The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-24

Iul OF fOQI OWbs Ot
private account At the bank separate from
Your account as trustee Of an estate or
trustee OF an institution. That Is the point
at which thousands Of people make ship
wreck. They get the property OF others
mixed up with their " property; tney
put 1t into Investment. and away 1t al
goes. aud they cannot return that which
they borrowed. Then Gomez the explo-
sion, and the money market Is shaken.
and the press ~denounces, and the church
tnunders expulsion. You have no right
to use the property OF others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent, IN
less they are minors. II with their consent
yon invest their property as we'll as o
can and it ia 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 it Is theirs.
You have u solemn trust that God has
given you. In any assemblage there may
be some who have misa%ppropriated trust
funds. Put them back, or il you have
so hopelesslv involved them that you
cannot put them back confess the whole
thing to those whom you have wroDged
and you will sleep better nights and you
will have the better chance for your soul.
What a sad thing 1t would be il after You
are dead your administrator should find
out from the account books or from the
laci. Of vouchers that you are not only
bankrupt IN estate, but that you lost your
soul! II sill the trust funds that have been
misappropriateu should suddenly fly to
their owners and all the properly thar has
been %purIoined should suddenly go back
to Its owners. it would crush into ruin
every city in America.
A missionary In one Of the islands Of the
Pacific preached on dishonesty. and tie
next morning he looked out Of his windo1
aud he saw his yard full Of goods OF al
kinds. He wondered and asked the causs
OF all this. We'll" said the natives, 'ouS
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 allow this. SO We bring back all
these goods and we ask you to help
US in taking them to the places where they
belong" If next Sabbath all the ministers
in America should preach ermons on the
abuse OF trust funds and on the evils OF
pnrloining, and tho sermons were all
blessed OF God and regulations were made
that all these things should be taken to
che city halls, 1t would not be long before
every city hall in America would be GRO Hded
from cellar to cucOla.
Let mo say in the most emphatic man.
ner to all Young men, dishonesty will never
pay. An abb 1t wanted TO buy a piece Of
ground and the owner would not sell it.
but the owner finally consented to let Ii
to him until he could raise one crop. and
the abbot sowed acorns. a crop OF 200
years! And l tell you, young man, that
the dishonesties which you plant n your
heart and life will seem to be very insig-
nl1eant, but they will grow up until they
will overshadow you with horrible dark.
ness, oversbadow all time and all eternity.
1t will not be crop for 200 years. but Q
crop for everlasting ages.
l have also u word OF comfort for all
who une N he malfeasance OF others.
ana every honest man. and child
does suffer from what goes on in
financial scampdom. Society j. SO bound
together that all the misfOrtunes which
good people suffer in business matters come
from the misdeeds OF others. Bear up un-
der distress, strong in God. He will see you
through. though your misfortunes should
DO c%entup|ed. Scientists tell Us that
a column Of air forty-fve miles
in height rests on every mans head
and shoulders. But that is nothing
compared with the pressure that business
life has put upon many OF you. God made
up His mind long = how many or how
few dollars it would be best for you to
have. Trust to His appointment. The
door will soon open to let you on. and let
You up. What shock OF delight for men
who for thirty years have been in business
anxiety when they shall suddenly awake In
everlasting holiday! On the maps Of the
Arctic regions there are two places whose
names are remarkable. given, l suppose.
by some polar expedition-Cape Fare.
we'll and Thank God Harbor. Al
this last the Polaris wintered in 1871 and
the Ticress in 1873. Some ships have
passed the cape. yet never reached the
haroor. But from what know OF many Of
YOU | have concluded that, though your
voyage OF life may be very rough, run IN
to by ic-berg> on this side and 1cebe-gs on
that, YOU will IN due time reach Cape Fare
we'll, and there bid goodbye to all annoy
hnceS, and soon after drop anchor III the
calm and i'm perturbabie waters OF Thank
God Harbor. There the wicked cease
rom troubling and the weary are az rest"