The Progress., 1898-09-17

their character. IT there he large sums o.
money to be naEled, and the man is not
sure OF MS own integrity, you have no
right to rnn in unseaworthv craft in 4,
hurricane. 4 man can tell by the sense OF
weakness, cr strength in the presence OF a
l.of oruorfupity whether he is in safe
place. uow many parents mako an awful
mi.taG e when they puf their bows III bank
ir.. hoayes nra torres ana -hou3 and fac
tories und yiacu., =: solemn trust witlou.
once discussing whether thnY can endure
the temptationl You give the bov plenty
of money, and have no account Of it, and
make the way down become verv EASY.
and vol NAV rut unon him pressure that
he cannot stand. There are men who go
into positions full Of temptation. cOnsid-
ering oaly that they are lucrative posi-
tons
An obbot vantcd 70 hnv = niece of
Ground and the owner would not sell IT,
bnt tho owner finally consented to LET it to
him until he could raise ono crop. and the
abbot sowed acorng-.-a crop Of 200 years
And I tell YOU young man, that the dis
honesties which You plant In your heart
and life will seem to be very INSIGNIFICANT
bnt thew will grow uD until they over
shadow You with horrible darkness. over
shadow all time and all eternity. 1t will
not be crop for 200 years, but crop for
everlasting nges.
I address many who have trust funds,
1t is a compliment to YOU that YOU have
been 80 entrusted, Dat charge Won, in the
presence OF God and the world, he carefnl:
be as careful OF the property OF others "a
YOU are careful Of you. own. Above all,
;;eep your own private account at the bank
separate from your account rs trustee Of
an estate, or trustee OF an institution,
That Is the point at which thousands of
people make shipwreck. They get the
property Of others mixed up with their
own property, they put it into investment,
and away il all goes. and they cannot re-
turn that which they borrowed. Then
comes the explosion, and the money mar
ket Is shaken, and the press denounces.
and tho Church thunders expulsion.
A clustering Young man arrived at 3 no.
.el in the West and hc saw n man m the
sidewalk whom he srnnosed "a ho n lohor.
err. and in n rough way. az no man has a
rioht tn address n lahorar said to hin,
"Carry this trunk rnstairs The man
carried the trunk upstairs and camo down
and then the Young man sare him omar.
ter of a dollar which was clipned and In.
stead OF being twenty-aye cents il was
worth onlv twentv cents Then tba vonno
man oava bis card " tbo l., horer and said
"Yon toke this m to Governor GrimaS. 7
want to see him." "Ah," said the laborer,
II am Governor Grimes" "Oh," said the
young man, ''you-I-excuse me-" Then
the Governor said ~ was much Impressed
by tho letter you wrote me asking ior
certain office in my gift, and had made
up my mind you should have it, but a
young man VINO Will cheat laborer out OF
hVe cents would swlndle the goVernment or
the State II he got his hands on it. don't
want you. Good morning, sir"
90 not suppose there was ever better
specimen OF honesty than was found In the
Duke OF Wellington. He marched with his
army over the French frontier, and the
army was SUFFERING and he scarcely knew
now TO get along. Plenty OF plumber all
ABOUT, but he commanded none OF the
plunder to be taken. HeWrltes home these
remarkable words: 1--WE are overwhelmed
with debts. and can scarcely stir out OF
my house on aceons OF public creditors,
Wal.,ng TO demand what Is due to them"
1eth: the very Time the Frencn peasantry
wore bringing their vaina9les 10 him 70
keep. a celepralea writer says OF the
irahsactioh' SotIins cdh 10 sEshuet oI
moro hoply orisina! than TINS admission.
Ids ola soldier, aieer thirty years service'
TINS iron man ana VICTORIOUS general, es-
tablished in ga enomy's country at the
neau OF an Immense L, army, IS AFRAID OF MS
c.9ulloIs! ihls IS Alnd o. lear thas mas
sel sou srouet,u conquerofs ana invaders,
anu : uo"ps IL '..o ahhals VI "ar present
anysulaS conlpar"oie 20 us snp'lme SIM
Pllcity.
Oh! is 1t not high time, that We preach
the morals Of the Gospel right beside the
faith Of the Gospel? Mr.. Froude, the cele-
brated English historian, has written OF
bis own country these remarkable words:
From the great house In the city of Lon
don to the village grocer, the commercial
life OF England has been saturated with
fraud. 50 deep has it gone that a strictly
honest tradesman can hardly hold his
ground against competition. You can no
longer trust that any article You buy is tho
thing which 1t pretends TO be. We have
1alse weignts, 1alse measures, cheating, AMI
shoddy everywhere. And yet the clergy
mas seen al THIS grow up IN absolute lndif-
ference. Many hundreds OF sermons nave
l ENGLAND