Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-25
EARTHLY RICHES.
~ Tslnage Discourses on the
Cares and Troubles
Fusfuesx Life-Ihe Desire to Make
rarrune in short Time Has Ru-
med ThousAnds-Temptat
Caused by q Limited
Amount of Capital

.r-;nv tour. chose a subject of univer
- intsrest. viz: business Troubles,
.,s,ext selected being Ezekiel xvii
:. These were thy merchants IN al.
sorts Of things
We are at the opening door Of return
,,r national prosperity. The coming
.-7ns the re-establishment of public
.rsdenee. and, above all. the blessing
,fGod viii turn IN upon all sections o.
AMERICA the widest, greatest prosperity
DIS country has ever seen. But the
door Of successes is not vet fully open,
nj thousands Of business men are vet
rHering from the distressing times
ts-ough which we have been passing.
Soue Of the best men in the land have
Altered; men whose hearts are en-
listed IN every good work. and whose
hands have blessed every great char
M The church Of God can afford to
srtsud TO them her sympathies, and
ulesi before Heaven with all-availing
-sTer. The schools such men have es-
ts5l;shed, the churches they have built,
ne asFluus and benefcent institu-
suns they have fostered, VIII be their
svIogT long after their banking insti-
.z1o1s are forgotten Such men can
rs7sr fail They have their treasures
u banks that never break. and viii be
-llianaires forever. But thought it
VIVID be appropriate to-day and use
4 for me 10 talk about the trials and
vrptations Of our business men, and
r. 70 offer some curative prescrlp-
TINS
n The first place. have 70 remark
nat : great many Of our business men
BE- ruineus trials and temptations
ruiur TO them from small and limited
zy-al il business. 1t Is everywhere
rnisrstood that it takes now three or
fur times as much to do business well
nee Il did. Once, few hundred
ialzrs were turned into goods-the
zErrhant would be his OWN store
sweeper, his own salesman. his own
aoukkseper; he would manage all the
s1airs himself, and everything would
he net profit. Wonderful changes have
enc; costly apparatus, extensive adj
TsrtiSing. exorbitant store rents. heavy
izzzrion, expensive agencies are only
parts Of the demand made upon our
commercial men; and when they have
.1uld themselves in such circumstances
With small capital, they have some
tines been tempted to run against the
oeks q moral and financial destruc-
1dn. This temptation Of limited capt.
a has ruined men in two WAYS. Some
tines they have shrunk down under the
temptation They have yielded the bat
te before the FIRST shot was fred At the
Isl hard dun they surrendered Their
lees knocked together at the fail of
ne auctioneer's hammer. They
ilalehed a. the financial peril They
cd Hi understand that there is such
sthiag as heroism in merchandise. and
.aal here are Waterloos Of the counter
lnd mat man can fight no Drawer
oatte with the sword than he can with
ne yardstiek Their souls melted in
Zen hecause sugars were up when
'aeT wanted TO buy. and down when
i-sy wanted TO sell. and unstable
socdS we're On the shelf. and bad debts
7 Their ledger. The gloom of their
rrafenanees overshadowed even their
CT goods and groceries. Dependency,
s'nlag from limited capital, blasted
pen. Others have felt in a different
Wy They have said: Here / have
assn Erudgiug along. have been try
e 70 be honest all these years.
,-- L is OF no use. Now it is make or
afa44. The small craft that could
-AFe stood the stream IS put out
NSand the Lighthouse, on the
sia' sea Of speculation He Dor
sFsi : few thousand dollars from |
-enas who dare not refuse him.
w Ae goes bartering on large |
Aa He reasons in this way: I
s1naps | may succeed. and if
~ Will be no worse OF I
u l am now, for a hundred !
aoassnd dollars taken from nothing.
'al'1g remains. Stocks are the dice |
"a which he CANDLES. He bought |
aiew dollars vast tracts Of western
- Some man at the east, living on \
a homestead meets this gambler OF
.aAone and Is persuaded to trade OH !
estate for lots in western city 1
M -arge avenues, and costly palaces.
-ake steamers smoking at the
AfEes, and rail-trains coming down
III lghtning speed from every direc-
- There it is all on paper, The city /
= never been built. nor the railroads
1''Fueted- but everything points that
y aud the thing will be done as sure
fou Live. Well, the man goes on,
pplas a. 10 fraud or outrage. In his
49, equipage he dashes past.while
la'nest Iaborer looks up, and wipes
ASeat from his brow, and says: Il
Ter where that man got all his
After awhile the bubble
s~ creditors rush in The law
-~l-es' but finds nothing in its grasp.
-,en VINO We're swindled say: II
- Know how | could have ever been
--'1a oy that man. and the pictor-
I handsome wood cuts. set forth
zero who In ten years had genius
-sasa 70 fail for $50 900.
- hat is the process By which
~ aaFe been tempted through linni-
80 q capital to rush into laby-
-, - Tom which they could not be