News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-03-29

Why. when you are going to do wrong,
pronounce 50 long a word as borrow, "oIu
of six letters when you can get shorter
word more descriptive OF the reailIy, "O'N
of only five letters, the word stealF
There are times when we all borrow, hno
borrow legitimately, and borrow with the
divine blessing, for Christ IN his sermon ~
the mount en- Joins: "From him thaI "oulN
borrow of thee turn not thou away" "A n
Young man rightly boTows money 20 Eee
his education. Purchasing nou'e ahL ioeo,. no
able pay all down in cash the pur, ltt5oi ,Ilases
rightly borrows it on mortgage; Cr,ses
come in business when II would pe WIons
for a man not to borrow. But ron .Is .IS
warning through all these aIsles over Ine .o
backs of all these pews never borrow 70
speculate: not a dollar, not cent; not
farthing. Young men, young men; ati,a WIZ
you by your worldly prospects ana tne N"l''e
of your immortal souls, do not do IL. .,,
II | had only worldly weapon 10 use oh
this subject would give you the iact IIesn II
from the highest authority, that W per TSnIni TTn
of those who go into speculation lh Han
street lose all, but have better warning
than a worldly warning. FROM tne .aGJ
where men have -perlshe t-Doly, 'IIiu - 80
sonI-stand Of st nd of! Abstract pulpit
discussion must aside on this question falIn
and repentance are absolutely necessary. but
faith and repentance are no more docIiIee
OF the Bible than commercial integrity. Teh-
der to all their dues. Owe no man anythlhS'
And while L mem 10 predCu ldltl NAH
pentence more and more TO preacn Inel' ~
not mean to spend any time in chasing tne
Hittites and Jebusitcs and Girgaslteso OF DlDIo
times, when there are 80 many eVlls TIght
around us destroying men ana women Ior ,gi Gllno
and for eternity. The greatest evangelstlc
preacher the world ever saw, man VINO
died for his evaugelism-peerles5 raul
wrote to the Romans: "Provde things non
est in the sight Of all men;' wrote 70 th99
Corinthians: :" Do that which is honest"
n
things are hOnest;n wrote to the Hebrews:
''WllEng in all things to live honesty Inc
Bible says that faith without works IS deady
which being literally translated, means that
if your business life does not correspono
with your profession, your religion Is mum
bug.
our religion ought 20 mean Just as much
on Saturday and Monday as on the day 6e-
tween, anu not as q mere IellpnFasis OF sane
tity. Our religion ought to first clean our
hearts, and then it ought 20 clean our lives.
Religion is not, as some seem to think, a sort
of church delectation, kind of confection-
cry, sort of spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop, or sanctified peppermint or theolOgi-
cal anaesthetic 1t is an omnlpOtent pTlncI-
pie, all controlling, all conquering. Y on
may get along with something less than that,
and you may deceive yourself with it; 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 ana
see whether your roiIgiOn is a fiction or q
fact. And you cannot hide your samples or
sugar, or rice, or tea, or coffee if they are
false; you cannot hide them under the cloth
of a communion table All your prayers go
for nothing so long as you misrepresent your
banking institution and in the amount OF ths
resources you put down more specie, ana
more fractional currency, and more clearing
house certificates, and more legal tender
notes, and more loans, and more discounts
than they really are, and when you give an
- 1,laT mi
tion all the unpaid dividends, and the United
States bank notes outstanding, and the in
dividual deposits and the obl cations to other
banks and bankers An authority more
ScrutiniZing than that of any bank examiner
will go through and through and through
your business.
Let me say in the most emphatic manner
to all young men, dishonesty will never pay.
An abbot wanted to buy p ece of ground
and the owner would not sell it, bul the
owner finally consented 10 let it to him until
he could raise one crop and the abbot sowed
aCorns, q crop of zoo years! And tell you
young man, that the dishonesties which You
plant in your heart and life will seem to be
very insignificant, but they will grow up I'M
til they will overshadow you Wi tn horrible
darkness, overshadow all time and all eter-
nifty. It will not be crop for 200 years, but
q crop for everlasting ages
have also a word of comfort for all VINO
suffer from the malfeasance of others, ana
every honest man, woman and child does
suffer from what goes on in hnanclal scamp
dom Society is so bound together that all
the misfortunes which good people suffer III
business matters come from the misdeeds OF
others Bear up under distress, strong IN
God. He will see you through, though your
misfortune should be centupled. fhiloso-
pliers tell us that a column Of air forty-hve
miles in height rests on every mans head and
shoulders. But that is nothing compared
with the pressure that business life has put
upon many of you. God made up his mind
long ago how many or how few dollars 1t
would be best for you to have. Trust to his
appointment. The door will soon open to
let you out and let you up. What shock Of
delight for men who for thirty years have
been in business anxiety when they shall sud-
denly awake in everlasting holiday. On the
maps of the Arctic regions there are two
places whose names are remarkable. given.
suppose, by some Polar eNpeditionG Nt,oISa
Fareyvelr' and Thank Goa harbor." AZ this
last the PolariS winUereu ia 1871, and the
Tigress in 1873 Some ships have passed the
yet nCIIcCl the harbor IfrC
from what know of many Of you, haVo
concluded that, though your voyage or ME
may be very rough. run into by 1cebergs on
this side and icebergs on that you Will IN
due time reach Cape Farewell and there BID
goodbye to all annoyances. and soon after
drop anchor in the calm and imperturbable
waters of Thank God Harbor There the
wicked cease from troubling, and the weary
are at rest. ~