Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-12

OuI Teti-lou ouSht 70 n can IIiSt nS nlCb
on Saturday and Monday a. on the dav be.
tween, aud not as u mere periphrasis of sane.
tity. Our religion Ought 10 FIRST clean our
hearts and then it Ought TO clean our lives.
Religion Is not, as some seem 10 think, a sort
Of church delectatiOn, a kind OF cOnfection-
cry, sort Of spiritual caramel OF holy gum
drop, or sanctitied peppermint, or theOlOgi-
cal aDaasthetIc. 1t is an OmnipOtsnt princi-
pie, all controlling, all cOnquering. You
may get along with something les, than that,
and you may deceive yOurself with II: but
you cannot deceive God, and YOU cannot
deceive the world. The keen business man
will put on his s9ectacles, aud hs will look
clear through to the back Oi your heal and
see whether your religion il fiction or a
fact And you cannot hide your samples Of
sugar, or rice, or tea, or coffee If they are
false; You cannot hide them under the cloth
of a communion table. All your prayers go
for nothing SO long as you lnlSrepresent your
banking institution, and in the amount of tine
resources you put down mere spscie, and
moro fractional currency, and moro clearing
house certificates, and moro legal tender
notes, and moro loans, and mors 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 Unitei
States ban notes outstanding, and the in
dividual deposits, and tho obligations 10 other
banks and bankers. An authority more
scrutinizing than that of any bank examiner
will go through and through and through
your business.
/ stand this morning before many who
have trust funds. IL Is a compliment 20 you
that You have been 50 intrusted; but
charge you. in the presence Of God and ths
world, be careful; be as careful OF the prop
erty OF others as you arc careful OF YOUR
own Above all, keep your own private &c
count at the bank separate from your &C
count As trustee of an estate, or trustee of au
institution That Is tine point at which thou
sands Of people make shIpwreck They get
the property of oth,cS mixed up with their
own property, they put it into slvestnient,
and away 1t all goes, and they canDCJ return
that which they borrowed. Then comes the
explosion. and the money market Is shaken,
and the pres denOunceS, GAl tho church
thundeys expulsion You have no right to
use the property of others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent,
unless they are minors. II with their
consent you invest their property as
VOL ~ YOU can, and it il all lost,
you are not to blame; you did the best YOU
could; but do not come into the delusion
which has ruined SO many men, Of thinking
berauSe thing IL in t5eIr possession, there
fore 1t is theirs. You have a solemn trust
that Col has gwen you. In this vast assem-
blage there may be some who lave miSappro-
prIated trust funds. Put them back, or, if
You have 81 hope!essly involved them that
You cannot put them back, confes. the whole
thin; to those whom yoI have wronged, and
you will sleep better nights, and YOU will
nave the better chance for your soul What
a sad thing 1t 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 II all
the trust funds that have been misappro-
priated should suddenly fly to their owners.
and all the property that has been purlolned
should suddenly go back t. its OWNERS 1t
would crush into ruin every city in America.
A missionary III Ono VI tine islands OF the
Pacific preached on dishonesty, and the next
morning he looked out Of his window, and he
saw his yard full OF goods OF ali kinds. He
wondered and asked the cause Of all this.
well, said the natives, our gods that We
have been wU.shipping permit Us 10 steal, but
according " what you said yesterday. the
God of heaven and earth viii not allow this,
SO We brIug back ali tuese goods, and We ask
you to help Us in taking them to the PLACES
wEerc they belong Il next Sabbath all the
ministers i'll America should preach sermons
on the abuse Of trust funds, and on the evils
Of purloining, and the sermons were all
blessed OF God, and regulations were made
that all these things should 10 taken To the
city halls, it would not Le long before every
city hall IL America would be crowded from
cellar 10 cuyola-
Let Inc say i'll the most emphatic manner
to all youu. men, dishonesty viii never pay.
An abbot wanted to buy u piece Of ground,
and the owner would not sell it, but the
owner finally consented to let 1t to him until
he could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
scorI.s, a crop of 2UO years! And | tell YOU,
young man, that the dlshonesties which you
plant in your heart and life will seem to be
very insignificant, but they VIII grow up un-
til they will overShadOw you with horrible
darkness, oyershadnw all time and ali eter-
nifty. IL will not be q crop for 2Oc yearS, but
q crop for everlasting AGES.
l have also q word OF comfort for all WHO
slfTer from the malfeaSance Of Others and
every honest man, woman and child does
suffer from what go-,s on in financial scamp
dom. Society is 50 bound together that all
the misfortuncs which good peopi, suffer in
business matters come from the m.S,l.-siS ~
others. Bear up under distress, strong in
God. He will see YOU through, though your
misfortuues should Ia cen,upled Philoeo-
pliers tell Us that column of air forty t,re
m I..S IL, h.,ih, r,.,tS on ,.Y.r mans head nj
shoulders But that Is nothing comparoi
with tho 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 10 havc. Trust TO bis
appointment. The door will soon open 20
Iet You OH and let you up. What shock of
delight for men who for thirty years hRve
bren in business anxiety when tsey sha:! s'li
denly awake in everlasting holiday. On the
maps of the Arctic regions there are two
places whose names are remarkable, given,
suppose, by some Polar expedition Cape
Farewell and Thank God Harbor" At this
last the Polaris winterrd in 1871, and the
Tigress in 1873. Some ships have passed the
cape, vet never reached tine harbOr. But
from what know of many Of YOU, have
concluded that though your voyage Of life
may be very rough, run into by iccberss on
this side and icehergs on that, you will i'll
due time reach Cape Farewell and there bid
good-by to all annoyanceS. and soon after
drop anchor in the caIp and imperturbable
waters of Thank God Iiarbor. There the
wicked cease from troubling, and the weary
are at rest"
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