The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-10

he only bOrrows.
III had only a worldly weapon to use on
this subject, / would give you the tact,
fresh from the highest authority, ma
ninety per cent. of those who go into Will
speculation lose all, but / have a bettet
warning than n worldly warning. FROM
the place where men have perlshed-oouyt
mind, soul-stand off, stand OIL Abstract
| pulpit discussion must step aside on tnlS
question. Faith and repentance are aDso-
luteIy necessary, but faith and Repentance
are no more doctrines OF the Bible tnhu
commercial integrity. "Render to all tneli
dues" cove no man anything, anu
while l mean to preach faith ana repent,
nnce, more n more to p.eaeh theih, "a.
not mean to spend any time in chasing ING
Hittites and Jebusites aud Girgashites OF
Bible times when there are so many eFna
right around us destroying men ana won.
en- for time and for eternity. Ihe greatest
evangelistic preacher the world ever sd"'
a man who died for his evangelism-peeT.
less Paul-wrote to the Romans, "ProVlus
things honest in the sight OF aII men
wrote to the Corinthians, "Do that Whicp
is honest" wrote to the Philippians
whatsoever things are h%onest;" wrote TO
the Hebrews, "Willing in all things TO i've
honestly" The Bible says that faith with
out works is dead, which, being ilbera!iY
translated, means that II your business IRE
does not correspond with your profession
your religion is a humbug.
Gathered in all religious ~assemblages
there are many who have trust funds. 1t
is a compliment to you that you nave oeen
so intrusted, but / charge you, in the pres,
ence of God and the world, be rs careful
Of the property of others as you are care
full of your own. Above all, keep yourown
private account at the bank separate from
your account as trustee Of an estate or
trustee of an institution. That Is the p0iut
at which thousands OF people make snip
wreck. They get the property OF others
mixed up with their own property; they
put 1t into investment, and away II an
goes, and they cannot return that Whleh
they borrowed. Then comes the expo
sion, and the money market is shaken,
and the press denounces, and the church
founders expulsion. You have no right
to use the property of others, except for
their advantage, nor without consent, I'M
less they are minors. II 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
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 mas
given you. In any assemblage there may
be some who have misappropriated trust
funds. Put them back, or If you have
so hopelessly involved them that you
cdnHOl put lucul Dhth NOhlpoS ~ "HN'.
thing to those whom you have wronged
and you will sleep better nights and you
will lave the better nance for your soul.
What a sad thing it would be il after you
are dead your administrator should lind
from the account books or from the
lack OF vouchers that 20 are not only
bankrupt In estate, but that you lost your
SOUL II all the trust funds that have been
misappropriated should suddenly fly to
their owners and all the property that has
been purloined should suddenly go back
to its owners. 1t would crush Into ruin
every city In America.
A missionary In one of the islands of the
preached on dishonesty, and the
next morning he looked out of his window
and he saw his yard full of goods of all
kinds. He wondered and asked the cause =.
Of all this. "Well," 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
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 thetninisters
America should preach sermons on the
abuse of trust funds and OF the evils OF
Durloining, and the sermons were all
of God and regulations were made
hat all these things should be taken to
he city halls, it would not be long before
very CITY ldll III AIutIlCd MOulh w
rom cellar to cunola.
Let me say in the most emphatic man
Ter to all young men, dishonesty will never
Jay. An abbot wanted to buy a piece OF
and the owner would not sell it,
the owner finally consented to let 1t
o him until he could raise one crop, and
he abbot sowed acorns, a crop of 200
'earsl And l tell you, young man, that
he dishonesties which you plant IN your
leart and life will seem to be very insig-
lincant, but they will grow up until they
will overshadow you with horrible dark
less, o~vershadow all time and all eternity.
t will not be crop for 200 years, but a
rop for everlasting ages.
l nave also a word of comfort for all
who suffer from the malfeasance OF others,
every honest man, woman and child
loes suffer from what goes on in
financial scampdom. Society is so bound
ogether that all the misfortunes which
rood people suffer- in business matters come
rom the misdeeds of others. Bear up IN
Ter distress, strong in God. He will see you
through, though your misfortunes should
70 centupled. Scientists tell us that
column OF air forty-tive miles
n height rests on every mans head
nd shoulders. But that is nothing
'ompared with the pressure that business
life has put upon many of you. God made
lp His mind long ago how many or how
ew dollars it would be best Tor you TO
lave. Trust to His appointment. The
loor will soon open to let you out and let
Tou up. What shock OF delight for men
Who for thirty years a been in business
tnxiety when they shall suddenly awake in
everlasting holiday On the maps of the
regions there are two places whose
lames are remarkable, given, / suppose,
~ some polar expedition-Cape Fare
veil and Thank God Harbor. At
his last the Polaris wintered in 1871 and
he Tlgress in 1873. some ships have
passed the cape, yet never reached the
But from what 1 know of many OF
you / have concluded that, though your
;oyage of life may be very rough, run in
% by icebergs on this side and icebergs on
hat, you will in due time reach Cape Fare
we'll, and there bid goodbye to all annoy
,nees, and soon after drop anchor in the
,alm and imperturbable waters Of Thank
God Harbor. There the wicked cease
troubling and the weary are at rest"