The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-25

borrow Of thee turn not thou away A
young man rightly borrows money To get
bis educailn. Purchasing a house and not
ale o paw all down in cash. the purchaser
rightly borrows IL on mortgage. Cr.ses
come in business whoa il would be wrong
for q man not to borrow. But l Toll this
warning through all these aises, over the
backs OF ell these paws, never borrow TO
speculate; not a dollar. not cent, not a
farthing. Young men, young men, l warn
you by your worldly prospects and the value
OF your immortal souls, do not do it.
II had only a worldly weapon TO use on
this subject | would give you the fact fresh
from the highest authority, that 20 per cent
Of those who 20 into speculation in Wall
street lose all. but l have better warning
than a worldly warning. From the place
where men have perished-body, mind and
soul-stand Of, st1nd of Abstract pulpit
discussion must aside on this QUESTION Faith
and repentance are absolutely necessary, but
faith aud repentance are no more doctrines
Of the Bible than commercial integrity. Rem
der % al their dues Owe no man anything.
And while | mean to preach faith and re-
pentence. more and more 20 preach them, do
not mean 10 spend any time in chasing the
Hittites and Jebusites and Girgasites Of Bible
times. when there are so many evils right
AROUND Us destroying men AMI women for time
aud for eternity. The greatest evangellstic
preacher the world ever saw. a man who
died for his evangelism-peerless Paul.
wrote 20 the Romans: Provide things hon
est in the sight Of all men, wrote 70 the
Corinthians: " Do that which Is honeSt;n
wrote to the Philippians: ''WhaIsoever
things are honest;n wrots to the Hebrews:
Willing in all things 70 live honestly The
Bible says that faith without works is dead,
which being literally TRANSLATED, means that
il your business life does not correspond
with your profession, your religion is hum
bug.
Our religion ought 10 mean Just as much
on Saturday aud Monday as on the day be-
tween and not asa mere periphrasis OF sane
tty. Our religion ought to first clean our
hearts, and then II ought TO clean our lives
Religion is not. rs some seem to think, a sort
OF church delectation. kind OF CONNECTION
cry, a sort Of spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop, or sanctifed peppermint, or theologi-
cal anasthttic Ii Is an omnIpotent princi-
pie all controlling, all cOnquering. You
may get along with something less than that,
and you may deceive yourself with it; but
you cannot deceive God, and you cannot
deceive the world The keen business man
will put on his speetacles, and he viii look
clear through 20 the back Of your head and
see whether your religion is a fiction or a
fact. And you cannot hide your samples of
sugar, or rice, or tea. or coffee II they are
false: you cannot hide them under the cloth
Of communion table. All your prayers go
banking Institution, and in the amount of the
resources you put down more specie, and
more fractional currency, and more clearing
house certificates and more legal tender
notes and more loans, and more discounts
than they really are, and when you give an
account Of your liabilities you do not men
fion all the unpaid dividends and the United
States bank notes outstanding, and the in
dividual deposits, and the obligations to other
hanks and bankers. An authority more
scrutinizing than that Of any bank examiner
viii 20 through and through and through
your business
Let me say in the most emphatic manner
TO all young men, dishonesty will never pay.
An abbot wanted 70 buy piece Of ground,
and tie owner would not sell it, but the
owner finally consented TO let il 10 him until
he could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
ncorns a crop Of 800 years. And / tell you,
young man. that the dishonesties which YOU
plant in your heart and life will seem to be
very Insignificant, but they will grow up I'M
Ill they will overshadOw you with horrible
darkness, oyershadow all time and all eter-
nifty. Il Will not he a crop for 200 years, but
a crop for everlasting ages
have also a word of comfort for all VINO
suffer from the nfalfeasance of others, and
every honest man. woman and child does
suifer from what goes en- in financial scamp
dom Society is SO bound together that all
the misfortunes which good people suffer il
business matters come IRON the misdeeds OF
Others Pear up under distress, strong in
God He will see you through, though your
misfortune should be centuplei. Philoso-
Pliers tell US that a column Of air fOrty-nve
miles in 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 ago how many or how few dollars II
would he best for Won TO have Trust to his
appointment. The door will soon open 70
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 sud-
denly awake IN everlasting holiday. On the
maps OF the Arctic regions there are TWO
places whose names are remarkable, given, l
suppose. by some Polar expedition: Cape
Farewell and Thank God Harbor.n At this
Inst the Polaris wintered in 1871, and the
Tigress in 1873. Some ships have passed the
cape, vet never reached the harbor. But
from what know Of many Of you. have
concluded that. though your voyage Of life
may he very rough. run into by icebergs on
this siie 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 imPerturbable
waters Of Thank God Harbor. There the
wicked cease from troubling, and the weary
ara al rest.