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

shaken. and the press denounccs. and tn
church thunders expulsion. You havt
no right To use the property of others
except for their advantage. nor withou
consent. unless they are minors. II Will
their consent vou invest their property
as well as YOU can. and it is all lost, YOU
are not to blame; you did the best 80,
could, but do not come into the
DELUsIoN
which has ruined So many men of think.
Ing because a thing is in their possession
therefore it is theirs. You have a solemn
trust that God has given you. In this
vast asscmblagc there may be some who
have misappropria'ed trust funds. Put
them back. or. if YOU have SO bopelesslv
involved 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 a
sad thing il would be if after you are
dead your administrator shouli lind out
from the account books, or from the lack
OF vouchers, that YOU Were not only
bankrupt in estate but that you lost your
soul. II all the trust funds that have
been misappropriatcd should suddenly
fly TO their owners. aud al the property
that has been purloincd shOuld suddenly
90 back to lis owners, il would crust
into ruin every city in America.
\ missionary ia one Of 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 and asked the
cause Of all this. We'll" said the ma
tivcs. 'our gods that we have been wor-
Shipping permit MS to steal, bat according
to what YOU said yesterday. the God Of
heaven and earth will not allow this. So
we bring back all these goods and we
ask toyou help us in taking them to the
places whore they belong If next Sab
bath ell the ministers in America should
preach sermons on The abuse Of trust
funds, and on the evils of purloining, and
the crmon were all blessed OF God. and
regulations were made that all these
things should be taken to the city halls.
il would not be long before every city
hall in America would be crowded from
cellar TO cupola.
DISHONESTY NEVER Pays
Let me say in the most emphatic man
ncr TO all young men, dishonesty viii
never pay.
An abbot wanted 10 buy a piece Of
ground and the Owner would not sell il.
but the owner finally consented Ia let it
to him untill he could raise one crop, and
the abbot sowed aCorns, a crop OF two
hundred years. And ! tell YOU, young
man, that the dishonestics which you
plant IN your heart and life will seem to
be very insignificant, but they will grow
up until they will o~vershadow YOU with
horrible darkness. overShadow all time
and all eternity 1t will not be a crop for
two hundred years. but d crop for ever
lasting ages.
have also ii word of comfort for all
who suffer from the malfcasancc of 9th
ers. and every honest man, woman and
child does suffer from what goes on in ii
nanCial scampdOm. Society is So bound
together that all the misfortuncs which
good people suffer in business matters
come from the misdceds Of others. Bear
up under distress. strong in God. He Will
see You through, though your misfortuncs
should be Ccntuplcd.
PHILOSOPHERS
tell rs that a column Of air A. miles III
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 AFRO how many or
how few dollars it would be hesc
for YOU TO have. Trust 10 His appoint
mcnt. The door viii soon open to let
YOU ont and Jet YOU up. What shock of
delight for men who for thirty years
have been in business anxiety when they
shall suddenly awake in everlasting holi-
day. On the maps Of the Arctic regions
there are two places whose names are re
~markablc, given, | suppose, by some
polar expedition: Cape Farewell and
Thank God lIarbor. At this last the
polaris wintercd in 1871, and the
Tigrcss in 1913. Some ships have passed
the cape, yet never reached the Harbor.
But from what | know OF many Of you,
| have concluded that though your voy
age Of life may be very rough, run into
by iccbergs on this side and icebergs on
that, you will in due time reach Cape
Farewell and there bid good bye to all
annoyances, and soon after drop anchor
in the calm and ilmperturbable waters of
Thank God Harbor. There the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary are
at rest.