The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-12-18
VOL. 5.
Mr.. Talmage on Debts.

young men yesterday from the brief an,
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the slaughter" ''There is nothing" h
began, "in the voice or in the manner O
the butcher which indicates to the O.
that death is ahead The OK. no doubt
fancies that he is being lead to the her
baceous luxuriance of some distant past
nre. But after while appear men ant
boys, who, with sticks and stones anc
loud cries, drive the poor beast in at @
dark door way. The animals nose i,
forced down upon the blood. stained floor
and the unerring blow descends. So
many young man is being driven dowI
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 in fashionable
boarding house, must smoke expensive
cigars and give wine and brandy to as
many of your friends as your neighbor.
Ii 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 hundred thousand men
have been slaughtered. When will you
young man, learn the curse of debt?"
| (Mr. Talmage had his glittering eye
| fixed upon beardless youth in the gall
| lery who fidgeted in an uncomfortable
way upon his seat debt induced
Lord Bacon to take bribes; it broke Wal
ter SCOTS heart; it drove Burns to
drinking. Perhaps some of you don't
know that Lord Byson's mother died in
fit OF rage produced by reading an up
holsterer's bill Oh, the curse of debt
the curse of debit If go into grocery
store and buy sugar and meats without
any visible means of paying for them I'm
more dishonest than if 1 go in 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, 1 simply help myself In
other words, sneak-thief ism as bad as
one who contracts debts he cannot
pay. (Applause.) And yet in all our
cities are families who move eyery
May day to get out of the neighborhood
OF certain butchers, bakers and apothe-
carries and into the neighborhood of
others. 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 Just moved out? And the family
that has just moved out in some fresh
neighborhood Is meantime leaving royal
orders at the butchers for tenderloin
steaks and ordering the nearest news
ye1der to leave at the door each morn
lug, All the papersl Eagle or argus,
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 |
net 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 who |
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
seemed to me enormous. l said,
What all this for one year," I was
afraid of growing purse-proud and
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. / had
10 give it up. In q very short
short time learned the great truth that
you must measure the size of mans
body before You begin to cut his coat
After this interesting and instructive
snecdote 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
was irreiigious. *'If you
want to de- troy a young man in double
quick order. said he, happily addressing
he suggestion to no one in particular,
take away his bible. 4 steamer 1900
niles out at sea with the broken rudder
md leaking fifty gallons a minute .
laughter1--is not in worse condition ,
han young man without the bible.
ndefdelitv is splitting up the life boats
nd tearing down the ire-escapes. Do
'ou want to know my opinion of the in ,
ldel who seeks to rob young men OF {
heir bibles? Well, then, think of the :
thing you ever heard of and !
ind yourself at the top of flight of !
tairs 100 miles long. Go down these i
tairs and find ladder 1000 miles long G
Descend the ladder and look from the {
dge of precipice down into chasm t
vice as deep as the distance from here $
o China and then you II find the level of '
is detestable indeseribable meanness." '
After this what more could Mr.. Talmage |
ay?-[N. Y. World.
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