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


they are paid, and stick and stare at
you when they are paid. Among the
m,,ltitudes Of resolutions formed for
the new year there is no better one
than Il resolve to pay as you go. 1t
seems passing strange that the pay
ment OF debts should be incnlcated
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 at maturity?
And the cause OF this condition OF
things are many and multiform.
Sometimes it is the result Of a weak
desire to live in II style beyond ones
means. Oftentimes it is the result OF
thoughtlessnesa, or general unwill-
ingness TO systemic ones exEendi-
lures.
A RESOLUTION FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Often it proceeds from IL free-heart-
rdness and a desire to do for others,
especially for the family, more than
ones circumstances admit; and not
nfrequently it is owing to a spirit OF
extravaganza Which is n legitimate
| inheritance from father to son. But
whatever the cause may be, as gen
eral rule debt can be avoided and
much unhappiness saved. To do
this, above all firmly resolve to live
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 the liquidation OF some debts
in whole or in part, and, above all,
avoid, SO far as possible, contracting
!, future obligation wherewith to pay
present one.
| And in your purchases, when you
want that for which you cannot pay
ut the time, wait until you can, be
lore procuring it, and when you do
get it, you will enjoy it all tie more
for the sacrifice which it has cost
There is true nobility in denying
yourself that which you cannot III
lord, which will increase your own
self-respect, and raise you in the cs
timation OF your friends $40 you
see this addition which, have just
put up?" said friend in my hearing
not long ago. II was offered a loan
on my house; but no, / thought
would wait ! did wait Things
yhich l wanted | denied myself. Fl
nally, | accumulated Sufficient topal
or my improvements. TLey cost
more than the carpenters and ma
sons bills; they cost /. spirit OF sac
rifice; and don't you suppose Ienjo.
It all the more for this?'' And Ii.
was right Lesson? There is tire
mendOus lesson in that man sesperi
ence, my dear reader, and it's appli
cation to yourself m,y mean for yor
!. happiness in this world and ii, The
world to come.
HONESTY IN MISFORTUNE.
do not forget that thers nre some
who cannot pay; there arc those
: who, unfortunate in business, simply
cannot meet their obligations. The,
have bought on n falling market
their good name is nnscnthed though
their credit has been dishonored by
those who engaged TO protect it
! parties owing them have failed t1
pay them, aud bankruptcy stare,
them in the fnce. But for al! that
and you can find such people every
where-yOu do not doubt them, vol
arc drawn to them in their misfor
time as you never were in their pros
ipcrity: you are only too glad to dt
Ill in yonr power to help them, ant
in 80 doing discharge only silnpl,
!. Christian duty. 1t is not OF sucl
, that speak.
| THE DECENTRALIZATION OF DEBT.
Debt! there is no worse democrat
izer OF character. The sud records 8
: defaulting, emhezz'ing, and .lishones
) failure which we meet with so con
stantly in the daily press, are often
indeed most frequently, the result o
) the decentralization Df debt, and con
sequent desperate efforts ut extriea
ton. The financialprops hay. givpr
away. The little debt, which at fin1
!, was as small rs a grain Of mnsta Ri
seed, like the rolling SNOWFALL ia.
gathered weight and multiplied itsel
q thousandfold: And still it grows
, and like the fabulous hydra whicl
Hercules was sent to kill, you nc
J. sooner strike off one head than twt
shoot MP in it's place The strugkI,
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