The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-03-09
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A young man running in debt is q pain
fal sight, The disposition to do this il
the iorerunnsr and exponent Of all evil
Apostolic authority says: THE love Of mo.
uey is the root Of all evil" But when .
young man loves money 50 well as to gel
It while knowing he cannot repay, or be
willing to take it before he has Honestly
earned 1t, there is. 10 most cases, lying
behind this, some passion so strong Us to
thus overbear his moral princiPlesin clam
qripg for itsindulgonce Pleasure, cspc-
cially unlawful pleasure, isa perilous aud
exhaustive thing. Lawful. necessary. and
heal:hful pleasure, like the pare mountain
air, aud the gushing waters of tho mouq.
tain spring, has been made accessible by
our Creator, at comparatively little trouble
and expense ANY indulgency may be
known as unlawful when it can DO reached
only by running in debt. The highway
ofsiu is an expensive road TO travel The
fare, the charges, are all high Aud they
have to be paid twice over, not only in
currency, but also in something more pre-
cious than gold. quarried from the depths
aud springs Of our being. No person ev-
er travelled on that highway, so attractive
10 prospect, without becoming bankrupt
and pawning bis own peace and lifelong
happiness before he gets to the end Of his
journey.
Whenever young man, of moderate
salary, is seen always craInped for money,
and ready to borrow of his friends, he is
surely on tho downward grade Of rcspecta-
bility. Willingness to run in debt is in
sitself great vice. 1t is caused by the
wish to crafty unlawful craving lying be-
hind, as yet perhaps uudisclosed to the
eyes of the world. Experienced men real
" Judge what this want of money iudi.
Gates; and however fir your character luay
seem in other respects. they will bo salts
fed from this alone that there is some hid
Observation-Disclosures However small
your income. always live within your
means. There is less uuhappiuess III d.
ing without unnecessary things than there
is in the consciousness Of being in debt =
Hercdotus says that among the ancient
Persilus To tell lie is considered by
sthem the.greatest disgrace; next to that to
lie il debt; aud this. for many reasons, but
especially because they think that one who
runs in debt must of necessity, tell lies >
Docs your experience. your conscience, tell
You this istrue?
Always keep an uuspent and uupawned
lime in the bottom picket. Its touch will
always be itsigorutiug; and, with tails
menic .powery send through your soul IN
saersy maSiog you carry countenance
flushed with honorable frankucss. This
simple dime is Invaluable as the symbolof
manly independence. The Consciousness
q debt IN n young man begcts iucipicnt
mcanusss Of character, and when continue
ed dcvclopes this into confirmed habit,
tanning the whole nature. AMMAN yet in
his prime, who has accumulated fortune
ofmilliops by honest industry. said 81 be-
gan with determination to keep within
my wages. When getting only twenty five
cents day l always saved something y
This principle has carried him, and will
carry you, to high elevation of character,
to great influence, aud TO independent for
tune.