Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13

i.ons That Cannot Bc Itepinec,i-Thc
Equipment of u Man dangers 60 Young
Men In Great Cities.
ST.. LOUIS, April 7.-The Rev. T. Dc
Witt Talmagc. d. D.. of Brooklyn,
preached hero this evening TO a vast
audience. His subject was THE
Slaughter" aud his text, Proverbs,
vii. 81: "As mn OK to the slaughter. '
The eloquent preacher said:
There is nothing in tho voice or
manner of the butcher 10 indicate TO
the OK that there is death ahead. The
OK thinks he is going on To a rich p;,s.
turc field Of clover. where all day
long hc will rcvcl in the hcrbaccous
luxuriancc; but after a while the men
and the boys close in upon him With
sticks and stones and shouting, and
drive him through bars and into a
doorway. where he is fastened. and
with Il well aimed stroke the ax fclls
him; and so tho anticipation Of the
rcdolent pasture field is completely
disappointed. So many young man
has been driven on by temptation TO
what he thought would be paradisiacal
enjoyment; but aft8r n while inilu.
cnccs with darker liuo and swarthicr
arm close in upon him. and he finds
that instead Of making an excursion
into garden he has been driven las
an OK 10 the slaughter.
l. We arc apt to blame young men
for being destroyed when we ought to
blame the influences that destroy
them. Society slaughtcrs great
many young men by the bchest, You
must keep up appearances; whatever
be your salary, you must dress as well
as others. you must wine and brandy
as many friends. you must smoke ms
costly cigars, you must give us cxpcn.
sivc entertainments. aud you must
live in rs fashionable a boarding
house. II you haven't the money,
borrow. II you cant borrow make n
false entry. or subtract here and there
n bill from bundle of bank bills: you
will only have TO make the deception
a little while; in few months. or in
year or two. you can make all right.
Nobody will be hurt by il; nobody
will bc tho wiser. You yourself will
not be damaged" By that awful pro.
cess n hundred thousand men lave
been slaughtered for time and slaugh-
tered for eternity.
TIL: MisERiEs OF GETTING IN DEBT.
Suppose you borrow. There is moth
ing wrong about borrowing money.
There is hardly man in the house but
has sometimes borrowed money. Vast
estates have been built on borrowed
dollar. But there are two kinds Of
borrowed money. Money borrowed
for the purpose Of starting or keeping
up legitimate enterprise and expense.
and money borrowed to get that
which you can do without. The first
is right. the other is wrong. II you
have money enough OF your own to
buy n coat. however plain. and then
you borrow money for dandy's ont.
tit. you have taken the first rcvolu.
ton Of the wheel down grade. Dor.
row for the necessities; that may be
well. Borrow for the luXurics; that
tips your prospects over in the wrong
direction.
The Biblc distinctly says the bor-
rover is servant of the lender II is u
bad state OF things when you have To
90 down some other street 10 escape
meeting some one whom you owe. If
young men knew what is the dcspot.
ism of being in debt more Of them
would keep out Of il. What did debt
do for Lord Bacon. with mind tow
cring above tho centuries. II induced
him Ia take brIbcs and convict himself
rs II criminal before all ages What
did debt do for Walter Scott Broken
hearted nj AbboiSford Kept him writ
ing until his hand gave out in paraly.
sis To keep the sheriff away from his
pictures and s,atuary. Better for him
il he Ind minded the maxim which he
had cIisclcl over the fireplace nj Alb
boiSforl. Waste not. want not"
The trouble is. my friends. the pco.
pie do not understand the ethics of
going ia debt. and that If you pur-
CHASE goods with no expectation Of
paving for them. or 20 into debts
which You cannot meet. you steal just
So much money. II go into IA grDccr's
stor,. and ! buy sugars and coiiccS and
meats. with no capacity 10 pay for
them. ! am more dishonest than If |
go into the store. and when the groccr's
face is turned the other way I'LL my
pockets with the articles Of mcrchan.
disc and carry of ham. In the one
ease take the merchants time. and
take the time Of his messenger 10
transfer the goods To my house, while
in tho other case take none Of tho
time of the merchant. and wait upon
myself. and transfer tho goods with
out any trouble to him. In other
words. sneak thief is not SO bad as u
ilan who contracts for debts hn never
expects 10 pay.
Yrt in all our cities there arc fam.
lilies that move every May day To get
into proximity TO other groccIs aud
mra; shops and apothccaricS. They
owe everybody within half mile of
where they now live. aud next May
they will move into distant part Of
the city. finding new lot of victims.
Meanwhile you. tho honest family in
the new house, are bothered day by
day by The knocking at the door of
disappointed bakers, and butchers. and
dry goods dealers. and newspaper car
rici~. AMI you arc asked where your
predecessor is You do not know. II
was arranged you should not know.
Mea.whllc your predecessor has gone
Ia some distant part Of the city. and
iiie people who have anything To sell
have sent their wagons and stopped
there ;o solicit tho valuable" custom
Of the new ncighbor. aud hc. the new
nciyh5or. with great complaccncy
and with M air OF aiiluencc. orders the
llrcsi steaks and the highest priced
suga =. ard the best OF the canned
fraits. Fad, perhaps. all the newspa-
pers .,nl tho debts will keep on ac.
cun,Ila,lag uniil he gets his goods on
tl,n :O.h oI next April in the furniture
cart.
Now. let mo say, il there arc any
A Safe Investment.