Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-03-21

that Tod who thunders against this sin
"Fiew said Cardinal Beaufort. "fei can't
death be hired! is money nothingl must
die. and so richs if the owning Of the whole
realm would save me, | could get it nv
policy or by purchase-by money.n No.
death would not be hired then: he will NOT
be hired now. Men of the world often regret
that they have to leave their money here
when they go away from the world. You
ran tell from what they say in
chief sorrows is that they have to leave their.
money. break that delusion. | tell that
bride taker that he will take his money with
him. God will v--ap it up in your shroud. or
put it In the palm OF your hand in resurrec-
ton. and there it will lie. not the coo. bright
shining gold as it was on the day when YOU
sold your vote and your moral principle. but
there it will lie, hot metal, burning and
/, Consuming Jou" hand forever. Or, il there
be enough OF it for a chain, then
| it will fall from the wrist clank-
ing the fetters of an eternal captivity The
nrioe Is an everlasting possession You take
II for time, you take it for eternity. Some
1av in the next world. when Won are long
ing Tor sympathy, you will feel on your
cneeK KISS Looking up you will find It to
De Judas, who took thirty pieces Of silver as
DriDe and finished the bargain by putting
! Divine Master.
Another wrong use of money ia seen in
che abuse Of trust funds. Every man dur
ing the course Of his life, on a larger or
smaller scale, has the property of others
committed to his keeping. He is so far
safety deposit, he is an administrator. and
| holds in his hand the interest of the
family Of deceased friend Or he is an
attorney, AMI through his custody goes the
| payment from debtor to creditor or he is
the collector for business house
which compensates him for the response
| bilitY; or he is treasurer for charitable
! institution and he holds aims contributed for
the suffering; or he is an official Of the city
| Or the State or the nation. and taxes. and
| subsidies, and salaries, and supplies are in
his keeping. 1t is as solemn a trust as God
Fan make it, Ii is concentred and multi
piled condolences. On that man de-
| Ponds the support of bereft household or the
| morals of dependents. or the right of move
nent Of a thousand wheels of social mechan-
ism. A man may do what he will with his
own but he who abuses trust funds, in that
,ne act commits theft, falsehood, per-
jury and becomes in all the intensity
Of the word, a miscreant How many
widows and orphans there are with
nothing between them and starvation
nut sewing machine, or held up out OF the
vortex OF destruction simply by the thread
Of a needle, red with their own hearts blood.
who little while ago had. by father and
husband, left them competency. What is
the matterl The administrators or the exc
cutors have sacrificed it-running risks
with it that they would not nave
dared to encounter IN their own private af
fairs. How often it is that man will earn
a livelihood by the sweat OF his brow, and
then die. and within few months all the es-
tate goes into the stock gambling rapids of
Wall Street. How often is il that you have
known the man to whom trust funds were
committed taking tham out of the savings
bank and from trust companies, and adj
nj hpfaaGtaQls iufO
hard cash, and then putting the entire estate
INTO the vortex of speculation. Emhezzle-
nlent is an easy word to pronounce, but it
has ten thousand ramiiicatons of horror.
There is not a city that has not suffered
from the abuse OF trust funds. Where is the
SQUIRT house. or the city hall, or the jail or
the postoflice, or the hospit Al, that in the
building of it has not had political jobl
Long before the new Court House in New
York city was completed, it cost over $l2,
100000. Five millions six hundred and
;ixty-three thousand dollars for furniture.
For plastering and repairs, S2,3io,OJ0.
For plumbing and gas works,
81, 23l,S17. For awnings, S23, 553
The bills for three months coming to
the nice little sum OF SIS. Isl. i9S. 80 There
was not an honest brick, or stone, or lath, or
mali, or foot of plumbing, or inch of plaster
ing. or ink stand, or door knob in the whole
establishment
That bad example was followed in many of
the cities which did not steal quite so much
because there was not so much to steal.
There ought TO be a closer inspection and
there ought to be less opportunity for embez-
Element Lest a man shall take five cent
piece that does not belong 10 him, the con-
ductor of the city horse car must
sound his bell at every payment, and
we are very cautious about small oifenses,
but give plenty OF opportunity for sinners on
A large scale to escape. For boy who steals
a loaf of bread from a corner grocer to keep
his mother from starving to DEATH prison;
but for defrauders who abscond with half a
million OF dollars, castle on the Rhine, or.
waiting until the offense is forgotten, then
castle on the Hudsopl
Another remark needs to be made, and
that is that people ought not TO go into
places, into busiS.ss, or into positions, where
the temptation is mightier than their
character If there be large sums of money
to be handled and the man is not sure of his
own integrity you have no right TO run an
unseawuriay craft into IN euroclYdon. A
man can tell by the sense of weakness
or strength in tho presence OF bad oppor-
tunity whether he is in a safe place. How
many parents make an awful mistake when
they put their BOYS i'm banking houses and
stores and shops aud factories and places of
solemn trusts, without once discussing
whether they can endure the temptation.
You give the hoy plenty OF money and have
no account of il, and make the way
down become very easy, anu SOu
may put upon him pressure
then he cannot stand. There are men who
go into positions full Of temptation, con-
sidering only the one fact that they are
lucrative positions. say 10 the young
people here this morning, dishonesty VIII
not pay in this world or il the world to
come.
An abbot wanted TO buy a piece Of ground
and the owner would not sell it, but the
owner finally consented to let it to him until
he could raise one crop. aud the abbot sowed
acorns. a crop of two hundred years
And tell you, young man. that the DIS
honesties which you plant In your
heart and life will see to be very insigni-
fcant. but they will grow up until they will
overshadow you with horrible darkness,
overshadow all time and all eternity. II
will not be a crop for two hundred years,
but crop for everlasting ages.
| stand this morning before many VINO
have trusted funds. 1t is compliment 70 I
you that you have heen so intrusted but ! /
charge YOU, in the presence OF God ana We /
world. ie careful: be as carelu =. /
property of others as yea ,I are sou gar ewn
~ vour own. Above all. keep your ~"
- ,,o,ut at the bank sepdtat0 i