The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-29

certificates Of stocks, gets a multitude OF
country people to put their small earnings
into an enterprise for carrying on some un-
developed nothing, he does not fraudulently
take their money, he only borrows. When
young man with easy access to his employers
money drawer, or the confidential clerk by
close propinuulty to the account books, takes
o rev dollars for Wall street excursion ne
expects to put it back; he will put it all
back; he will put IL all back very soon. He
only borrows. What is needei is some man
of gigantic limbs to take his place at the
curbstone in front of Trinity Church, and
when that word borrow comes bounding |
along, kick it clean through to Wall street
ferry boat and il, striking on that, 1t bounds
clear over till it strikes Brooklyn heights or
Brooklyn hill, it will be well for the City OF
Churches
Why, when you are going to do wrong,
pronounce so long b word as borrow, word
of six letters, when you can get shorter
word more descriptive of the reality, word
of only five letters, the word steal' :,
There are times when we all borrow, and
borrow legitimately and borrow with the
divine blessing for Christ in His sermon on
the mount enioins: "From him that would
borrow or thee turn not thou away" A
young man rightly borrows money to get
his education. Purchasing a house and not
able 10 pay all down in cash. the purchaser
rightly borrows it on mortgage. Crises
come III DuSlneSS Wleu IL Wouio 70 VI ioho
for a man not to borrow. But l roll tins
warning through all these aisles, over the
backs Of all these pews, never borrow to
speculate; not dollar, not cent, not
farthing. Young men. young men, warn
you by your worldly prospects and the value
of your immorta, souls, do not do 1t.
If had only worldly weapon to 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 l have better warning
than a worldly warning. From the place
where men have pershe l-body, mind and
soul-stand Of stind of! Abstract pulpit
discussion must aside on this question. Faith
and repentefice 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 anything.
And while l mean to preach faith ana re-
pentence more and more to preach them, do
not mean to 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 and women for time
| and for eternity. The greatest evangelstlc
| preacher the world ever saw, man who
died for his vangeism-peerless Paul
wrote to the Romans: ''Provide things hon
est in the sight of all men, wrote to the
Corinthians: I" Do that which is honest" !"
wrote to the Philippians: whatsoever
things are honest" wrote to the Hebrews:
"Willng in all things to live honestly" The
Bible says that faith without works is dead,
which being literally translated, means that
if your business life does not correspond
with your profession, your religion is hum
bug.
Our religion ought to mean just as much
on Saturday and Monday as on the day be-
tween, and not as mere periphrasis of sane
| tity Our religion ought to first clean our
.l | hen rte and thpp il nnpnt tO clean lives.
Religion is not, as some seem to think, sort
of church delectation, a kind of confection-
cry, sort OF spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop, or sanctifed peppermint, or theologl'
cal anasthe tic. 1t is an omnipotent princi-
Pile, all controlling, all conguering. You
may get along with something less than that
and you may deceive yours ta IT ~
you cannot deceive God, ald r2H
deceive the world. The keea
will put on his spectacles, a. lR
clear through to the back { your 3, q
see whether your religion a fiction rt q
fact. And you cannot hide youc E1glls
sugar, or rice, or tea, or cofee Ii Uley .
false; YOU cannot hide them under the cloth
of a communion table. All your prayers &c
for 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 & We IN
account Of your liabilities you co not men.
tion all the unpaid dividends, and the United
States bank notes outstanding, and the in
dividual deposits, and the obi cations 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 in the most emphatic manner
to 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 to let it to him unit
he could raise one crop and the abbot so"eG
acorns, a crop of 20O years! And l tell you
young man, that the dishonesties which yol
plant in your heart and life will seem to b.
very Insignificant, but they will grow up un
til they will overshadow you with horrible
darkness, overshadow all time and all eter
nifty. 1t will not be a crop for 200 years, bu
a crop for everlasting ages.
I have also word of comfort for all VIII
suffer from the malfeasance of others, an
every honest man, woman and child doe
suffer from what goes on in financial scamp
, dom. Society is SO bound together that a.
the misfortunes which good people suffer i
business matters come from the misdeeds
others. Bear up under distress, strong i
t God He will see you through, though you
: misfortune should be centupled. Philost
pliers tell us that column of air forty-fv
miles In helght rests on every mans heitu an
{ shoulders But that is nothing compare
, with the pressure that business life has pr
. upon many of yon God made up his min
8 long ago how many or how few dollars,
+? would be best for you to have. Trust to h
: appointment The door will soon open
| let you out and let you up. What shock
delight for men who for thirty years hay
been in business anxiety when they shall su. "
: denly awake in everlasting holiday On II
:. maps of the Arctic regions there are tv
= places whose names are remarkable, given,
y suppose. by some Polar expedition: "CaI
! FAREWELL and "Thank God Harbor." At tn
> last the Polaris wintered in 1871, and u
:; Tigress in 1873 Some ships have passed Il
;. J. cape, yet never reached the harbor. b
,, y from what know of many of you, ha
]. concluded that, though your voyage OF Ii
o may be very rough, run into by icebergs
" this side and icebergs on that, you will
due time reach Cape Farewell and there b
,e goodbye to all annoyances, and soon aft
in drop anchor in the calm and imperturbat
n waters of Thank God Harbor. "There t