The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-29
WHAT SORT?
POINTED PARAGRAPHS ABOUT
DEBT PAYING.
Some Questions and Answers That
Make Good Reading-The Right and
Wrong Kind OF MoraIity-Under
Which Heading do You Come, GEN.
tie Reader?
WHAT SORT !

VIVA SoKl
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies a man IN the non payment of
debt as long as his creditors refrain !
from "dunnng
What sort of morality is that which |
satisfies itself in the non-payment of a |
debt because it is small amount-a !
trihe?
What sort of morality is that which |
calls the attention Of the creditor to an
overCharge but is silent about an IN
derCharge?
What sort of morality is that which
seeks to evade meeting his creditor
lest he should be more plainly reminded
of his Indebtedness
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies itself in the non-payment of a
debt because the creditor is presumed
by the debtor not to need what the
debt calls for?
What sort of morality is that which
satisfies itself in the non payment of a
debt because of failure in farming or
other enterprise or undertaking?
What sort Of morality is that which
get offended when asked to pay debt
which the debtor promised to pay
long before the time of dunnnge
What sort Of morality is that which
provides for his own wife and children
by defrauding the wife and children
of another man, dead or alive, to
whom he is Justly Indebted for things
which have been used by the debtors
family for their own enjoyment or
profit.
What sort of morality is that which
ignores moral obligation as to debt,
and pays only when the civil law
cOmpels?
What sort of morality is that which
lightens the obligation to pay just
debt in proportion to the length OF
time since it was contracted?
In short, what sort of morality IS
that which dlsregards the command,
"Thou shall not steal ?"- Christian
Neighb0r
THE RIGHT SORT.
Lord, give me grace to pay every
cent | owe.
O Lord, give me grace to pay the
small amounts first they need 1t
most.
O Lord, give me grace to give back
to every man whatever he may have
undercharged me, or given me in mis-
taxi
, O Lord, give me grace to meet my
| creditors face to face, explain to them
my circumstances, and satisfy them i
| can not pay them now.
O Lord, give me grace SO that II my
farming or other business is a failure
, may diligently labor until everything
is paid in full.
O Lord, give me grace not to ge
offended when asked to pay an homes
debt and that | may have some gooc
7 reason for not paying it before.
) O Lord, give me grace that | ma,
! rather see my own family eat brea'
alone than another mans butter; tina
90 my family may go without shoes rathe
than wear those belonging to another
children.
OLord, give me grace and quicke
TT my understanding of moral obllgatlo
| as to a debt; and, for jesus sake
keep me from the civil law.
no O Lord, give me grace and deepe
N the obligation, and M sense
sorrow, for the length of time | ma
be in debt.
O Lord, give me grace to keep n
books always balanced up; that | mf
know how | stand with others, ar
how they stand with me.
O Lord, give me grace to iorgi
= others their debts as thou hast forgive
me.
O Lord, give me grace not to expe
Others to forgive me as have forgive
them.
O Lord, give me grace to understaI
that | can not take advantage OF
as civil law against others as they c
the against me.
nv O Lord, give me always thy forglvl
ing spirit, and sustain me in my Conts
with the harsh usages of the busln'
world.-W Richards.