The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-11

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corner grocer TO keep his mother from
starving TO death, Il prison; but with dc.
fraudeB who abscond with 5000, 900, a
castle on the Rhine, or, waiting until the
ollonse is forgotten, then castle on the
| iudsonl
Another remark needs to be made, and
that is that people ought not to go into
| places, into business, or into positions,
whore the temptation il mightier than
their character. II there ne large sums OF
money to be handled and the man is not
sure OF his own integrity, you have no
right to run an unseaworlhy craft into an
euroclydon. man can tell by the sense
OF weakness or strength In the presence Of
q bad opportunity whether he is in u safe
place, How many parents make an awful
mistake when they put their boys In bank
lighthouses aud stores aud shops and fac.
tories and places OF solemn trusts, without
once discussing whether they can endure
the temptation. You give the boy plenty
OF money and have no account OF IT, and
make the way down become very easy,
aud you may put upon him a pressure
that he cannot stand. There are men who
GO into positions full OF temptation, con.
sidering only the one fact that thoy are
lucrative positions. say TO the young
people here this morning, dishonesty will
not pay in this world OF the world to come.
An abbot wapted to buy piece OF
ground and the ownor would not sell IT,
but the owner finally consented TO let II TO
him until he could raise one crop, aud the
abbot sowed aoorns. a crop OF POO years.
And tell you, young man, that the dis.
honesties which YOU plant in your heart
and life will seem TO be very insignificant,
| but they will grow up until they will over
shadow yon with horrible darkness, over.
shadow all time and all eternity. II will
not be crop for POO years, but crop for
everlasting ages.
stand this morning before many who
have trust funds. II is a compliment to
YOU that YOU have been 80 intrustcd but
| charge you, IN the presence OF God and
| the world, lie CAREFUL bo as careful OF the
property OF others ~ YOU aro careful OF
| your own. Above all, keep your own
private account at the bank separate from
your account Ms trustee of mn estate, "
trustee OF an institution. That Is the point
at which thousands vi people make ship.
wreck. They get the property Of others
mixed up with their own property, they
put II into Investment, aud away Il all
goes, and they cannot return that which
thoy borrowed. Then comes the cxplo-
sion, aud tho money market is shaken and
tho press dcnounccs and the church
thundors expulsion. You have no right To
uso the property of others except for their
advantage, nor without consent, unless
they are minors. II with their consent
you invest their property m well as you
can, and Il is all lost, you are not 10 blame,
you did the best YOU could; but do not
come into the dciusion that has ruined 40
many men, OF thinking because thing IL
In their possession, therefore IL is theirs
You have q solemn trust that God has
giycn YOU. In this vast asicmblago there
ma DO some who have inappropriate
tru 4 funds. Put hcm back, or, " so,
, ha No hop > .lv ihvolyed them that 20,
cannot put them back. confess The wholl
thing 10 those whom yon have wr1ngcd
and You will sleep better nights aud yol
will have thO h,licr chance ior yuur ,Dui
What a sad lhng ID would d. II. after you
nre dead your administrator should lind
out from the account books, Or from the
lack ui vouchers, that YOU were not only
bankrupt in estate, but that You lost your
soul II nll the trust funds that have bocn
miappropriatud should suddenly ily 10
their owners, aud all the property that has
been puruincd should suddenly 90 back
To is owners, Il would crash into ruin ey-
cry city In America.
A clustering young man arrived at q
hotel in the West aud ho snw man on
the sidewalk, aud Ia a rough way, o. no
man has a right Ia address laborcr, said
10 him, Garry this trunk up stains Tho
man carried the trunk mp stain, nnd came
down, nnl then the young man gave him
u quarter OF dollar which was marked,
and instead OF being twenty-five cents II
WIS worth only twenty cents Then the
young man gave his card 10 the laborrf
aud said: "Iou take this up 10 Gov
| Grimes; ! want to see him" "Ah," said
the labonr, III am Gov Grimes" "Oh, +"
said the young man, YOU II excuse
me-" Then tho Governor said: 81 was
much Impressed by the letter you wrote
mo asking Tor certain office Ia my gifi,
and had made up my mind YOU should
have il, but q young man who will cheat
| laborcr out Of live cents would sWindle
! the Government Of the state II Ice got hl
hands on H. don't want you. Good
! morning, sir" IL never pays. Neither
In this world nor in the world 10 come will
IL pay
do not suppose there ever was a
better specimen Of honesty than was
! found In the Duko Of Wellington lie
| marched with his army over the French
| frontier, and the army was suffering aud
/ hO hardly knew how 10 get along. Plenty
oi plumber nll about but he commanded
mono Oi tho plumber 10 bo taken. lie
writes home these remarkable words
"Wo aru overwhelmed with debts, aud
can scarcely stir out OF my house on &C.
count Oi public creditors, waiting to do.
mnnd what is due 10 them" Vet nj that
very time tho French poasiniry were
| bringing their yaluablcs 10 him 10 keep.
| A celebrated writer says Of the iunsic.
tion. "Nothing eau be- grandcT or m0ru
nobly original than this admission. The
old soldier, after thirty yean' service, this
iron man and victorious general, estab-
lishcd In an encmy's country at the head
OF an immense 9rmy, N afraid Of his cred.
iiorA This j. the kind Of fear that has
seldom troubled conqucron aud invaders,
aud doubt II the annals OF war present
anything comparable 10 is sublime sim.
plicity
OH IL il not high time that we preached
the morals Of the Gospel, right beside tho
faith OF the Gospel Alr. FrOudc, the cclo-
bmlcd English historian, has written OF
his own country thcsc remarkable words:
"from the great house In tho city Oi Lon.
don 10 the village grocer, the commercial
life OF England has beer saturated with
fraud. So deep has II gone that a strictly
honest tradcsman can hardly hold his
ground against competition. You can no
longer trust that any article you buy IL
the thing which Il pmtcnds 10 be. We
have false weights, false measures, cheat.
inc and ghoddy eyefywhere. And vet the