Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-01-08
WHAT DIR. TALMAGE THINKS
ABDJfT DER1

to visit every locality about the first
OF January, is ashUNarof bills. How
they come in-these great snowfakes
-and they stick andstare at you till
they are paid, and stick and stare ut
,yon when they are paid. Among the
mlltitndes OF resolutions formed for
the new sear there is no better one
thana resolve to pay as You go. II
seems passing strange TINT the pay
ment of debts should be inculcated
upon protesting Christians, and yet;
~ there any evil habit to which
Christian men are more addicted
than that Of mourning debts which
they cannot discharge ut MATURITY
And the cause OF this condition Of
things are many and multiforln.
Sometimes it is the result Of a weak
desire to live in u style beyond ones
means. Oftentimes it is the result Of
thonghtlessness, or a general unwill-
ingness to systemize ones exEendi-
lures.
A RESOLUTION FOR THE NEW YEAR. s.
Often it proceeds from i, free-heart-
edness and a desire to do for others,
especially for the family, more than
ones circumstances admit; and not.
#infrequently it is owing to q spirit OF
extravaganza which Isl legitimate
inheritance from father to son. But.
whatever the cause may be, rs q gen
eral rule debt can be avoided and
much unhappiness saved. To do
this, above all firmly resolve solve
within your means, however limited
they may be; make no promises
which you have not q reasonable
certainty OF keeping; be firm in ap-
plying whatever money you have on
hand to theliquidation OF some debts
in whole or in part, and, above al,
avoid, 80 far as possible, contracting
/. future obligation wllerewith to pay
i present one.
And in your purchases, when You
want That for which you cannot pay
at the time, wait until youcan he
lore procuring it, and when you do
get it, you will enjoy it al tie more
for the sacrifice which it has cost.
There is true nobility in denying
yourself that which you cannot ,,f-
ford, which will Increase your own
self-respect, and raise you il the cs-
! timation Of your iriends {. Do yeu
see this addition which, hive just
put up?" said a friend in my hearing,
not long ago. g was offered aloan
on my house; but no, Thought !
would whit. did wait Things
| which | wanted | denied myself. FL
lnllv, accumulated Sufficient to pay
or my improvements. They cost
more than the carpenters and MA
sons bills; they cost q spirit Of sac
ritice; md don't you suppose Ienjes
It ail the more for this?' And Ii,
wa right Lesson? There is i tire
nlenlous5lesaonsin that nla,l expert.
ence, my dear reader, and It's applis
cation to yourself nny nlean for ,Yon
happiness in this world and III the
world to come.
HONESTY IN MISFORTUNE. sS
do not forget that there are some
who cannot pay; there are those
lwho, unfortunate in business, simply
cannot meet their obligations they
have bought on 4 falling market;
their good name is nnscatled though
their credit Inns been iishonored sby
those who engaged TO protect 81;
parties owing them hive failed to
pay them, and bankruptcy stares
them in the tnce Hut for all that
and You can find such people every.
where you do not doubt them, Won
nre drawn to them in their lnisfOr-
tune as yOu never were III thoi, pros
pcrity: you are oilly too glad TODD
MI in your power to help them, and
lin 90 doing discharges only ! simple
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