The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-15

will put 1t all back very soon. He only
borrows. What is needed is some man
of gigantic limb to take his place at the
curbstone in front of Trinity church, and
when that word borrow comes bounding
along, kick it clean through to Wall
street ferryboat, and if, striking on that,
it bounds clear over till it strikes Brook
lyn Heights or Brooklyn Hill, it will be
we'll for the City of Churches.
Why, when you are going to do wrong,
pronounce 30 long word as borrow,
word of six letters, when you can get a
shorter word more descriptive Of the
reality, word of only five letters, the
word steal2
There are times when we all borrow,
and borrow legitimately, and borrow
with the divine blessing, for Christ in his
sermon on the mount enjoins from him
that would borrow of thee turn not thou
away" A young man rightly borrows
money to get his education. Purchasing
house, and not able to pay all down m
cash, the purchaser rightly borrows it on
mortgage. Crises come in business
when it would be wrong for man not to
borrow But I roll this warning through
all these aisles, over the backs of all these
pews, never borrow to speculate; not
dollar, not cent, not farthing.
Young men, young men, warn you by
your worldly prospects and the Value of
your immortals souls, do not do it.
There are breakers distinguished for their
shipwrecks-the Hanways, the Needles,
the Caskets, the Douvers, the Anderlos,
the Skerries-and many craft has gone
to pieces on those rocks; but I have to
tell you that all the Hanways, and the
Needles, and the Caskets, and the Skier
ries are as nothing compared with the
long line of breakers which bound the
ocean of commercial life, north, south,
east and west, with the white foam of
their despair and the dirge of their dam
nation-the breakers of borrow,
Ii had only worldly weapon to use
on this subject I would give you the fact,
fresh from the highest authority, that 90
per cent, of those who go into specula-
ton in Wall street lose all; but have a
better warning than worldly warning,
From the place where men have per-
ished-body, mind and soul-stand off,
stand off Abstract pulpit discussion
must step aside on this question. Faith
and repentance are absolutely necessary,
but faith and repentance are no more
doctrines of the Bible than commercial
integrity. Render to all their dues.
Owe no man anything. And while /
mean to preach faith and repentance,
more and more to preach them, / do not
mean to spend any time in chasing the
Hittites and Jebusites and Girgashites of
Bible times, when there are 80 many
evils right around US destroying men and
women for time and for eternity, The
greatest eyangelistic preacher the world
ever saw, man who died for his evan
| gelism, peerless Paul-Wrete to the
Romans, :Provide things honest in the
sight of all men," wrote to the Corin-
thians, ''Do that which is honest;'
wrote to the Philippians, whatsoever
things are honest" wrote to the He
brews, Willing in all things to live
honestly:n The Bible says that faith
without works is dead, which Eeing lber-
ally translated, means that il your busi
ness life does not correspond with your
profession, your religion is humbug.
Here is something that needs to be
sounded into the ears of all the young
men of America, and iterated and reiter-
ated, If this country is ever to be deliv-
cred from its calamities, and commercial
prosperity is to be established and per-
petuated, live within your means.
l have the highest commercial author
ity for saying that when the memorable
trouble broke ont in Wall street fou1
years ago there were 1926, 900, 900 ir
suspense which had already been spent.
Spend no more than yon make.
And let us adjust all our business and
our homes by the principles of the Chris
tian religion,
Our religion ought to mean just a:
much on Saturday and Monday as on the
day between, and not be mere peri
phrasis of sanetity. Our religion ough
to first clean our hearts, and then il
ought to clean our lives. Religion is not
as some seem to think, sort of churcl
delectation, kind of confectionery, {
sort Of spiritual caramel, or holy gum
drop, or sanctified peppermint, or theo
logical anesthetic. 1t is an omnipoten
principle, all controlling, all conquering
You may get along with something les
than that, and you may deceive yoursel
with it; but you cannot deceive God, ant
you cannot deceive the world. The kee,
business man will put on his spectacles
and he will look clear through
to the back pf your head and Sc
or fact. And you cannot hid
your samples of sugar, of rice, or tea
or coffee if they are false; you canno
L. H. o1okI Il
munion table. All your prayers go fo
nothing SO long as you misrepresent you
banking institution, and in the amount Q
your resources you put down NOR
specie, and more fractional currency, an
more clearing house certificates, an
more legal tender notes, and more loans
, and more discounts than there really are
and when you give an account of you
, liabilities you do not mention all the ur
? paid dividends, and the United State
, bank notes outstanding, and the ind
vidual deposits, and the obligations
8 other banks and bankers. An authorit
more scrutinizing than that of any ban
{ examiner will go through and throug
) and through your business.
3 stand this morning before many VIII
nave tTuSt luuuS. ~ 10 FtluupllIutLt
: you that you have been 80 intrusted; br
] charge you, in the presence of God an
8 the world, be careful, be as careful of tt
I property of others as you are careful {
t your own. Above all, keep your ow
9 private account at the bank separate fro1
9 your account as trustee Of an estate, {
t trustee of an institution. That is Il
. point at which thousands Of people NAL
t shipwreck. They get the property I
t others mixed up with their own propers
g they put it into iSavestment, and away
: all goes, and they cannot return th
J, which they borrowed, Then comes the e,
: plosiol, and the money market is shaker
Il and the press denounces, and the churC
g thunders expulsion. You have no right
IS use the property of others. except f
e their advantage, nor without consent, III
h less they are minors. If, with their CO.
v sent, you invest their property as well
e ypu can, and it is all lost, you are not
IS blame; you did the best you could, b
: do not come into the delusion which h
70 J ruined so many men, Of thinking becau