Any indulgence may be
known as unlawful when it can be
reached only by running in debt. The
| highway of sin is an expensive road to
/ travel. The fare, the charges, are all
| high. And they have to be paid twice
over, not only in currency, but also in
something more precious than gold,
quarried from the depths and springs Of
our being. No person ever travelled on
/ that highway, so attractive in prospect,
without becoming bankrupt, and pawn
/ ing his own peace and life long before
/ he got to the end Of his journey.
Whenever a yenng man, Of moderate
! salary, is seen always cramped for mon
| ey, and ready to borrow of his friends,
/ he is surely on the downward grade Of
! respectability Willingness to run in
/ debt is itself a great vice. Tt is caused
/ by the wish to crafty the unlawful
/ cravings lying behind, as yet perhaps
undisclosed to the eyes Of the world.
Experienced men really judge whal
/ this want of money indicates; and how
ever fair your character may seem in
other respects, they will be satisfied,
| from this alone, that there is some hid
! den taint and Unsoundness. However
small your income, always live within
your means. There is less unhappiness
in doing without necessary things than
there is in the consciousness of being in
debt. HerOdOtUs says, that among the
ancientPersians, TO tell a lie is cOnsid-
cred by them the greatest disgrace; next
to that, to be in debt; and this, for many
reasons, but especially because they
think that one who runs in debt must,
ofnecessity tell lies.' Does your exper-
ience, your consciousness, tell you this
is sure.
Always keep an unspent and unpawn-
| ed dime in the bottom Of your pocket.
It's touch will always be invigOrating;
and, with a talismanic power, send
| through your soul an energy, making
| you carry a eOuntenance fused with
/ honorable frankness. This simple dime
| is invaluable, as the symbol Ofmanly in
! dependence. The consciousness of debt
in young man, begets insipient mean
] n of rdH oraH
deveIopes this into confirmed habit,
tainting the whole nature. A man yet
in his prime, who has accumulated a
fortune of two million by honest indus
try, said, "I began with q determination
to keep with my wages. When getting
only twenty-five cents a day, I al
ways saved something This principle
has carried him, and will carry you,
to high elevation of character, to great
Influence, and to independent for
tUne.-The Occident