Telegram-herald., 1888-03-12
THE AGE Of SWINOLE


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sF0ss g he Philippians. "Whatsoeger
thlngs are honest ~r0ls 70 tne Hebrews.
~ Ling "a az tA.ngs % I've honestly rhs
Bible sags that fzith without works u dead
which bsing literally tTznslaIe,l means thar
II your blsinsss he does not correspond
NTH your proSessioa, your religion i hum
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Hsrs = something ths. aeesls % be sounded
INTO the ears q al tie yoong msn of Amer
icz. AID iterated and re. e.tsrated, II this eoun-
tfy q ever 70 b delivered from Is calaEi-
Tea, and coInnssrclal spsriCy Is % be
estAblishsd sat psTpetuAtsd. Lire within
youF meaas.
have the highest commercial authority
Tor saying that wien the memorable trouble
broke CUT IN Wall street four years ago
there were se25 ,ooo, 900 IN Suspense which
had Airsady been spent. spesd no more
than you make. And let US adjust AL our
business aad our homes 81 tbs principles OF
the cArisSlan religion.
Our relsgioa ought % meaa Just a. much
GA SATURDAY aad Monday as on ths day be
tFeee, aud not a. = mere peFiparasis OF sanc-
uty Our religion ought 70 nrst clean our
hearts, and than y ought 10 clean our lives.
Religion Is not. as soa4e seem 20 think, a sort
.
cry, a sort OF spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop, Or sanetihcd peppermint, or theology
ca aDaesthstlc. IL IS an omEipOtent princi-
pie, all controlling, sn conquering. You
may get along with something less than that,
and you may deceive yourself with il; bat
you cannot deceive God, and you cannot
deceive the world The keen business man
will put on bis spectacles, and be will look
efa D -. rh..H - l.
see WHISTLER your religion IS a fiction or
fact. And you cannot hide your samples OF
sugar, or rice, or tea, or coffee il they are
false, you cannot hide them under the cloth
OF a communion table. All your prayers 20
for nothing 70 long a. you misrepresent your
banking institution, and in the amount OF the
resources you put down more specie, and
mors fractional currency, and more clearing
house certificates, and more legal tender
notes. and more loans and moro discounts
than thero really are, and when voc give an
account OF your liabilities you do not men
ton az the unpaid dlvilsnds, and the United
States banx notes outstanding, and the Tin
dividuaI deposits, and the obligations TO other
hanks and bankers. An authority more
scr1itiniziag than that OF any bank examiner
will 30 through and through and through
your business.
l stand this morning before many who
have trust funds. II is compliment 20 you
that you have been so intrusted; but /
charge you. in the presence OF God and tho
world, DO careful; 10 AZ careful of the prop
erty OF others as you are careful OF your
own. Above all. keep your own private ac-
count az tho bank separate from your &C
count as trustee Of an estate, or trustee Of an
M d fka ..,f,n 90
sands Of people mako shipwreck They get
the property OF others mixed up with their
own property, they pat it into investment,
and away 1t ell goes, and they cannot return
that which they borrowed. Then comes the
explosion, and the money market is shaken,
and the press denounces, and tho church
thunders expulsion. You have no right to
uss tho property Of others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent,
unless they are minors IL with their
consent you invest their property as
well as you eau, and il is sll lost,
yon are not 20 blame. you did the best you
could; but do nos come into the delusion
which has ruined so many men, Of thinking
because a thing is in their possession, there
fore IL is theirs You have a solemn rust
that God has given you In this vast assem-
biags there may be some who have misappro-
priated trust funds Put them back, or II
you have so hopelessly involved them that
you cannot put them back, confess the whole
thing 20 those whom you have wronged, and
you Will sleep better nights, and you will
have the better chance for your soul What
a sad thing it would be IL. after You are
dead, ycur administrators should find out
from the account books, or from the lack Of
vouckaS, that you not only were bankrupt
in estate but shat you lost your soGL TX ell
the trust funds that have been miSappro-
prIated should suddenly hy 70 their owncrs.
and a. the property that has been puTloined
should suddenly 20 back 20 It's owners. il
would crush into ruin every city in America.
A missionary in one OF the islands OF the
/ Pacific preached on dishonesty, and the next
morning he looked out OK his window, and be
saw ms yard full Of goods OF ali kinds He
wondered and asked the cause OF ail this.
well, said the natives, ''our gods that We
have been worshipping permit us 70 steal, but
sccording to what You said yesterday, the
| God OF heaven and earth viii not allow this,
40 we bring back al these goods, and we ask
/ you % help US n taking them 20 the places
where they belong X next Sabbath al the
ministers IN America should preach sermons
On ne abUse of trust funds, and on the evils
I of purloiniaz and the sermons were all
blessed of God. and regulations were made
that all these things should be taken 70 the
I city halls II would not be long before every
| city hail IA America would 0e crowded from
cellar TO cupola.
L,st me say in the most emphatic manner
% al young men, dishonesty wiz never pay.
An abbot wanted to tuy piece OK ground,
and tie owner would no. sell it. but the
owner finally coEssnted o let IL 20 him until
he could raise oas crop, and the abbot sowed
I acorus. a crop Il 300 years. And | tell you,
/ young man. that the dishorscsties which you
/ plant in vour heart AID life Will seem 20 be
very insignificant, but hey vii grow up m
81 thev wi overshsdow y0u with horrible
daf xnsss. ovsrshsdow Al time and al ster-
nirv ft Eiii not - a crop for 20 years, bat
= crop for ever lAssing aga
have also = worsi of comfort FOR az who
suffer from the uslfesssnsas Of others. ard
every honest man. woman and child does
suifsr frcsn whas gees on n 6naucial scamp
dom. Society ls 80 bound together that Al
the uiisf7rtunes which <ocd people suffer il
business matters come frons the N sgieesis oi
others. Basr up urGcr distress, sfrnnz II
Col Ee vii SO vo1 throu-A- though voni
niisf1rtunes should he eentup.ed. fhiloso
phefs tell - that a column et ar feTty -avs
ulilss N height rests ca every mans heai an
shoulders But that is nothing colnpsrsl
with ths pressure that bnsiness lie has put
uuo1 many ~ ycu. ffcd made I'D his nlinl
{ long sec bow many or how fev doIiars j
-casi be be<t fcr Vou % have Trust - hh
arpciatneut The door vii socn eorn =
tst yo1 cut ard let Tsu NJ y hat shock q
aeiizht FOR men who far thirtv rezrs ha~'