West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-21

be enough OF it for chain. the,
10 viii fall from the wrist clank
Ing the letters OF an eternal captivity. TIL
bride is an everlasting possession You TAX
IL for time, you take it for eternity. Som
day In the next world, when you are long
ing for sympathy, You viii feel on you
! cheek kiss Looking up you viii find Il X
| DO Judas, who took thirty pieces OF silver n
brlbe and finished tho bargain by putting
an intanSous kiss on the pure cheek OF hi
Divine Master
Another wrong use OF money Is seen n
tho abuse OF trust funds. Every man dur
ing the course of his lifo, on a larger OF
smaller scale. mas tho property or Others
committed to his keeping. He il so far
safety deposit he Is an administrator. and
holds in his hand the interest OF the
family or deceased friend Or he IL nm
attorney, and through his custody goes the
payment from debtor TO creditor, or no Is
the collector for business house
which compehsates him for the rosponsl.
bility; or he Is treasurer for a charitable
institution and he holds aims Contributed for
tho suffering; or he is an official of the CITY
or tne state or the nation, and taxes. and
SUBSIDIES, and salaries. and supplies are In
bis keeping. IL is as solemn trust as God
can make t. lt Is concentred mud multi
piled condolences. On that man do
Ponds the support OF bereft household or this
morals OF dependents. or the right of move.
iDent OF a thousand wheels OF social mechan.
ism A man may do what he will with his
own, but he who abuses trust funds. i'm that
one act commits theft faIsehood, 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
but sewing machine, or held up out of the
vortex OF destruction simply by the thread
or needle, red with their own hearts blood
who little while ago had. by father and
husband. left them competency. What Is
the matteri The administrators or the exc.
cutors have sacrificed it-running risks
with it that they would not have
dared to encounter in their own private af-
fairs. How often IL Is that man will earn
livelihood by the sweat of his brow, and
then die and within few months all the es-
tato goes into the stock gambling rapids OF
Wall Street. How often is it that you have
known the man to whom trust funds were
committed taking them out OF tho savings
hank and from trust companies, and adj
Illustrators, turning old homesteads into
hard cash, and then putting the entire estate
into the vortex OF speculation. Embezzle-
Inent Is an easy word to pronounce, but It
has ten thousand ramiications OF horror
There is not a city that has not suffered
ON the abuse of trust funds. Where is the
court house, or the city hall or the iaiI or
me sne Postoilice, or the hospital that in the
ouIiI o..g OF lt has not had political jobl
Long before the new Court House in New
o y ork city was completed, it cost over SIP
OOJ,OOO Five millions six hundred and
slxty-three thousand dollars for furniture
LOT piaStering and repairs, S2,370,O0O
si AZ %, sI pYiuihoinS and gas works,
Inc bils for three months coming TO
the nice little sum of $l3, 15l. 1893. 80 There
was not an honest brick, or stone, or lath. or
nan, or loot OF plumbing, or inch OF plaster
establishments
That bad example was followed In MANY of
ehe clties, which did not steal quite so much
because there was not so much 10 steal
t hhere ought TO be closer inspection and
there ought TO be less opportunity for embez-
cement Lest n man shall take n five cent
piece that does not belong to him. the CON
ductor OF the city horse car must
sound his bell at every payment. and
We arc very cautious about small offenses
OUT give plenty OF opportunity for sinners or
large scale 20 escape. FOR a bow who steo1s
Ioat OF bread from corner grocer to keen
o's mother from starving to death n prison.
but Tor defrauders who abscond with half N
million OF dollars, n castle on tho Rhine. or.
CO tie on the Hudsonl
Another remark needs TO 10 made and
tnat is that people ought not TO 90 into
places, into business, or into positions where
Ine temptation is mightier than their
character. IL there be large sums of none,
to be handled and the man is not sure of his
own integrity You have no right TO run an
trustworthy craft into an curoIyCion. A
man can tell by the sense of weakness
~ stIehgsh IN the presence of a bad oppor-
lunlty whether he is in a safe place How
many parents make an awful mistake when
lhey put their boys in banking houses and
stores and shops and factories and places of
Io.enn trusts, without once discussing
v vne'n .lsi tney can endure tho temptation
on give the boy plenty OF money and have
90 account OF it, and make the way
noWn become very easy md Won
may put upon him pressure
men he cannot stand. There are men who
70 into positions full OF tomptation. CON
tldering only the one fact that they ara
lucrative positions. / say 10 the yonny
people here this morning, dishonesty will
not pay In this world or in the world 10
An abbot wanted 20 buy niece NJ ,ro,,,,.
and the owner would not sell II Int tba
owner finally consented 70 let il 10 him until
be could raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
scoTns, a crop OF two hundred years.
auto ana Toll you, young man. that the dis
Iohesues winch you plant in your
eeart AMI life will see 20 bo very insfgni-
ucant but they will grow up until tbav will
eNershadow you with horrible darkness
oyersh!dow all time and all eternity. IL
WI not be crop for two hundfed years
out crop for everlast ng ages
Tand this morning befcre many who
nave trusted FUNDS. IL Is "A CONN i,rent to
Sou that you have been so intrtiS ed. but /
sharge you, IN the presence Of God and tho
WvfluY W AnitAufs % rs Careful or Tn1
property OF others Gs you are careful
OF your own. Above all, keep your own
private account at the bank separate
from your account rs trustee OF an
estate, or trustee of an institution.
J hat IS the point at which thou9ands Of peo-
pic make shipwreck They get the property
Of others mixed up with their own property.
I ley put II into investment and away il All
goes, aud they cannot return that which
they borrowed. Then comes the OK
on nfnN 81
ana the press denouncos and the
church thun tsrs expulsion. You have
no right 20 u ie the property OF others except
Tor tnelr advantage, nor without consent,
unless they are minors IN with their con.
sent you invest their property a. we'll as you
can AMI 10 rs ali lost you arc not to blame
you did the best you could; but do uos come
into the doiusiOn which has ruined 20
many men. OF thinking Lecause q
thing is In their possession therefore
II IS theirs. You have a solemn trust
that God hG- given you in this vast assem-
blage there may be some who have misap.
propriated trust funds Put them back. or.
if you have 80 hOpslessly involved them that
you cannot pat them back, confess the Whole
thing % those whom you have wrOnged. and
you vi sleep bettor nights. and You will
have the better chance for your soul What
n sad thing 10 would be 81, after you are
dead, your administrator should find
out from the account books. or from the lack
N vouchers, that you we're not only bankrupt
DO estate. bat that you lost your soul IN 40
the trust fuuis that have been misappro.
Drqfed should suddenly hy b their owner.
an niI the property that Haa banu nffr1ofurf