Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-03-31
Ties, and commercial prosperity Is III De
established end perpetuated: Live within


established end porpetuated: Live within
your means
havo tho highest commercial authority
for saying that when the memorable trouble
broke out in Wall street four years ago
there were $225, 100000 in suspense which
had already been spent. Spend no moro
than you make. And let US adjust all our
business and our homes by the principles Of
the Christian religion.
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
hearts, and thon it ought to clean our lives.
Religion is not as some seem to think, q sort
of church delectation, q kind Of confectioa-
cry, q sort of spiritual caramel or holy gum
drop, or sanctilied peppermint, or theoloei-
cal annsthctic 1t is al 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 spectaces, and he will look
clear through to the back Of your head and
sec whether your religion Is q fiction or
fact. And you cannot hide your samples Of
sugar, or rice, or tea, or coffee il they IRE.
false; You. cannot hide them nnder sthe cloth:
Of O communion table All your prayers go
for nothing so long Is 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 lonns, and more discounts
/ than there really are, and when you give an
account of your Liabilities you do not men
ton all the unpaid dividends, and the United
! States ban; notes outstanding, and tho in
dividual deposits, and the obligations to other
banks and bankers An authority moro
scrutinizing than that Of any bank examiner
will 60 through and through and through
your business.
1 stand this morning before many who
have trust funds 1t is compliment to you
that you have been so intrusted but
charge you, i'll the presence Of God and the
world, be careful; be as careful of tho prop
erty of others as you are careful of your
OWL Above all, keep your own private ac-
count ut the bank separate from your ac-
count Us trustee OF an estate, or trustee of an
institution. That is the point at which thou
sands of people make shipwrcck. They get
the property of others mixed up with their
own properly, they put it into investment,
and away it oil goes, and they cannot return
that which they borrowed. Then comes the
explosion, and the money market is shaken,
and the pres; dcnounces, and the church
thunders expulsion. You have no right to
use the property of others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent,
unless they ore minors. II with their
,o;
well as you can, and it Is all lost,
you arc not to blame; you did tho best you
could; but do not come into the delusion
which has ruined so many men, Of thinking
because thing is in their possession, there
fore it is theirs. You have solemn trust
that God has given you LII this vast assem-
blage there may be some who have misappro-
priated trust funds Put them back, or, if
you have so hopelcssly involved them that
you cannot put them back, confess the whole
thing to those whom you have wrongcd, and
you will sleep better nights, and you will
have tie better chance for your soul. What
sad thing it would be if. after you are
dead, your administrator 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 misappro-
priated should suddenly fly to their owners,
and oil tho property that has been purloined
should suddenly go back to its owners, it
would crush into ruin every city in America.
Pacific preached on dishonesty, ana 'Jne fhet8J
morning he looked out of his window, and he
saw his yard full of goods of all kinds. Hc
wondered and asked the cause of all this
"1yell," said the natives, ''our gods that We
have been worshirping permit us to steal, but
according to what you said yesterday, the
God of heaven and earth will not allow this,
SO wo bring back oil these goods, and we ask
YOU to help us IL taking them to the places
where they bclongn II next Sabbath all the
ministers in America should preach sermons
OH the abuse Of trust funds, and on the evils
of purloining, aud the sermons were oil
blessed of God, and regulations were made
that all these things should be taken to the
city halls, it would not be long before every
city hall in America would be crowded from
cellar to cupola-
Let me say in tho most emphatic manner
to oil young mon, dishonesty will never pay.
An abbot wanted to buy piece Of ground,
and the owner would not sell 1t, but the
owner finally consented to let it to him until
be could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
acor1s, q crop of 200 years! And tell you,
Young man, that the dishonestics which you
plant in your heart and life will seem to be
very Insignificant, but they will grow up I'M
til they will overshadow you with horrible
darkness, overshadow oil time and all cter-
nifty 1t will MT be q crop for 200 years, but
q crop for everlasting ages.
I have also word Of comfort for all who
suffer from tho malfeasancc of others, and
, every honest man, woman and child docs
i suffer from what goes on i'll financial scamp
dom. Society is so bound together that all
the misfortunes which good people suffer in
] business matters come from the mlsdceds OF
; others. Bear up under distress, strong i'll
God. He will see you through, though your
, misfortunes should be centupled. Philoso-
pliers tell us that a column of air forty-hve
miles in height rests on every mans head aud
, 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 it
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
} A Dogs Accomplishments.
1t is no new thing, of course, for dogs to be
,,ol;ta for M hung, hair,-ess%.--s-=r