Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18
Sundays SERMON.
/, oP REV. DIR. TALMAGEs
srFRLING DIsCoURsEs.
.,,u. The Slaughter preached
at ST. Louis, Mo-

-erls VII, q.
IN. is nothing in the voice or manner of
1es.tcber 10 indicate to the OK that there
~ ahead The OK thinks he is going on
~. -'ab nasture field of clover, where all day
al ~ I'm revel in the herbaceous luxuri
! f,t after a while the men and the boys
~. mon him with sticks and stones and
IN and drive him through bars and
norway. where he is fastened. and
well aimed stroke the ak fells
nd 81 the anticipation of the redolent
..rs feld is completely disappointed. So
voung man has been driven on by
-.4stiou 10 what he thought would be
...tfi;Jaca enjoyment; but after while in
-. with darker hue and swarthier arm
A mon him, and he finds that instead
making an excursion INTO garden he has
= Jryen as an OK TO the slaughter"
~ ore ant TO blame young men for
lostr0yed when we ought TO blame the
' alsa s, that destroy them. Society
lu Dltors n great many young men by the
~ You must keep up appearances;
- a',sror Ne your salary, you must dress as
M others. YOU must wine and brandy as
-r friends, YOU must smoke as costly
-. ya1 must give as expensive entertain
u. and Won must live in as fashionable a
,,rfrc house If you haven't the money,
.sor II YOU can't borrow make false
'sv or slbstract here and there a bill from
t.,sla ri bank bills; you will only have to
=. ,be deception a little while; in few
IN. ar in a year or two, you can make
i,iTht Nobody viii be hurt by it; nobody
iSs tbe wiser You yourself will not be
smsgcd By that awful process hundred
s.-.snd men have been slaughtered for
81 and slaughtered for eternity.
S,aooae Won borrow. There is nothing
,, ny about borrowing money. There is
MN A man in the house but has sometimes
-T1uej money. Vast estates has been built
borrowed dollar. But there are two
M of borrowed money Money borrowed
4 lhe purpose of starting or keeping
Petimate enterprise and expense,
!, money borrowed TO get that which
can do without. Tho first
ssbi the other is wrong If you have
,,1sy enough of your own to buy a coat,
yrs,er plain, and then you borrow money
radapdys outfit, you have taken the first
solution Of the wheel down grade borrow
h tbc necessities, that may be well. Borrow
hc Injuries; that tips your prospects over
ie wrong direction.
ne Bible distinctly says the borrower is
raHt o. the lender Il is a bad state OF
hag, when you have to go down some other
hs to escape meeting some one whom you
N Ifyoung men knew what is the despot-
m Of being in debt more Of them would keep
al Of Il. What did debt do for
rl Bacon, with mind towering
bw the centuriess 1t induced him
d take brides and convict himself
81 criminal before all ages. What did debt
ia Walter Scottg Broken hearted at
a. Inn, xrrEsttf
apl ave out in paralysis to keep the sheriff
lEay from bis pictures and statuary. Better
| for him if be had minded the maxim which
bad chiseled over the fireplace at Abbots
tnl Waste not, want not"
The trouble Is my friends, the people do
Mmderstand the ethics OF going in debt,
ri that Il You purchase goods with no ex-
pcation Of paying for. them, or go into
abs which you cannot meet, you steal just
gmulh money II 60 into grocer's store,
nd buy sugars and coffees and meats, with
apacity 10 pay for them and no inten-
IN Of paying for them, ] am more
khOnest than if go into
b. store and when the grocer's
be- turned the other way I'LL my pockets
Z EA ths articles Of merchandise and carry
faham In the one case take the mer-
aaHts time and take the time of his mes
Hga 70 transfer the goods TO my house,
vile IN the other case / take none of tho
fufOl the merchant and wait upon my
vi and ! transfer the goods without any
fUble 10 him. In other words, a sneak
Aah not 50 bad as man who contracts
a debts be never expects TO pay.
fa IN all our cities there are families that
nEe every May day TO get into proximity to
. Wei Tocers and meat shops and apotheca-
+ hs They owe everybody within half mile
. 4 Enere they now live, and next May they
" move into a distant part of the
" finding a new lot OF victims.
IAnEhile you, the honest family in
new house, are bothered day by
" BY the knocking at the door of
aAppoluied bakers, and butchers, and dry
soh dealers, and newspaper carriers, and
Y ale asked where your predecessor is.
10y % not know. 1t was arranged you
aSii not know, Meanwhile your predeces-
a cone TO some distant part Of the city,
w Toe people who have anything to sell
~ sni their wagons and stopped
2le 70 solicit the valuable custom of the
Z nelgabor, and he, the now neighbor,
" great complacency and with an air of
-ehce' orders the finest steaks and the
s.s priced sugars, and the best of the
alla fruits, and, perhaps, all the news
70 And the debts viii keep on accumu-
alas Until he gets his goods on the Both of
= 4 april IN the furniture cart
a'E lei INC say, il there are any such per-
y N Inc house, if you have any regard for
pa Owl convcniences, you had better re-
~ % some greatly distant part of the city.
~ bad that, having had all tho trouble
uaslnmg the goods. YOU should also have
lolble Of being dunnedl And let me say
You find that this pictures your own
siaFh. instead of being in church you
~ % be IN the penitentiary. No wonder
many Of our merchants fail in business.
aie sWindled into bankruptcy by these
aing Arabs, these nomads of city life.
gneat the grocer out of the green APP
alch make them sick, the physician
\, M,ends their distress and the under
seo hts them out for departure from
Phporhood where they owe ever Sbody
y. u ,ley pay the debt of nature, the only
ns' ever do pay
i,-,,.,vte i Young men are coming uD in this
+. Stale OF commercial ethics, and
tots about them. / want to warn
~ 4sainst being slaughtered ON the sharp
ssf debt. You want many things you
- W \, NY young friends You shall have
,-.Ln toa have patience and honesty and
49, certain lines of conduct always
lTteai 10 certain successes.
- y law which controls even those
nat seem haphazard. / have been
~ 'aose who have observed that it is
|sSt.a % calculate Just how many letters
=, mi . the Dead Letter Office every
s.. through instruction; that it is pos
" calculate just how many let
I. VI be detained for lack Of post
SSnIs through the forgetfulness of
\, 1-,lerS and that il is possible to tell just
.--ny people viii fall in the streets ~
= 49, % an orange peel. In other words