The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-15

n&xsaR war41re s..r e.~s-~ ~x.-s~,a.
From the p7rce s-sz-rc men have per-
ished- body. mint AMI esui-stnnd off.
stand OFT AharruI Isf.pis discussion
must step as<dr on til, QUESTION Faith
and repentAAc> arr Absolutely necessary,
but faith and repentance are no more
doctrines Of tho Bfble than commercial
integrity. Render to ali their dues.
Owe no man anything. And while I
mean to preach faisa and repentance,
more and mare 10 preaeh them, do not
mean to spend sny tins IN chasing the
Hittites and Jsbwisss asl QiFsashites Of
Bible times. whoa shsrs are 50 many
evils right around a destroying men and
women for time and for Sternity. The
greatest evanseffstfe preacher the world
ever saw, q man who died for his evan
gelisna, peerless Hsu1-wroes to the
Romans, Provide fAires honest Ia tho
sight Of all mm;" wrote to the CORN
thians, do that which is honest;''
wrote TO the Philippians, whatsoever
brews, .wil1ine IN al things b live
honestly Tho Bible says that faith
without works Is dead, which being Hber-
ally translated, means that II your bust.
ness life does not correspond with your
profession, your religion Is a humbug.
Here is something that needs to be
sounded into the ears Of an the young
men of America, and fterated and reiter-
ated, If this country b ever to be deliv-
cred from its calamities, and commercial
prosperity Is to be established and per-
petuated, live within your means.
have the highest commercial author
ity for saying that WREN the memorable
trouble broke out IN Wall street four
years ago there were $225, 0oo, 0eo In
suspense which had already been spent.
Spend ne moro than ron make.
And let NJ adjust al our business and
our homes by the principles Of the Chris
tan religion.
Our religion ought - mean Just as
much on Saturday and Monday as on the
day between, and not be a more peri
phrasis Of sanctity. Our religion ought
to first clean our hearts, and then it
ought to clean our lives. Religion is not,
as some sem to think. q sort Of church
delectalicn. q kind Of confectionery, a
sort Of spiritual caramel, or holy gum
drop, or sanctifed peppermint. or theo-
logical ancsihetic. It Is an omnipotent
principle, al controlling, an conquering.
You MAY get along with something less
than that. AMI yoH may deceive yourself
with it; i.,it rtr1 cannot deceive God, and
you cannot deceive rAe werld. The keen
business ma win nut on his spectacles,
and he LII LOOK clear through
to the ha: : OF Yonr head and SEQ
whether ,our religion Is fiction
or fact. Anf you cannot hide
your sr-1rle. ~ sugar, Of rice, or tea,
or coffee if sh-~ .rc false; you cannot
hide thea nn'1c- the cloth Of q com
munion tnlle. Ali your prayers 60 for
nothing *, ~. 2 =. you rnIsrepresent your
banking il,.i ltioa. ana In riie amount of
your ..-sourt es you put dswn more
specie, and more fractional currency. and
more clearing hou-e certificates, and
more legal tender notes. and mere loans,
and more discounts than there really are,
and when yo,, give An account of you,
liabilities yoa, 90 not fs,ention ali the un-
paid divi,..nds. and tlre United States
bank holes outstanding. and the indi-
vidual deposits, snd tho obligations to
other banks and bankers. An authority
more scrutinI.ins than that Of any banh
examiner VIII 20 through and through
and through your business.
/ stand this morning before many who
have trust funde. II is a compliment tc
you that you have been % intrusted but
charge you, in tho presence Of God and
tho world. be careful. be as careful of the
property Of others as you are careful OF
your own. Above all. keep your OWE
private account at the bank separate from
your account as tr,l.fee II an estate, OF
trustee OF an Institution. That is the
point at which thousands Of people make
shipwreck. They as fAe property o.
others mixed tip w1i:, their ewn property
they put Is into investment. and away j
all goes, and theY eannos return tina
which they borrowed Then comes the ex
plOsion. and the MONEY market IS shaken
and tine ia~ss deaouIsoes. and tire church
thundt1s ekI Gi.fon. You have NO right t.
use the ynxyErty Cd others, except TO
their advantage, nor without consent, un
less they we niintrx- n, with their con
sent, yca Invest thctr property 80 well a
you can. aad 1t Is ali lost yeu are not t.
blame; yott did the hest Yeu could, bu
do not t<e.se ifzto the delusion which liza
ruined *, many men, Of thinking becaus
tflingis IN tAAik poaessAna. therefore 4
is theirs YoN have . soleAan trust thai
God las Hfvca you In this vast essen
blnge tiSre may be some who have mis-
| appropriated trust faHds. Put then
hack. Gu, 4 ye1 have 50 hope4essly in
viewed siem sAas zen Gamma
put them bAeA, seafe0 tho who'll
| thing to these whom you have ~rorged
| and rau via &ee, bester nights
| and yoN via have IRE bother chance TO
| your eori- WAss sad thing k woult
be If. after yoa are dead, your admins
tratm sAo~A Aaa sxs from the accoun
books, 81 from shs Eaek II vouchers, tina
you not snty were bunkrups IN estate
but urat yea bss yeer soul. II all tn
| trust funds tAss havs been misappropri
ated should suddenly Ay b their owners
and ali the property that has been pur
| owners, 1t weald crush into ruin ever,
| city In Asasr<ea.
| A r14sR9, mary n one q tbs fhaslds o
the Paoftfe PREACHED - dishonesty, an,
the NEXT saoz.rine 10 pe}red ant Of hi
window. sna he saw his yard fh:f of good
Of an kinda He w~rAercd ard :..l1ed tn
cause of al esis sWeH.'' s<zlri the ma
tives, .-om fods dsss w irr~e >beel
| wUFshfpiRg fern1ie ~ - seeaA but nc
cordfng - what yea ssid yesterday, tn
God Of heMves aza earcA win rat allow
this, % We b1fAg bWe4 al tisS-" goods
and we eSk - - help ~ ii taarin,
them to Che pasees whers tAc. belong.
II aczt 6abteN n fAs fr:n bsers 1,
America GAes41 prcseA sexr<r.s on til
abuse ct trust hen1 .zsA Q. tho evils O
pur}o;: inx. sal -. sessz1,.,s wero a
blessed 4 Goa, ara rr:za,-sa,n. wer
made that al Gtr.e tssi,rrs s.ould b
taken 10 TIE city hSffs. u wond not b
long before Every efs- haf3 IN -Americ
would be crowded fso-a cellar to cupola
Let me say II me nsose emphatic man
ner 10 an yvnne mem. dishonesty wi
never pay.
An abbot wa1teA Z. boy piece g
| ground ara fAe ev1 - would r,srf sell il