The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13

the property OF others as you are careful Of
your own. Above all, keep your own private
account at the bank separate from your ac-
count as trustee of an estate, or trustee Of an
institution. That is tie point at which thou
sands of people make spwreck. 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 explo-
sion, and the money market is shaken, and The
press denounces. and the church thundeIs ex.
pulsion You have right TO use the ~rolcytv
of others, eXceOt for their advantage nor
without consent, unless they are miners. lie
with their consent you invest their property as
well as you can, and it is all lost, you are not
to blame; you did the best you
tie delusion which has ruined NED
so many men, of thinking because thing is
in their possession, therefore it is theirs You.
have solemn trust that God has given you.
In this vast assemblage there may be some
who have msapproprated trust funds. Put
them back, or, If you have SO hopeessly in.
volved them that you can not put them lack,
confess the whole thing to those whom yo.a
have wron9ed, and you viii Sleep better
nights, and you will have the bet,et chance
Tor your soul. What sad thing it would be,
II after you are dead your ad ulinistrator Should
md out from the account books or from the
lack of vouchers, that you not only were
bankrupt in es ate, but ti.at you lost your soul
II all the trust funds that have been misap-
propriated should suddenly fly to their own
ers, and all the property that has Leon pur-
!oned should suddenly go back to its owners,
1t would crusI into ruin every city in : merica.
a missionary in one of the islands OF the Pa
chic preached on dishonesty, and lie next
morning he looked out of his window, and he
saw his yard fall OF goods of ali kinds. lie
wondered and asked the cause of all this.
Nv ell, said the natiyes "our gods tndU we
have been Worshpping permit us to steal but
according to what you said yesterday, the God
OF heaven and earth will not allow this so we
<nil ti,pca dc II
help us in taking them to the places where
they belong If next Sabbath all the minis
ters in America should preach sermons on the
abuse OF trust funds, and on the evils OF pur-
Joining, and the sermons were all blessed of
God, and regulations were made thai all these
things should he taken to the city halls. it
would not be long before every city hall ia
America would be crowded from cellar to
cupola.
Let me say in the most emphatic manner
to all young men, dishonesty will never pay.
AZ abbot wanted 10 buy piece of ground
and the owner would not sell it. but the owner
finally consented 10 let it to him till he could
raise one crop. and the abbot sowed acorrs a
crop OF two hundred years. Aud tell YOU,
young man that the dshonesties which YOU
plant in your heart and life will seem 10 be
very insignificant, but they will grow np until
they will ogershadow you with horrible dark
ness. overshadow all time and all eternity. 1t
VIII not be a crop for two hundred years, but a
crop for everlasting ages.
nave 'tiSO ~ WtGu Gl comfort lCl all tHOS6
| who suffer from the malfeasance of others,
| and every honest man. woman and child does
| suffer from what gees in financial scamp
| dom. Society is so bound together that all tho
| misfortunes which good people suffer in bus
mess matters come from the misdecds of others.
| Bear up under distress, strong in God.
| lie will see you through, though your misfor-
| tunes should be centupled. Philosophers tell
| us that column OF air forty-tiye miles n
| height rests on every mans head and Shout
! ders. 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 it would be best for
| you to have. Trust to His appointment. The
| door will sooE 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 suddenly awake in everlasting
! holiday. On the maps of the Arctic regions
| there are two places whose names are remark
| able, given, l suppose, by some polar expedi-
| ton: Cape FAREWELL and "Thank God
! Harbor." At this last the Polaris winte red in
| 1871, and the Tigress in 1879. Some ships have
| passed the cape. yet never reached the harbor.
| But from what know of-many OF you, / have
| concluded that though your Voyages of
| life may be very rough, run into by icebergs
| 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 impcrtnrbable
| waters of Thank God lIarbor. "There the
wicked cease from troubling. and the weary
| are at rest"