Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-13

put upon him pressure that he cannot
stand. There arc men who 60 into posi'
tions full Of temptation, considering only
the fact that they arc lucrative positions.
Oh! sny to tho young people here this
morning, dishonesty will not pay iu this
world or the world to come. An abbot
wanted to buy u pcoc of ground, aud tho
owner would not sell it, but the owner
finuly consented to lot it to him until he
could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
acorns, Drop Of two hundred years! Aud
tell you, young man, thut the dshoncstics
which you plunt iu your heart and life will
seem to be very insignificant, but they will
grow up until they will overshadow you
with horrible darkness, oycrshadow all time
and all eternity. 1t will not be crop for
two hundred years, but a crop for cvcrlast-
ing uges stand this morning before
mauy who huvc trust funds. 1t is a cnm
p'iment to you that you have been so in
trusted; but charge you in the presence
of God and tho world, be careful; be us
careful of tho property of others as you
are careful of your own. Above ALL keep
your own private account at the bank sepa-
rate from your account as trustee Of an es-
tatc, or trustee of any institution. That is
the point at which thousands of people
make shipwrccks. They get tho property
of others mixed up with their own prop
cr'y; they put it into invest mcnt, aud away
it oil goes, and they cannot return that
which they borrowed. Then comes the
explosion. aud the money maker is shaken,
aud the press donounccs, and the church
thuuders expulsion. You have no right
to use the property Of others except for
their advantage; nor without consent, cx.
cept they are minors. (f, with their con.
sent, you invest their property as we'll us
you can, and it is all lost, you arc not to
blame. You did tho best you could; but
Go not come into the dclusion which has
ruined so many men, oc thinking bcc,usc
thing is in their possession therefore it is
theirs. You have solemn trust that God
has given you. In this vast nsscmblngc
there may be some who hare nisappropri.,
atcd trust fluids. Put them back, or if
you have so hopclcssIy involved them that
you cannot put them back, confess the
whole thing to those whom you have
wrongcd, and you will sleep better nights,
and you will have tho better chance for
your soul. What s1d thing it would be
it after you are dead your administrators
should find out from the account books, or
from the lack Of vouchers, that you were
not only bouhrupt in estate, but that you
lost your soul. { oil the trust funds that
have been misaprropratcd should
very suddenly fly to their owners, and
all the property that has been purloined
should suddenly 60 back to its owners,
it would crush into ruins every city in
America. ~ missionary in one Of the
islands of the Pacific preached sermon
Que Sabbath on dishonesty, and the next
morning he looked out of his window aud
he saw his yard full Of goods of all kinds
lie wondered ond asked the cause Of all
this. "Weli," said the natives, sour gods
that We have been worshipping permit us
to steal, but according to what you said
yesterday the God Of heaven and earth
will not allow this, so We bring back all
these goods, and we ask you to help us in
taking them to tho places where they be-
long If next Sabbath all tho ministers
in America should proach sermons on the
abuse of trust funds, and on the evils of
purloining, aud the sermons were all best
of God, and regulation wcrc made that all
these things should be taken to the city
halls, it would not he long before every city
hall in America would be crowded from
cellar to cupo'a Let me say in the most
emphatic way, 0 young man dishonesty
will never pay. y clustering young man
arrived at hotel in tho West, and
he saw a man on the sidewalk, nnd in
rough way, as no man has right to ad-
dress laborcr, said to him: "Curry this
trunk up stairs" The man carried the
trunk up stairs aud camo down, and then
the young man gave him quarter of
dollar, which was marked, and instead of
being twenty five cents it was worth only
twenty cents. Then tho young man, who
give his card to the laborer said: "You
take this up to Governor Crimes; I want
to see him" "Ah!" said tho aboror, IL
am Governor Glimes" "Oh," said the
young man, "you-I-cxcnsc me-" Then
the Governor said: 81 was mu,h impressed
10y the letter you wrote NE, asking for
certain Office in my gift, and had made
up my mind you should have it, but
young man who will cheat aboror out of
i've cents would swiudic the government of
The State if lie got lis hands on it.
don't want you. Good morning, sir" 1t
never pays. Neither in this world nor
The other to oome will it pay. Well, |
want you to understand that wbi!o these
lshoucsties are going on, immortal souls
ire being lost. The record will never be
'ead in this world. God will bring into
recount all those who have offended Him.
Aro you not impressed with tho idea this
morning thnt this is q poor world to do
business 10 without God to help ond God |
o joiend2 You see the man whom you
upnosed inourrnntiblu goinn down under |