New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
TuF SERNION.

III 'S@Ae'DD.'
Good morning to the Israelites just back from
Babylonih captivity their dear old city OF Jerusalem
f 20 reconstruct their homes their temple ana TO
nav their taxes was a tough struggle. They borrowed
money at - per cent, according TO verse H. anu
mat Is a killing rate OF interest They had pmst'rcu
everything over with mortgaEes-inortg'ges on tler
houses mortgages on their lanes, mortgages on lhe"
vineyards and mortgages on Their iamihes' bu' '"'
,,ort.9ge had been blessing BY il they had oought
corn and sayed tho ie OF iheir families. and paid the
,aYcs so Keeping their property from contscatlog Bat
now Trey want TO be delivered. Tho HorV
gaze blessing las become q mortease curse
and ,ber. are tears in this p.onuncl am mo
We have morieaeed our lands, vineyard , ana n"uSsS
We nave borrowed money for me X lS ~ ?
The history of the mortgage "Oulu pe ti'c nlSoiy w.
tne dome tc social hnancal p0hnMea ne "i, II co IN
zen centy ana prac lcaly speak TINS m@rnhg 81 ] .e
mortgage as blessing and as curse. mere ~ luc4
anuest all tnoso who never asked loan 10 lse
moro would not out Of this andenc, one gat u u1l
it ,gcrc some one who had acted ~ badly nom
tle start that Dc knew 40 one N"ilu L"st HiW
,r snou a loan is necessary. You say this
n not 50 when ir born 20 large uhtTlt&heo lhtu
tbe maI burrows OF hs father lac younger t"., l9
fhc parable al me ptodlEal' Dor I i'5 " @ M ~ %
cleared Al the great estates were lVuldeu on on
oi P4.acrs,c-, quilt II The first unc. DIX down under
the great warehouse, ana palace. oI our cllrs anu u
Gud tee - th4 500, the 1000 win Wh,n the e.
ratcs began. Iears an lr shunu landed WIZ oO
cents in l- pocket TIE Battery. asked the lean OF u
from iN tulilf nti'i'r''' ''4" '''
Ncw-NOik princes. Let young man, as soon n
hc can pay onc-four the value OF house buy IT, put
mortgage on it ior the oner thIee-3ur u.s. H3ri{ a
prudent wIic. aud then win lour hands toll nntl us
a t.cirs. b the industry. The forecast, the "ho,e
lrI c. ~ thousands of young men nave cen -iFedI'
hnth worlds Others " no were re Owed %" ur sHs 81"
hoiursi .d until they had sihicent 90 pay ihe en-
irr amount have meanwhile got ON tuchl the
habits ~ dissipation which put such heavy
mnrtpa-r on fHrIr buulrs ana souls tnat thcl
40 mo. l.ye get homestead AZ ALL Oni or one nun
ro tuoi-and ends nov clear rom iucunDfanee
uucry-nue thousand started with morls9te. IAe
mortgH has pu the ralroWs puIci aeu lne li',is'
iryc,cd tle mountains dreds,d the byr, urdged tne
rivers bnlt the ctlc- ana put the w0rd cchthoS luI
TIER In ciyihzauon than 1t would nave Deen "i'"-
All the nations stand on mortgage You say better
tnat they STOOD solid ground Yes, nut snpposink
tuat during last OF The War lIc keFo'u,On'
II had been mp ~ BILE ior Ii. 10 uoiIow money As
nation should nave pershrd from 1s''r'i h "non
nations as-d Ted they must h-ht OF 4,ti 40 ,'o
~. ,.-f foundation Of mOrtgagc, the Unned etdte-
owe more thau two billion dollars, France oyer hVe
billions England over tour l nous ~ o'ei oVO n'I
ions Iiliy over one billion. Pail the mortgage gu
Iom under nations, and Europe and America Wou'H
tumble into rblrisu, anurciy ana anuul.H'tono
mDr gage ia merely borrowed strength OF Others 10 neip
NJ m Of individual or n4tl3@i NE, Hn Ine Plo
i.s that we Will pay them Tor me Lelp rendered.
BORROWING FOR RELIGIOUS OBJECTS.
Pu want Is true ln sccuarics i more true in eccesi
atical Affairs, Ifclurchco mad rot been hult unu all the
money could be raised. tens OF thousands OF our pest
churches would never have been bddt aud millions oil
those y ho are Christians on earth OF SanSh hea'eu
Won d never have been comfored or saved. Inc OH
collins lin. of steamers went into bankruptcy, but thai
does not change fact that they transported hundreds
of passengers IN safety across he sea- and II all The
churches IN Chrstcndom tomorrow went dowi
under the thump OF the sheriHs hainme
that would not hinder the fact t9at thel
/ nave already transported thOusahus ih'o u'
I;n.do'n and have done stupcn1ous gooa
tnnt all earth and he'll can never. never undo Ihere /
nm cnOrmou, absurdity the idea that a ehurc mus
not be- dedicated until II can an pe pau io!. All V"Ii
siIor n right to borrow for secular Institution Is
uo rient to borrow Tor rel g"ust Is no te L"lu a.
goo pay a. Barring. Rotnscnld, or me |thurr rnis
oI Astorsi II is safer 10 borrow OF tno nu,c M
Tor other Institution pectuso oner iuH' Wv,
bur a church seldom. nave lived In ths cly e.. ''i
! onIv two churches have died, one Reformed
| church and the "lher IT. M -, ~,
rbe prlt ol John Livingston would not let the one res
In It's grave nnd'the spirit OF John Nesiry Woun 10 uV
verse 10 KIN Il church Men sometimes get h"d anu
~ away from CHURCHES, aud' RrItnst ~, o' soa b"
ali tumble INTO mass, OF runs ,t put ~, 'ns
church stands. because God stands with lt ana , q q
| ,,,r md nettrr pnnt hs loot very firmly and sondy
nmJ roll up his sleeves ana brace himself before De
attempts to throw the Almighty He VINO attempts
| To rnrow "A church attempts 10 Wrtsue do"u
Omnirotence But for the advanagr OF me mor,Sas. &
thc majority OF the most nsetn ca sn
dining the recent hard times many OF the MISSIONARY
sa,1Is wun have stopped and their missionaries
@ Icen cniicd home Next to the happiness of cash
down TO forward religious movements is the happhess
"Y being able TO get the money on loan. 1le slang
an- churches In DEBT had better cease until business
meu give notes, ask no extension Set 10 Ilseohh
amply for the use OF no names on their paper pay
no bonuses and seek no accommodation I'LL ne&l
week"
By the time the world does business cash down the
church Will do business Casn down The banks ana IN
surance companies ana great monetary ln'ululo o
the country cannot apprermle the Roou theE 40 nCi
10 asylums universities and churches they iOsi
money They Grt not ony the per cent 5 inierts il
s u such institutions tie cnlef patron What theI tnv
the Cnurcn ney ieud to CrSt Iney nave % nCo oug m
the property ,or security Dnt me strongest hao on
their bond Il that oI the Lord Almlgnty II J. "a Ylnt
proycrh that says CorporItions nave @ no sou SOU %
Ing our experience church we nave found colpori
tons In NewIO aud Brooklyn when nav ny psIndps
twenty ous at apa sonl of Sorporate pe sfcenct We
have not FORGOTTEN that when, anna the nhahclh uiu
nht OF tAis country we wanted 10 tcDulu Oul churVu
on by Are an company said
" Here is $50 600" and the president OF the company
sad Here q thousand collars. my own private sub
scrIpuon. say nothing about H. Corporations ha''
sous. . - ,, o,o, I'm ,an,,,lf
tbrlr homes and wanted TO borrow money Tor tat pur
pose, the morfgagers did Wen TO let theih nave II
though wish they had not asked IL per crnt Du
after "A while the spoken OF III tnt te1t cetstt
to be n blessing ana became "A plague. 1t had helped
thy could carry 1t no longer and they cried out 70
rescue II blessing Hes too long II gets TO be curse
his farm ana the merchant the mortgage on hls mer
chandse the citizen the mortgage on MS home AM
mo chs r institution the mortgage on lts tsy u
and the religious society the mOrtgige on ITO cnurn
they had better don't have heard peGne aSue aSl @ "a
church debis; but could not, Wniie tne arg %
was going on, control my risoilltiee; ~ Is sar
bnt rb debts keep the individual and the church an
the State busy trying to pay then mem t no 70 r0co rOmo
OF IT, so rheumatism keeps tne paSn pusy
and ibe cough with lozeng@s aud the toothaole wit
otions, but that Is argument IN faV0r OF rhenmI
I'm or neuralgia or coughs tOothache. Better.
nosihe get rid of these things ana be busy win sOm
no else church that rs Obliged 10 take large pal
-, Irs tine I'm nursing Its mortgages needs TO have II
,nortgages amputated o. the day onurch Il IRE
IRON, debt IL mulupes Itself by my Instead OF spen'
ts i,me in mixing mortar for the fortacation wal
~ snends its time IN unhmberng its guns against u
common enemy.
PLAN FOR REMOVING THE DEBT
No church IN either hemisphere mas more friends tho
this glorious Brooklyn Tabernacle and everywhel
multudes innumerable praying for It's welfare an
Wa near from all lands that It Is blessing TO the peop
Ru let us have church decks cleared OF debt and
; I'll God helping. shake the seas wi Ihe thunde