The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-17

fact. And you cannot hide our sam
pies of sugar. or rice. or tea cohee
d der t hee cloth 10Th Of fo a communion able. Ali
your prayers go for nothing . long a.
you misrepresent you banking Il INSTITUTION
ana down. IL the m repof spe ec Ihs and Fes %oks :
tionaI currency, and more clearing Mouse
certificates, and more legal tender Notes,
there really are. and when you give an
account of your liabilities you do not
mention all the unpaid dividends and
the United States bank notes outstanding,
and the individual deposits and the OBJ
legations to other banks and An
authority more scrutinizing than that OF
any bank examiner viii 60 through and
through and through your business.
CARE FOR OTHERS PROPERTY.
Gathered in all religious assemblages
there are many who have trust funds.
It is a compliment to you that you nave
been so intrusted. but / charge you, in
the presence of God and the world, be
as careful of the property OF others "a
you are careful Of your own. Above ali,
keep your own private account at the
trustee of an estate or trustee of an In
stitution. That is the point at which
They get the property of other mixed
up with their own property; they put Ii
INTO investment, and away il all goes.
and they cannot return that which they
borrowed. Then comes the explosion, and
the money market is shaken, and the
press ~denounceS, and the church tHun-
ders expulsion. You have no right to use
the propert OF others, except for ther
advantage, nor without consent. unless
they are minors. If with their consent
you invest their property 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 thinking because
a thing is in their possession therefore IL
Is theirs. You have a solemn trust nat
God has given you. In any assemblage
there may be some who have misappro-
priated trust funds. Put them back, or If
you have so hopelessly involved them that
you cannot put them back confess the
whole thing to those whom you nave
wronged and you will sleep better nights
and you will nave the better chance for
your soul. What a sad thing it would
be If after you are dead your admins
books or from the lack of vouchers that
you are not only bankrupt in estate. but
that yu lost your soul! If all the trust
funds that have been mlsappropriated
should suddenly fly to their owners and
all the property that has been purloined
should go back to it's owners, it would
crush into ruin every citizen in America:
A missionary in one of the islands OF
the Pacific preached on dishonesty, and
the next morning he looked out of his
window and he saw his yard full OF
ed the cause of all this. We'll" said
the natives, "our gods that We have
been ~worshiping permit us to steal; but,
according to what you said yesterday,
the God of heaven and earth will not al
low this. So we bring back all these
goods and we ask you to help US in TAX
ing them to the places where they be-
long" If n ext Sabbath all the ministers
in America hould preach sermons on the
abuse of trust funds and on the evils of
purlOining, and the sermons were all
blessed of God and regulations were
made that all these things should be
taken to the city halls, it would not be
1o.~ hof0~a 0xynrxy oitxr ho11 IN nnrian
would be crowded from cellar to cupola.
DISHONESTY NEVER PAYS.
Let me say in the most emphatic a
ner to all young men, dishonesty Will
never Jay. An abbot wanted to buy a
! piece of ground and the owner would
not sell it, but the owner finally con-
scented to let it to him until he could
raise one crop, and the abbot sowed
| you, young man, that the ~disnonesties
which you plant in your heart and life
will seem to be very insignificant, but
they will grow up until they will over
shadow you with horrible darkness,
o~vershadow all time and all eternity. 1t
will not be a crop for 200 years, but a
crop for everlasting ages.
I have also a word of comfort for all
who suffer from the m~alfeaSance OF 9TH
ers, and every honest man, woman and
child does suffer from what goes on in
bound together that all the misfortunes
which good people suffer in business
matters come from the mlSOeeOS OIL CIn-
ers. Bear up under distress, strong in
God. He will see you through, though
! your misfortunes should be centupled.
Scientists tell us that a column of air
As miles in height rests on every mans
head and shoulders. But that it moth
ing compared with the pressure that
business life has put upon many of you.
| God made up his mind long ago how
many or how few dollars it would be
| best for you to have. Trust to his ap-
pointment. The door will soon open to
let you out and let you up. What shock
of delight for men who for thirty years
| nave been in business anxiety when
the shall suddenly awake in everlast-
ing holiday! On the maps of the arctic
regions there are two places whose
names are remarkable, given, 1 sup
pose, by some polar expedition-Cape
Farewell and Thank God harbor. At this
last the PolariS wintered in 1911 and the
Tigress in 1873. Some ships have passed
the cape, yet never reached the harbor.
| But from what I know of many of you
/ have concluded that, though your voy-
| age may be very rough, run into by ice
bergs on this side and icebergs on that,
you will in due time reach Cape Fare
well, and these bid goodby to all annoy
| ances, and soon after drop anchor in the
calm and imperturbable waters of Thank
| God harbor. There the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
| rest -