West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-03-22

few dollars for Wall street excursion, he
expects 70 put it back he will put Il all
oack; ne viii put IL all back very soon. He
only oorrowS What Is needed Is some man
curhstone i'm front OF Trinity Church, and
when that word borrow comes bounding
along kick IL clean through to Wall street
Terry boat. and IL. striking ON that IL bounds
clear over till IL strikes Brooklyn heights or
BROOKLYN hill, IL will be well for the City of
Churches -
Why. when you are going 10 do wrong,
pronounce so long word as borrow, a word
OF SIX letters, when you can get shorter
word more descriptive OF the reality, a word
or only I've letters, the word steali
There are times when we all borrow. and
borrow legitimately, and borrow with tie
divine blessing, for Christ in His sermon on
the mount en- ioins; From him that would
borrow OF thee turn not thou away" A
young man rightly borrows money TO get
his education. Purchasing a house and not
able pay all down in cash. the purchaser
rightly borrows IL on mortgage. Crises
come in business when IL would be wrong
for man not TO borrow. But 4 roll this
warning through all these aisies, over the
backs OF al these pews, never borrow 70
speculate; not a dollar, not a cent, not a
farthing. Young men. young men. / warn
you by your worldly prospects and the value
OF your immortal souls, do not do H..
IL had only worldly weapon 10 use on
this subject would give you the fact fresh
from the highest authority. that 20 per cent.
Of those who go into speculation In Wall
street lose all, but i have a better warning
than worldly warming. From the place
where men have perished--body, mind and
soul-stand OF, 50 nd Of Abstract pulpit
discussion must aside on this question Faith
and repentance are absolutely necessary. but
faith and repentance are no more doctrines
OF the Bible than commercial integrity. Rem
DER TO all their dues. Owe no man an thing.
And while / moan TO preach faith and re-
pentence, more and more TO preach them, do
not mean TO spend any time I'm chasing the
Utilities and Jebusites and Girgasitesof Bible
times, when there are so many evils right
around us destroying men and women for time
and Tor eternity. The greatest evangelistic
preacher the world ever saw a mar who
died for his evangelism-peerless Paul
wrote TO the Romans: provide things hon
est in the sight of all men," wrote TO the
corinthians: DO that which is honest;"
wrote to the Philippians whatsoever
things are honest;" wrote TO the Hebrews:
willing in all things to live honestly" The
Bible says that faith without works is dead,
which being literally translated, means that
II your business life does not correspond
bug.
Our religion ought to mean just as much
on Saturday and Monday as on the day be-
tweeni and not asa mere periphrasis of sane
tlty. Our religion ought TO first clean our
hearts, and then it ought to clean our lives
heilgion IS not, as some seem TO think, a sort
cry, sort OF spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop or sanctified peppermint or theologi-
cal anRsthetic 1t Is an omnpotent 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
viii put on his spectacles, and he will look
clear through to the back of your head and
see whet er your religion is a fiction or q
tact. And you cannot hide your samples of
sugar, or rice or tea, or coffee il they are
false; you cannot hide them under the cloth
OF ora a communion table All your prayers go
Tor nothing so long as you misrepresent your
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
ton all the unpaid dividends and the United
states bank notes outstanding, and the in
dlvidual deposits, and the obi gations to other
banks and bankers. An authority more
scrutinizing than that of any bank examiner
will go through and through and through
your business.
Let me say i'm the most emphatic manner
20 all young men, dishonesty will never pay.
An abbot wanted to buy piece of ground {,
and the owner would not sell IT, but the
owner finally consented 10 let il to him until
he could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
acorns, n crop of, 200 years. And 1 tell Won
young man, that the dishonestics which YOU
plant in your heart and life viii seem to be
very Insignificant but they will grow up un-
I'll they viii overslIadow you with horrible
darkness, overshadow all time and all eter-
nifty. lt will not be n crop for 300 years. but
a crop for everlasting ages.
have also wordof comfort for all who
suffer from the malfeasance of others, and
every honest man, woman and child does
suffer from what goes on in financial scamp
dom. society as so bound together that all
the mistortunes which good people suffer in
business matters come from the misdeeds of
others. Bear mp un'er distress, strong in
God. He will see you through, though your
misfortune should be centupled. Philoso-
pliers tell us that n column of air forty.five
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 1t
would be best for YOU TO 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 sud-
denly awake i'm 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
last the Polaris wintered i'm 1871 and the
Ifgress in 1918. Some ships have passed the
cape, yet never reached the harhor But
from what know OF many of you, have
concluded that, though your voyage 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 imperturbable
waters OF Thank God Harbor. ''There the
wicked cease from troubling, and the weary
are at rest
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