The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-20
A SUNDAY SERMON.


care ne. through the week you may
take refuge in the hope that your con-
science will not be again quickened on
Sunday BY tina, cu-sed newspaper parson.
that he may die. or be clubbed out OF bic
nonsense, or 20 . fishing. but Sunday de-
.srovs the hope and finds you turning. to
the accustomed column TO see in what you
have been eoing wrong during the six
DAYS of labor. But this time, con, We will
no, epeak of your fsuIts-you are above
ouch thing-. ycu know. but Of those OF your
COMPANIONS. Yen shall have little res-
pite. 1t lent right 10 slwsys be hitting
fellow Just bee use he can't get away from
ch.nc~ry. TIE under dog ought to have q
breathing speli occasionally. All blows
and no t.fiy make Jack . dull boy.
Did it ever occnr to you, son, that
m.n might be morally ~ bad % a
thief becau-e he spent more than
he earned or more than he
could ufiord 10. He can, son. There isn't
sny doubt Of it. II he do the latter thing,
he robs himself: ii he do the former he
roos those who irnst him. Count mp now
how many young fellows you know who
earn from forty 10 sixty dollars . month
aud -K%nd from sixty to . hundred. How
msnv? A dozen. say You? Oh course yOn
know that many, Every young man IN
y,ur position does And how do they do il,
All, you know, son you know a. we'll -
We do. 1t il nothing but fslse -ense Of
the appearance they should make that
lead. them into ex,ravagsnt wsys. which
ere in q sense criminal. They want 10
wear the came clothes that their employer
old Croesus, who is q railrosd director, and
a bank director, and the head Of . manu-
featuring interest, and has dollars and dol
lars invested In mining stOcks, dUet. And
they want TO smoke the came cigars and
sample the same liquors and drive As hand
come Q rig-sl;hough old Croesus owns
his, and everybody knows that they only
hire theirs al tie livery stable around the
corner. That's what's the matter with
them, sou. II they can get credit they
rush into its mire 40 deeply that they are
never able 20 extricate themselves, and they
20 down and down until men point at them
when they 70 BY and applying to them
that moet approbrlous Of erithets,ssy "there
goes q dead beat. Nice fellow. but WON'T
pay" He can't pay, con. He would if he
could, but HE means won't permit him. He
IS harrsssed by dune. and his lie is miser-
able from J ,nu.ry 10 June aud from June
"a January. When he makes . spasmodie
effort At retrenchment. the economy Of q
mouth or two makes 90 imperceptibie an
impression upon his debts that he gives il
up in despair and falls into the old rut
He would give anything to be able to begin
over sgain. but hi. better thoughts have
come to late
so, son. you see. There is pitfall here
INTO which some of you friends have tnmb.
led. Be careful that you don't walk into
il With you. ;es open.
What would il be to you nov if year ago
you bad gone little stability for q month
Or I 20 and then paid cssh for the sait foI
which you would have had at FIRST to ask
credit. Nothing" you say. Very we'll
then year hence you will care nothing
for the fac, that you 60 shabby nov Tor
shOrt season for the came purpose. Once
behind, Aiways behind. Vexation and
care follow in the footsteps Of the debtor
Ii you must smcke-why smoke. Only
pay for your cigars when yon get them. II
is easy to have hox or two put on the
slate but il isn't 20 easy to wipe out thu
pencil marks after they are put there.
The proyerb ''live within your means" il
old enough to walk, sol, but its instruction
L. always fre.h. You remember tbs,
Dickens SAWS that to have twenty
pounds year and live. on ninetees
pounds nineteen shillings sixpence
is happiness. and 20 live on ninteen pound
,sen,y billings sixpence, is mi.ery. 1t j,
ot.ir happy AID some~hat exaggerated
ilia.trslioe 0. . great Truth. 50. son. ~
...- Ie~soDt- D9n't spnd every cen, YOU
e-.u rli Syu&;tirz 10 bank once in I
Wiz Ps. 20. sbs: roo get Ose n'
Srr- Tea -. so,id s..i .srI<cr, you -
- -~S--s 80 sn6 ~ "il. :.sr~c' .o1'.
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