The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-16

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death, we can not bride sickness, we can
not bride the grave, we can not bride the
judgments of that God who thunders
against this sin.
'EFiep' said Cardinal Beaufort, lie!
can't death be hired? is money nothing!
must die, and so rich? if the owning of
the whole realm would save me, could
get it by policy or by purchase-by
money" 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 can tell from
what they say in their last hours that one
of their chief sorrows is that they have to
leave their money. break that delusion.
1 tell that bribe-taker that he will take
his money with him. God will wrap
it up in your shroud, or put it
in the palm of your hand in resur-
rection, and there it will lie, not the
cool, bright, shining gold as it was on the
day when you sold your vote and your
smoral principle, but there it will lie, hot
metal, burning and consuming your hand
forever. Or, if there be enough of it for
chain, then it will fall from the wrist
clanking the letters of an eternal
captivity. The bride is an everlasting
possession. You take it for time, you
take it for eternity. Some day in the next
world, when you are longing for sym
pathy, you will feel on your cheek kiss.
Looking up you will find it to be Judas,
who took thirty pieces of silver as bride
and finished the bargain by putting an in
famous kiss on the pure cheek of his
divine M aster.
There is not city that has not suffered
from the abuse of trust funds. Where is
the courthouse, or the City Hall, or the
| Jail, or the post ofice, or the hospital,
| that in the building of it has not had a
political job?
Long before the new courthouse in New
York City was completed, it cost over
twelve million dollars. Five millions six
| hundred and sixty-th thousand dollars
for furniture! For plastering and repairs,
two million three hundred and seventy
thousand dollars. For plumbing and gas
works, one million two hundred and thir-
| ty-one thousand eight hundred and seven
teen dollars. For awnings, twenty three
thousand five hundred and ffty-three
dollars. The bills for three months COM
ing to the nice little sum of thirteen mill
ion one hundred and fifty-one thousand
one hundred and ninety eight dollars and
thirty-nine cents. There was not an hon.
est brick, or stone, or lath, or nail, or foot
of plumbing, or inch of plastering, or ink
stand, or door knob in the whole estab.
lishment.
That bad example was followed in many
of the cities, which did not steal quite sc
much because there was not so much to
steal. There ought to be a closer inspec-
ton, and there ought to be less opportuni-
ty for embezzlement. Lest man shall
take five-cent piece that does not belong
to him, the conductor on the city horse
car must sound his bell at every payment,
and we are very cautious about small of
lenses, but give plenty Of opportunity for
sinners on large scale to escape. For g
boy who steals loaf of bread from cor
ner grocer to keep his mother from starry
ing to death, prison; but for defrauders
who abscond with five hundred thousand
dollars, castle on the Rhine, or, waiting
/ until the offense is forgotten, then castl
J on the Hudson.
r Another remark needs to be made, an
| that is that people ought not to go int
3 places, into business, or into position
where the temptation is mightier thar
e their character. If there be large SUM
3 | of money to be handled and the man i
r not sure of his own integrity you hav,
no right to run an unseaworthy craft int
an euroclydon. A man can tell by tn
t sense of weakness or strength in thu
presence of a bad opportunity whether h
is in q safe place. How many parent
make an awful mistake when they pu
4 their boys in banking houses and store
: and shops and factories and places 0
solemn trusts, without once discussin
8 whether they can endure the temptation
/. You give the boy plenty Of money an
have no account of it, and make the wa
Q down become very easy, and you may PIT
1 upon him q pressure that he can nc
stand. There are men who go into posi
: tons full of temptation, considering onl
l, the one fact that they are lucrative posi-
d tions. I say to tn young people here tn
g morning, dishonesty will not pay in tn
world or the world to come.
1t An abbot wanted to buy a piece
20 ground and the owner would not sell
but the owner finally consented to let
If to him until he could raise one crop, an
n the abbot sowed acorns, crop of tW
ID hundred years. And I tell you, your
'e man, that the dishonesties which you pIal
ID in your heart and life will seem to be vel
81 insignificant, but they will grow up unit
t. they will overshadow you with horrib
y darkness, overshadow all time and a
it eternity. 1t will not be crop for tv
hundred years, but crop for everlastir
lie ages.
y stand this morning before many wi
It. have trust funds. 1t is compliment
re you that you have been so intrusted, but
Id charge you, in the presence of God ar
&c the world, be careful; be as careful of Il
l. property of others as you are careful
3 your own. Above all, keep your ov
1y private account at the bank separate fro
t. account as trustee of an estate or trust
sh of an institution. This is the point
on which thousands of people make shi
sy wreck. They get the property of othe
ne mixed up with their own property, tn
ty put it into investment, and away it
d. goes. and they can not return til
of which they borrowed. Then comes t
to explosion, and the money market
on shaken, and the press denounces and t
us Church thunders expulsion. You have
OF right to use the property of Others, exec
ke for their advantage, nor without consel
re unless they are minors. If with their co
OF sent you invest their property as well
n you can, and it is all lost you are not
ng blame; you did the best you could; but
nd not come into the delusion which h