The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-02-11

EDhUAR1 ii. loto.
millions of. dollars for rum Now,
taEetliose facts, and is it strange
that our national finances are Graz
ied Ryou have an expectation Of
lbread-stufs four times what you have
now, and an importation of gold four
times whs. you have now, there
would be no permanent; prosperity
in this country until people quit
their sinful lavishment, and learn
honestecqnomy. You charge it up
on Salmon P. Chase, or Boutwell,, or
Secretary Richardson.
CHARGE IT uroS You, z
the men and women who are living
beyond your means.
This wide spread exttavagance al
% accounts for much d the crime.
n is the source Of abscondinss,
bankruptcies, defalcations, and kna-
The store q Rres5 s5aas-0''7
TIE office on Wall street asesswaipps
ed by the residence on Madison
square. The husband and father has
his craft capsized because he carries
too much sail Of point-lace and An
tile guipure. That is what destroy
ed Ketcham, and Swartwout, and ten
thousand men not so famous. That
is what springs the leak in the mer-
chants money-till, and pulls down
your trust companies, and cracks the
pistol of your suicides, and haults
this nation on its high career Of
prosperity. L arraign this monster
Of extravagance in the sight of all
the people, and. ask YOU to pelt it
with your scorn and dcnounce it
with your anathema.
This widespread extravaganza also
accounts for much of the pauperism
in the country. Who are the indi-
viduals and the families who are
thrown on your charity? Who has
sinned against them so that they
suffer? 1t is often the casethat their
parents, or their grandparents, had
all luxuries, lived everything up,
more than lived everything up, and
then died, leaving their families in
want. The grandparents of these
beggars supped on Burgundy and
woodcock. There are a great many
families who have every luxury in
life, yet expend every dollar that
comes in, and perhaps few dollars
more, no even taking the common
Christian prudence of having their.
lives insured. While they live allis
well, but when they die their chill
dren are pitched into the street. l
tell you aman has noright to die un-
der such circumstances. Itisgrand
larceny, even his death. Ifaman has
been industrious and economical,
and has not a farthing to leave his
children as he goes away from them,
he has right to put them in the
hands of the Father of the Fatherless,
and know they will be cared for; but
if you, with every comfort in life, are
lavish and improvident, and then
depart this Life leaving your chill
dren to be hurled into pauperism,
you deserve to have your bones sold
to the medical museum for anatomi-
cal specimens, the proceeds to furn-
ish your children bread. know the
subject cuts close. l expected that
some of you in high dudgeon would
get up and go out. You stand it
pretty well. Some of you are
MAKING A GREAT SMASH IN LIFE,
and after awhile will die, leaving
your families beggars, and you will
expect US ministers of the Gospel to
come and stand by your coffin, and
lie about your excellencies; but we
will not do it. If you send for me, l
will tell you what my text will be:
"He that prorideth not for his own
and especially for those Of his own
househole, is worse than an infdel."
In this day, God has mercifully
allowed those of us who have limit
ed income to make provisions for our
families, through the great life in
surance companies all over the land.
By some self-denial on our part,
we can make this provision for those
whom we shall leave behind us. Is