Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

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value of his goods. He is honest; but
he loans money on bond and mortgage,
with the understanding that the mort
gage can lie quiet for ten years, but as
soon as he gets the mortgage he
records it and begins foreclosure suit,
and the sheriff writ comes down, and
the day OF sale arrives, and away goes
| the homestead, and creditor buys it II
at half price" Honest? When he
! loaned the money he knew that he
would get the homestead at half price.
| Honest? But he goes to the insurance
Office to get policy on his life, and
tells the doctor that he is well, when
he knows that for ten years he had had
but one lung. Honest? though he sells
property by the map, forgetting To tell
the purchaser that the ground is all
under water; but it is generous in him
to do that, for he throws the water
into the bargain
All! my friends, there is but one
standard of the everlasting right and
OF the everlasting wrong, and that is
the Bible; and when that principle
shall get its pry under our commercial
houses, / believe that onc-haf of them
will go over. The ruin will begin at
one end Of the street, aud it will be
crashl crash! crash! all the way down
to the docks. "What is the matter?
Has there been a fall in gold?" "Oh,
no." "IIas there been new TARIFF"
mo" HAS there been a failure in
crops?" mo" Has there been an un-
accountable panic?" "No." This is
the secret: The Lord God has set up
His throne of judgment in the ex-
change. He has summoned the right
eous and the wicked to come before
Him. What was 1897? A day of judg-
mentl What was 1857? A day of
preston OF two years ago? A day of
judgment! Do you think that God is
going to wait until lie has burned the
world up before He rights these
wrongs2 tell you, nnyl Every day
is day Of Judgment,
The fraudulent man piles up his
gains, bond above bond, United States
security above United States security,
emolument above enolument, until his
property Inns become great pyramid;
and MS he stands looking at it, he
thinks 1t never can be destroyed, but
the Lord God comes and with his little
finger pushes it all over.
You build u house, and you put
into it II rotten beam. A mechanic
standing by says: at will never do TO
put that beam in; it will ruin your
,,,h,I, h,iIJin,r tut l.,
The house is completed. Soon it be-
gins to rock. You call in the me
chanic and ask: "NVhat is the matter
with this door? What is the matter
with this wall? Everything seems To
he giving out Says the mechanic:
you put u rotten beam into that
structure, and the whole thing has got
To come down" Here is an estate that
seems to be all right now. 1T has been
building II great many years But 10
years ago there was u dishonest trans
action in that commercial house. That
one dishonest transaction will keep on
working ruin IN the whole structure,
until down the estate will come in
wreck and ruin about the possessors
eurs-onc dishonest dollar in the es-
tate dcmoIshing all his possessions, l
have seen it again and again; and SO
have you,
Here IN your moncy-safc. The manu-
faclurer and yourself only know how
1t can be opened You have the key.
You touch the lock, and the pondcrous
door swings back, But let me tell YOU
that, however firmly barred aud bottled
your moncy-Safc may be, you can not
keep God out lie win come, some day,
into your countlng-room, and He will
demand: "Where did that note Of
hand come from? How do you account
for this security? Where did you
get that mortgagcd from What does
this mcun?" If il is all right, God will
say "Wcll done, good and faithful
servant. BE prospcred in this world.
BE happy in the world To come. II it
is all wrong lie will say: Depart, yc
cursed BE miserable for your iniqui-
ties in this life, and then go down and
spend your eternity with thieves, and
horse Jockeys and piclSpocl<et>,
You have an old photograph of the
signs ON your street Why have those
signs nearly all changed within the
last 20 years. Docs the passing away
of II generation account for it2 On, no,
Does the fact that there are hundred,
OF honest mon who go down every ytav
account for IT. Oh, no, This is the
secret; The Lord God has boon walk
ing through the commercial streets of
our great cities; and He has been adj
| justing things according to the prin-
! riplcs of eternal rcctitue.
The time will come when, through
the revolutionary power of this Gospel
IL fnlschuod, instead of being called ex-
aggcration, cquivocation, or evasion,
will be branded lie, And stcnliugs,
that now sometimes go under the head
OF percentages and commissions and
bonuses, will hc put into the catalogue
of state prison ollruseS. Society will
be turned inside out and upside down.
and ransaelicd of Gods truth. until
business dishoneSties shall come to an
end, and all double dealing; and God
will ovcrturn, and overturn, and over.
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