Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-12

be wrong for a man not to borrow. But /
roll this warning through all these aisles.
over the backs of all these pews, never
borrow TO speculate; not dollar, not q
cent, not farthing. Young men, young
men, warn you by your worldly pros
poets and the value of your immortal
souls, do lot do it. There are breakers
distinguished for their shipwrecks-the
Hanways, the Needles, the Caskets, the
I,Douyers, the Anderlos, the Skerries-and
many a craft has gone to pieces on those
rocks; but have to tell You that all the
Hanways, and the Needles, and the Cask-
cts, and the Skerres are as nothing COM
pared 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 iirge Of their
damnation-the breakers of sorrow.
If had only worldly weapon to use
on this subject would give you the fact
fresh from the highest authority that 80
per cent of those who 60 into speculation
in Wall street lose all; but have better
warning than q worldly warning. From
the place where men have perished-bedy,
mind and soul-stand of, stand off! Alb
stract pulpit discussion must stand aside
on this question. Faith aud repentance
are absolutely necessary, but faith and re-
pentance are no more doctrines Of the
Bible than commercial integrity. Render
to all their dues. Owe no man any
thing. 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 so many evils
right around Us destroying men and wo-
men for time and for eternity. The great
est eyangelistic preacher the world ever
saw, man who died for his evangelism
peerless Paul-wrote to the Romans,
"Provide things honest in the sight of all
men," wrote to the Corinthians, "Do that
which is honest" wrote to the Philip.
.pians, Whatsoever things are honest"
wrote to the Hebrews, "Willing in all
things to live ho' ,stly." The Bible says
that faith without works is dead, which
being literally translated, means that II
your business life does not correspond with
your profession, your religion is hum
bug.
Here is something that needs to be
SOUNDED INTO THE EARS
of all the young men of America, aud tier
ated and reiterated, if this country is ever
to be delivered from its calamities, and
commercial prosperity is to be established
and perpetuated, live within your means.
have the highest commercial authority
for saying that when the memorable
trouble broke out in Wall street four years
ago there were $225, ,OO0,0O0 in suspense
which had been spent. Spend no more
than you make. And let us adjust all our
business and our homes by the principles
Of the Christian religion.
stand this morning before many who
have trust funds. It is compliment to
you that you have been so intrusted; but
I charge you in the presence of God and
the world, be careful, be as careful Of the
property of others as you are careful Of
your own. Above all, keep your own pri-
vate account at the bank separate from
your account as trustee Of an estate, or
trustee of an institution. That is the
point at which thousands of people make
shipwreck. They get the property Of others
mixed up with their own property, they
put it into investment, and away
it all goes, and they cannot return
that which they borrowed. Then
comes the explosion, and the money
market Is shaken, and the press denounces,
and the church thunders expulsion. You
have no right 10 use the property of others
except for their advantage, nor without
consent, unless they are minors. If with
their consent you invest their property as
well as you can, and il is lost, You are not
TO blame; you did the best you could.
But do not come into the delusion which
has ruined 30 many men Of thinking, be
cause thing ls in their possession, there
fore it is theirs. You have a solemn trust
that God has given you. In this vast as
semblage there may be some who have
Incorporated trust funds Put them
back; or, if you have so hopelessly in
volved them that you cannot put them
back, confess the whole thing to those
whom you have wronged, and you will
sleep better nights, and you will have the
better chance for your soul. What sad
thing il would be if, after you are dead,
your administrator should find out from
the account books, or from the lack OF
vouchers, that you not only were
BANKRUPT IN ESTATE,
but that You lost your soul. II all the
trust funds that have been misappropri'
ated should suddenly fly to their owners,
and all the property that has been pur,
lolned should suddenly 90 back to its own,
ers, 1t would crush into ruin every city in
| America.
A missionary in one the islands Of the
Pacific preached on dishonesty, and the
next morning he looked out Of his window,
and he saw his yard full Of goods OF all
kinds. He wondered aud asked the cause
of all this. "Wel!," said the natives
"our gods that we have been worshippinl
permits us TO steal, but according to what
you said yesterday, the God of heaven and
, earth will not allow this, 30 we bring bach
all these goods, and we ask you 10 help Us
in taking them to the places where they
belong" Ifnext Sabbath all the minis
ters in America should preach sermons OF
the abuse of trust funds, and on the evil
Of purloining, and the sermons were al
blessed Of God, and regulations were mad,
that all these things should be taken e
the city halls, it would not be long befor'
every city hall in America would b
crowded from cellar to cupola.
Let me say in the most emphatic mau
ner to all young men, dishonesty viii
never pay. An abbot wanted to buy {
piece Of ground and the owner would no
ssll it, but the owner finally consented Il
let il TO him until he could raise one crop
and the abbot sowed acorns, q crop Of tw,
hundred years And ! tell you, youpi
man, that the dishonesties which yoI
plant in your heart and life would seem Il
be very Insignificant, but they will grow
MP until they will oyershsdow you witt
horrible darkness, overshadoW all tim
and all eternity. 1t will not be crop TO
,, two hundred years, but crop for ever
lasting ages.
have also q word Of comfort for all VIII
suffer from
} THE MALFEAsAYcE OF OTHERS,
and every honest man, woman and chill
,, does suffer from what goes on in fnancis
scampdom. Society is so bound togethe
that all the misfortunes which good peopl
suffer in business matters come from I'd