The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-08-18

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eiares that kings and queens shall be
come uurssaK fathers and mothers Z
the charsh aud IL the greater 4
authority then certainly Che less.
hg charge also 70 parents IS. remem
ber thar this evil 0f bribery often be
gins in the home cirelu. and rs th.
nurhcrE DO not bride your children
Iaa5H them 30 do that which IS right
aud not because Of the ten cents or tht
orange which you wili give them.
There Is a great difference between re.
warding virtue aHd making the profits
thereof the impoiljng move That
man who Is honest merely because'h0n
esty is The best policy Is already q
moral bankrupt
Sly charge is To you, In all depart
ments Of life, steer clear Of bribery all
Of you. Every man aud woman al
some time will be- tempted 10 do wrong
Tor compensation. The bride may not
be offered 10 money. It may be offered
In social position. Let as remember
that there is day coming when the
most secret transactions Of private lie,
and Of public life, will come up for
public apprehension.
We ear not bride death. we can not
bride sickness. we can not bride the
grave we can not hrtDe y Judgments
pf that God who thuuders against this
7.A' Lie' asa cardinal beaufort,
me- t"A LhtaLh pe orioeaf 10 Soney
n'th'Ag. die aud so rlch3 Il
l"e owning or the Whole realm would
save me, could get Il By policy or By
purchase by money No, death
would 10 oe 9rlped them he viii not
o' Of'oso now. hen otthe world often
regret tlat tary nave To leave the'r
lneheg mere When bhey 60 away from
the world You can tell from what
tney say In their last hours that one
oil lhe'r ehlef sorrows is that they
nave to leave their money. / break
that oelns1on l tell that bribetaker
tl'at ne VIII take ms money with him.
Hoa VIII wrap IT mp ia your
sNToua. or put 1t In the palm OF your
hand ! resurrection, aud there Il will
he, not the cool, bright shining gold
as 't was on tine day when you sold
your vote and your moral principle,
but there IL viii lie, a bot metal burn
ing and consuming your hand forever.
uf' II there be enough OF 1t for a chain,
then 10 will fan over the wrist, clauk
ing the letters of an eternal captivity
The bride IN an everlasting possession
o take ~ for time. you take IL for
eternity. Some day IN the next world,
when YOU are longing for sympathy,
you Will feel on your cheek a kiss,
Looking up, you will find 1t TO be ju-
das, who took thirty pieces of silver as
o bride, and finished the bargain by
putting an Infamous kiss on the pure
cheek OF his Divine Master,
Another wrong use Of money is seen
10 the abuse Of trust funds. Nearly
every man during the course Of his
ne on q larger or smaller scale, has
the property ot others committed TO
his Keeping, lie is, SO far, a safety de-
poslt, he y "a administrator, and holds
IN his hand the interest OF the family
OF a deceased friend. Or he is an at
torney, and through his custody goes
The payment from door TO creditor, or
he Is the collector Tor 9 business house,
which ~compensates him for the re-
sponsl0illtyi or he IS treasurer for q
charitable institution, and he holds
aims contributed tor the suffering; or
he IS an official OF the city or the state
or the nation, and taxes and subsidies.
aud salaries and supplies are Ia his
keeping
II is as solemn a trust as God car
make IT, II rs concentrated and multi
piled condolences. On that man do.
ponds the support Of a bereft house
hold, or the morals Of dependents, or
the right movement of a thousand
wheels Of social mechanism. A man
may do what he will with his own, but
he who abuses trust funds, ia that one
act commits theft, falsehood, perjury
and becomes, Ia an the intensity Of
the world a misereant How many
WlNoWA tAu OIulhn8 bNtHt are with
nothing between them and starvation.
but q sewing machtne, or held up out
OF the vortex Of destruction simply bv
the thread Of a needle, red with their
own hearts blood, who a little while
x had, by father and husband left
them a complement What is the
mntter2 The administrators or NE
executors have sacrificed drumming
risks with Il that they ,yould not have
dared 10 N in their own private
affairs.
How often 1t is that a man will earn
q livelihood by the sweat Of his brow.
and then die, and within a few months
an the estate goes into the stoek-pam-
bling rapids of Wall street, How often
it is that You have known the mar to
whom trust funds were committed,
taking them out Of the savings bank