The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-30
Mr.. Talinage on Debts.


began, Sin the voice or in the manner Of
the butcher which indicates to the OK
that death is ahead. The OK, no doubt,
fancies that he is being lead to the her
baceous luxuriance of some distant past
ure. But after a while appear men and
bows. who, with sticks and stones and
loud cries, drive the poor beast IN at
dark door way. The animals nose is
forced down upon the blood stained floor,
and the unerring blow descends. So,
many IL young man is being driven down
unsuspecting to the slaughter. Society
slaughters many by its cruel demand
that. no matter how small the income.
appearances must be kept up. Whatever
your salary. poor unfortunate young
man. YOU must live i'll Il fashionable
boarding house, must smoke expensive
cigars and give wine and brandy to as
many of your friends as your neighbor.
If you haven't the money, why-borrow,
and if you can't borrow, why, then
steal Do anything, but don't appear
mean and close BY this
awful process a hundred thousand NEIL
have been slaughtered. When will You
Young man. learn the curse of debit"
lNIr. Tamage had his glittering eye
fixed upon a beardless youth in the gal
lery who tidgeted in an uncomfortable
way upon his SCAT Debt induced
Lord Bacon to take brides; it broke Wal
ter SCOTS heart; it drove Burns to
drinking. Perhaps some OF you don't
know that Lord Byron's mother died in
tit of rage produced by reading an up
holsterers bill. Oh, the curse of debt
&c I ;nt
store and buy sugar and meats without
any visible means of paying for them I'm
more dishonest than if l so III quietly
and carry ham under my coat. In the
one case rob the grocer not only OF his
time. IN the other case | take none of
his time. | simply help myself. In
other words, a sneakthief isn't rs bad as
one who contracts debts he cannot
pay. (Applause.) And yet in all our
cities are families who move every
May day to get ont of the neighborhood
OF certain butchers, bakers and apothe-
carries and into the neighborhood of
others. l suppose good many OF you
have had that unpleasant experience
upon moving into some suddenly vacated
house of irate and unhappy tradesmen
calling at your doors twenty times day
with little bills against the family that
has lust moved ont ? And the family
that has Jus. moved out i'll some fresh
neigh orhood Is meantime leaving royal
orders at the butchers for tenderloin
steaks and ordering the nearest news
veuder to leave at the door each morn
lug, All the papers. Ea0le or -A'y"ss,
World, Tribune or Times Mr.. Tai
mage rolled out this familiar Brooklyn
street cry so glibly that several members
of the congregation Uttered The laugh
ter appeared to have an irritating effect,
for with considerable warmth he ex-
claimed If anybody in this audi
ence finds that my picture fits his case,
don't mind telling him that he ought
not to be in this church-he ought
to be in the penitentiary lawful 81
lence.) Detestable sneaks, they cheat
the grocer out of the green apples that
make them sick, they rob the doctor that
attends them and the undertaken VINO
furnishes them with an outfit when they
pay the final debt to nature-the only
debt they ever do pay. Young man,
young man, don't get INTO debt. I've
had little experience that way. My
first settlement as pastor was in village
salary $500 year and house. The
amount seemed 70 me enormous. l said,
"What ! all this for one year, l was
afraid of growing purse-proud and
worldly, so | resolved to spend the sur
plus of my fortune in entertaining my
neighbors. / began the amiable task of
having them to tea in groups OF twenty
five. | never completed the task. l had
10 give it up. In very short
short time | learned the great truth that
Won must measure the size of n mans
BODY before you begin to cut his coat. ="
After this interesting and instructive
anecdote Mr. Talmage shook up his bag
of beans and Informed the young men OF
his congregation that the second great
engine by which they were being
slaughtered was irreligious. IF you
want to de, troy young man in double
quick order. said he, happily addressing
the suggestion to no one III particular,
take away his bible. \ steamer 1000
miles ont at sea with the broken rudder
and leaking fifty gallons minute
| daughter is not III IL worse condition
than young man without the bible.
Indefdelitv is splitting up the life boats
and tearing down the tirc-escapes. Do
you want to know my opinion of the in
fide who seeks to rob young men of
their bibles? Well, then, think of the
meanest thing you ever heard of and
find yourself at the top of a flight of
stairs 100 miles long. Go down these
stairs and find ladder 1000 miles long.
Descend the ladder and look from the
edge of precipice dowL into chasm
twice as deep as the distance from here
Al 4 Es.l 4 1s.f