The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-23
D~EBT-PAYING RELIGION,
The New Gospel That Reads Your Title
Clear to Mansions In the Sky,

Rev. DR.. futile in Methodist Advance.
Just at this time orr country needs
a religion that will make IL man pay
his debts. Shouting don't settle old
notes or accounts with God or nan
cash up. We want TO bounce RIGHT
on a fellow and put him out Of The
church it he goes to a ball, or theatre.
or goes on a drunk, but never say a
word TO the pious scamp who never
pays his debts. Preachers aud penple
who do not pay their debts are doing
more harm than dancers and drunk
ards-thcre are more of them in the
church. Reader, am | getting clt Sc TO
YOU? Then lay down the papcr and
60 and pay M and you can read ON in
ease And don't You stop paying be.
cause the "Statutc of Imitation cy-
clIscs the open account You made for
Your bread and mral-Gol's law
knows no statute. You pay il in cash
or God will make YOU pay it in fire
and birthstone. God knows no such
excuse from paying as "homcsicad
exemption" You raise thai rycu>e
10 keep from pay ing your debts anu
You can stop singing "When | can
read my titles clear tG mansions in the
skies" You've got none up there.
You may say l would pay if / could.
How hard have YOU tried If dyiuU
at this moment could YOU say, Eve
done all in my power? Have van
Tried To save a little each week or
month for your debts? Are YOU
spending no money for things 10 eat
and wear that YOU can do without ?
How much do You spend Il year for
ami tobacco? Make tho caIcu-
Put that Ia your debts. d.,
you eat dainties and luxuries? Plain
dict would keep you from milking
lnct0r bills that you wouldn't nav.
lnd leave your money 10 bring mn
back accounts with. DO vou strut
lbOut with an umbrella while ypur
'reditors work in the boiling sun?
Don't YOU cut shines Ia hired tnrnouts
may be they are not paid for) when
might walk aud use the money to
make your creditors smile? A plain
n sIit OF clothes would be more be-
until you can pay for those
worn last summer. When expenses
lot necessary for the feeling and ]
lothing of the body are cut off and
to the payment of debts then
on grow in favor of God, and moi ,
Intil then docs God excuse ven. 4
Repentance on this point must be of
Cody sort that heedeih not be re-
ented OF. Reader, were yon sorry
hat you had not paid your debts whru
made a profession of religion? II
on were not, that Is just why you 4,
ave not got a debt-paying religion. \
rue repentance has a retroactive as
'cll as prospective effect ON the life of
nc believcr-he will as far as possible n
good hls past wrong. Many
ew converts sing "Jcsus paid 1t ali,
To him owe" No such thing.
rstls did not pay 1t all, neither do A
W il all 10 Him. If The week
You were converted you owed
)ur neighbour $40, aud was able 10 A,
~ II, You owe that neighbor $40 vet.
you don't pay that debt 1t will meet
'u at the Judgment as sure as YOU Al
c a sinner. IL is mean in o TO ex-
ut Jesus TO pay debts tor you that
N can pay yourself. Ii You have a Al
heart IN you, think how
hch Jesus paid for you that You A
yer could have met at Coils bar of
flexible justice. Some people think =
Q cleansing stream of Jesus blood
lsled Sinai away aud deluaed lie -
v-nO such thing. Jesus came NOT III
destroy. hut 10 fulfll. Jesus overv- M
enfOrces the commandments as VI
|, rule of life.
Then let the whole church pray for
evival Of debt-paying religion. In
revival let prayer be made that u
new converts NAV have grace to
+ up sold debts" aud not contract ~
v ones without q good probability is
paying them. let the minister bsr
orce this duty publicly and private
with ~discretion) and great good 4