Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-24


head ami see whether your religion r. q fctlos
or a fact And yen cannot hide your samples
of sugar, or rice, or tea or coffee II they ara
false: you cannot hide them under the cloth
Of a communion table. All your lrayers gc
for nothing so bong rs you mlsrepresent youg
banking institution, and In The amount OF rc-
sources you put down more specie, and mora
fractional currency, and more clearinghouse
certificates, and more legal tender notes and
more lOsDs, aud more discounts than there
really are. and when you give an account OF
your liabilities yon do not mention all the un-
paid dividends aud United States bank notes
outstanding, and the individual deposits. and
the obligations 10 other banks and bankers.
An authority more scrufiniz ny than that OF
any bank examiner viii 10 through and
through and through your business
! stand this morning before many who have
trust funds. 1t Is compliment TO you
that You have been so Entrusted; but
God and the world, be careful, be as careful
Of the property OF others YOU are careful OF
your own Above all, keep your own private
account at the bank separate from your ac-
count as trustee Of az estate, or trustee Of an
institution. That is the point at which thou
sands Of people make shiDwreck. They get
the property of othtrs mixed up with their
own property, they put Il into investment, aud
away II all goes, and they cannot return that
which thew borrowed. Then comes the ex-
he press denounces,. and the church thunders
expulsion. You have no right to use the
property OF others, except for their adYsnt-
1ge, nor without their consent, unless they
SIRE minors. IL 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
gou could but do not come into the delusion
which has ruined so many men, Of thinking
because thingis in their possession, there
fore Il is theirs. You have solemn trust thas
frf6 has given In this aegamhlap@
there may be some who have misappropriated
trust funds. Put them back, or II you have
30 hopelessly 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 bet
ter chance for your soul. What sad thing
1t would be. II after you are dead your admin
istrator should find out from the account
books. or from the lack OF vouchers, that YOU
not only were bankrupt in estate, but that
you lost your soul. If all the trust funds that
have been Incorporated should suddenly
fy N their owners, and all the property that
has been purloined should suddenly go back
To its owners. 1t 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 Of his window, and be
saw his yard full of goods of all kinds. lie
wondered and asked the cause of all this.
I ''Well,n said the natives, ''our gods that we
have been worsbiping permit us to steal, but
according TO what yuu said yesterday, the
| God Of heaven aud earth viii not allow this.
so we bring back all these goods, and we ask
| YOU to help us in taking them 10 the places
where they belong.n III next Sabbath all the
1 innisters,in America should preach sermons
| on the abuse of trust funds, and on the evils
| Of pnrioining, aud the sermons we're all bless
/ ed Of God, and regulations were made that all
/ lese things should be taken 10 the city halls,
/ would not be long before every city hall in
| America would be crowded from cellar 10
4 :upola-
l Let me saw In the most emphatic manner 10
/ all young men, dishonesty will never pay. An
i abbot wanted to buy piece of ground and
1 the owner would not sell il, but the owner
/ finally consented to let IL to him until he
| could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
aeorns, crop OF two hundred 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
4 grow up until they will overshadow you with
| horrible darkness, oTershadow all time and all
| eternity. 1t will not he crop for two hun
dred years, but crop for everlasting ages.
have also word of comfort for all who
| suffer from the malfeasance of Others, and
| every honest man, woman and child does suf-
| fer from what goes on 10 financial scaInpdom.
| Society is so bound together that all the mis-
fortunes which good people suffer in business
matters come from the misdeeds of Others.
| Bear up under distress, strong In God
| He will see YOU through. though your misfor.
| tunes should be centuped. philosophers tell
us that column of air As miles in height
rests on every mans head and shoulders. But
| that is nothing compared with the pressure
that business life has liut upon many Of you.
| God made up His mind long ago how many or
| how few dollars 1t would be best for you 10
have. Trust to his appointment. The door
will soon 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 remarkable. Civ
en-. / suppose, by some Polar Expedition
Cape Farewell'' and THANK God Harhor. "
AT this last 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 con
Guided that though your voyage of life may
be very rough, run into by iceDergs on this
side and icebergs on that, YOU will in due
time reach Cape Farewell and there bid good
bre to all annoyanees, and soon after droJ
anchor in the calm and imperturbable waters
of Thank God Harbor There the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary are a
rest"