The Progress., 1898-08-13

right to run an unscaWorthy craft in
hurricane A man can tell by the sense Of
weakness or strength in the presence Of
bad opportunity whether he Is In q safe
place. How many parents make an awful
mistake When they put their boys In bank
ing houses and stores and shops and fac
tories and places of solemn trust without
once discussing whether they can endurei
the temptation! You give the boy plenty
Ct money and have no account of it and
make the way down become very easy
Gnd you may put upon him pressure
that he cannot stand There are men who
GO into positions full of temptation, con
sidcring only that they are lucrative posi-
tions.
An abbot wanted to buy piece OF
ground, and the owner would not sell 1t,
but the owner finally consented to let it to
him until he could raise one crop, and tho
abbot sowcd acorns--a crop of 200 years!
And l tell you, young man, that the dis
honesties which you plant In your heart
and life will seem to be very insignificant
but they Will grow up until they will
overshadow you with horrible darkness,
| overshadow al time and all eternity. 1t
! will not be crop for 200 years, but u crop
| for everlasting ages
| address many who have rust funds.
1t is a compliment to yol shat you have
been SO intrustcd, but charge you in tho
presence of God and the world be careful
be as careful of the property of Others as
you are careful Of your own. Above all,
keep your own private account at the
bank separate from your account as trustee
Of an estate or trustee Of an institute
That is tho point at which thousands Of
people make shipwreck. They get tho
property of others mixed up with their
own property, they put 1t into investment,
and away 1t all goes and thoy cannot re-
turn that which they borrowed. Then
comes the explosion, and the money mar
ket is shaken, and the press denounccs,
and the church thunders expulsion
Make Open Confession.
You have no right to use the property Of
others except for their advantage, nor
without consent, unless they are minors.
If with their consent you invest their prop
erty as well as you can, and it IS all lost,
You are not to blame You did the best you
could, but do not come into the delusion,
which has ruined so many men, of think
ing because thing is in their possession,
therefore it is theirs You have solemn
) trust that God has given you.
In any community there may be some
who have misappropriated trust funds.
Put them back or, if you have SO hopeless
ly involved them that you cannot put
them back, confess the whole thing tc
those whom you have wronged, and you
will sleep better nights, and you vii! have
the better chance for your soul What i
sad thing it would be if after you are deat
your administrator should find out fr0n
the account books, or from the lack q
vouchers, that you were not only bank
l rupt in estate, but that you lost your soul
A clustering young man arrived at
hotel In the west, and he saw man OF
y the sidewalk whom be supposed to be
Z laborer, and in n rough way, as no man ha
v right to address laborer, said to him
J., Garry this trunk up stairs. The maj
carried the trunk up stairs and cam
u down, and then the young man gave hil
y quarter Of dollar which was clipped
T; and instead of being IS cents twas wort
% only 20 cents. Then tho young man gay
il his card to the laborer and said: "You tax
81 this up to Governor Grimes. ! want t
u see him." "Ah," said the laborer, II al
II Governor Grimes" "Oh," said the youn
man, ''you--l-excuse me-" Then Il
governor said: II was much impressed /
y the letter you wrote me- asking for q ce
50 tain Office in my gift, and had made U
to my mind you should have it, but your
G. man who will cheat laborer out Of
u cents would sw!ndle the government
III the state If he got his hands on it. don
to want you. Good morning, sir.
ar do not suppose there was ever bett
I'd specimen of honesty than was found
IS, the Duke Of Wellington. He marched wi
Il. his army over the French frontier, q,
Oy the army was suffering. and he scarce
er | kpaxy how IN yat along Plenty nf Mn