Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-24

lurlOin, they say they only borrow Whci
"A banker makes III overdrduGht upoi
his institution lac does not commit a THEFT
only borrows. When the officer OF q
company. bv flaming advertisement IL
some religious papers, and Gilt certificate
of stock, gets Il multitude Of country pcO.
pie to put their small earnings into an Oh.
tcrprisc for carrying on some undcveloped
nothing, he docs not ~frauduleotly take
their money. hc only borrows. When a
young man With easy access TO his EN-
ployer's money drawer. or the conf
Dental clerk by close propinquity to the
account books. takes a few dollars for a
Wall street excursion, he expects 10 put
it back: lie will put it all back he will
put it all back very o He only Dor
rows. What is needed is some man of
gigantic limb 10 take his place at the
curbstone in front of Trinity church. and
when that word borrow comes bounding
along, Kick ii clean through to Wall
street ferry boat, and if, striking on that.
il bounds clear over until it strikes
Brooklyn heights or Brooklyn hill, it will
be well for the City of Churches.
Why, when YOU are going to DO wrong,
pronounce SO long word as borrow. IA
word OF Sin letters, when You can get a
shorter word more descriptive OF the re
ality, q word Of only five lc' Is, the word
steal?
HONEST BORROWING
There are times when We al borrow
and borrow lcgitimatcly. and borrow
with the divine blessing. for Christ in
Ills Sermon ON the Mount c~nioins from
hin. that would borrow Of thee turn not
away \ young man rightly borrows
money 10 @et his education. Purchasing
a house and not able 10 pay all down in
cash, the purchaser rightly borr0ws il on
mortgage. Crises come in business when
it would be wrong for a man not TO boz
row. But | roll this warning through all
these aislcs. over the backs Of all these
pcws, never borrow TO speculate; 10 "a
dollar, not a cent. not a farthing. Young
men. Young men. | warn YOU by your
worldly prospects and the yalue Of your
immortal souls. do not do il. There are
breakers distinguished for their ship
wrcCks-the IIanways, the Needles, the
Baskets. the Douvcrs, the Anderlos. the
Skerrics-and many "a craft has gone TO
pieces ON those rocks. but ! have to tell
YOU that all the Hanways, and the Nee
dies, and the Baskets. and the SkCrrics
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
aud the dirge of their damnatiOn; The
breakers Of borrow.
WALL STREET SPECULATION.
If ! had only "a worldly weapon 10 use
on this subject ! would give YOU the fact
fresh from the highest authority, that
ninety per cent. Of those who 90 into
speculation in Wall street lose all; but
have a better warning than a wNldly
warning. From the place where men
have pcrished-body. mind and soul
stand OIL, stand Off Abstract pulpit dis
cuss;on must step aside on this question.
Faith and repentance are absolutely nee
cssary. but faith and repentance are no
more doctrines of the Bible than CONNER
cial 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 %liittitcs
and Jebusitcs anI Girgashites of Bible
times. when there are SO many evils
right around destroying men and
women for time and for
cntermity. The greatest cyangelistic
preacher the world ever saw a man who
died for his cvangelism-pcerlcss Paul
wrote to the Romans, Provide things
honest in the sight Of all men wrote 10
the Corinthians, DO that which is hon
est" wrote to the Philippians, "Whatso-
ever things are honest wrote TO the
Hebrews. Willing IN all things to live
honestly The Bible SAYS that faith
,.;,I.n,4 ,r,,.ly - l.tl ,TIfrl IIi,tr 1flar-
ally translated. means that if your bust
ness life does not correspond with your
profession, your rcliOion is a humbug.
Here is something that needs To he
sounded into the ears of all the young
men of America. and itcrated and rcitcr-
ated, if this country is ever 10 be deliver
cd from its %calamities, and commercial
prosperity is to be established and per
pctuated, live within your means.
| have the highest commercial author
ltv for saving that when the memorable
trouble broke out in Wall street four
wears ago there were 1925, 600 900 in sus-
pcnse which had already been spent.
Spend no more than you make. And let
us adjust all u business and our homes
by the principles Of the
CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
Our religion ought TO mean just as
much on Saturday and Monday as on the
day between, and not be a mere peri
phrasis Of sanctity. Our religion ought
TO first clean our hearts, and then 1t
ought to clean our lives. Religion is not
AS some seem to think, a sort of church
delcctation, a kind of confectionery, a
sort of spiritual caramel orholy gumdrop,
or sanctifed peppermint, or theological
anacsthetic. 1t is an omnipotent prin-
ciple, all controlling, all %conquering, You
NAV get along with something less than
that, and YOU may deceive yourself with
il: but YOU cannot deceive God. and you
cannot deceive the world. The keen
business man will put on his spectacles,
and he will look clear through to the
back Of your head and see whether your
religion is a fiction or fact. And you
cannot hide your samples Of sugar, OF
rice. or tea or coffee if they are false; YOU
cannot hide them under the cloth of q
communion table. All yoIr prayers 90
for nothing SO long as YOU mlsrepresen'
Your banking institution. and in TIT
amount of the resources you put dowi
more specie. and more fractional cur
rcncv, and more clearing house certiii
Gates. and more legal tender notes, anC
more loans. and more discountst than there
really are. and when o give an accou