The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-10
TO THE SLAUGHTER.
Rev. DR.. TalmaRe breaches a Ser
mon at ST. Louis.
How Young Men are Lod Into Tempta-
tion by EVIL Companions and Ex-
travaganoe-The Horrors Of Debt
tI "A Sneak Thief Better than
o Deadbeat.

His subject was '"The Slar ghter," and his
text, Proverbs, vii, 81: "As an OK to the
slaughter" The eloquent preacher spoke
as follows:
There is nothing In the voice or manner
OF the butcher to indicate to the OK that
there Is death ahead. The OK thinks he Is
going to arich pasture field Of clover, where
an day long he will revel In the herbaceous
fuxuriance; but after awhile the men and
the boys close In upon him with sticks and
stones and shouting, and drive him through
bars into doorway, where he Is fastened,
and with O well-aimed stroke tho axe fells
him; and so the anticipation Of tho redolent
pasture field 10 completely disappointed. SO
many young man has been driven on by
temptation 70 what he thought would be
paradisaical enjoyment; but after while
influences with darker hue and swarthier
arm close In upon him, and he finds that In
stead tf making an excursion into garden
ne has been driven ''as an OK 10 the slaugh-
terri
First-We are apt 10 blanc young men for
being destroyed when we ought TO blame
the influences that destroy them. Society
slanghters great many young men by the
behest "You must keep up appearances;
whatever beyour salary, you must dress as
well as others, you must wine and brandy
as many friends, you must smoke as costly
cigars, you must give as expensive enter
tainments, and You must livein az fashiona-
bio Q boarding honse. II you haven't the
money, borrow II you can't borrow, make
q false entry, or subtract here and there q
bill from bundle OF bank bills; you win
only have 10 make the deception little
whilei in q few months, or year or two,
you can make all right. Nobody win be
hurt by II; nobody will be the wiser. You
yourself viii not be damaged" By that
awful process hundred thousand men have
been slaughtered for time and slaughtered
for eternity.
Suppose you borrow. There is nothing
wrong about borrowing money. There is
hardly man In this house but has somo-
lines borrowed money. Vast estates have
been built on a borrowed dollar. But there
are two kinds Of borrowed money. Money
borrowed for the purpose OF starting or
keeping mp legitimate enterprise and ex-
pense, and money borrow cd 70 get that
which you can do without Tho first is
right the other is WRONG. II you have
money enough Of YOUR own TO buy coat
however plain, and then you borrow money
fora daudy's outfit you have taken the
nrst revolution of the wheel down grade
Borrow for the necessities; that may be
well. Borrow for. the luxuries; that tips
your prospccti over in the wrong direction.
The Bible distinctly says the borrower Is
servant Of the lender. Hisa bad state Of
things when you have 70 60 down some
other street TO escape meeting some one
whom you owe. ny ung men know what
is the despotism OF being in debt, more OF
them would keep out OF H. What did debt
do for Lord Bacon, with a mind towering
above the oeniuriesi II induced him 10 take
hribes and convict himself ~ criminal be.
fore all ages. What did d. bt do for Walter
Scott Broken hearted at Abbotsford. Kept
him writing uptil his hand gave out In paral.
ysis 70 keep the sheriff away from his plct-
ures and gatuary. Better for him II he
had minded the maxim which he had chiseled
over the fireplace at Abbotsford, "wayte
not. want not.n tH.f II n
Tho tronble is, my friends, the people do
not understand the ethics Of going In debt,
and that II you purchase goods with no ex
pectation OF paying for them. or 20 into
debts whichyou can not meet. you steal just
30 much money. II 20 into o grooer's
store, and buy sugars and coffees and
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