Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-10

the breakers Of borrow.
| Faith and Repentance Necessary.
If | had only worldly weapon to
use on this subject. | would give You
the fact, fresh from the highest author
ity, that 90 per cent of those who 20
into wild speculation lose all, but |
have a better warning than a worldly
warning From the place where men
have perished-body, mind. soul-stand
off, stand of Abstract pulpit discus
sion must stey aside on this question
Faith and repentance are absolutely
necessary, but faith and repentance are
no more doctrines Of the Bible than
commercial integrity Render to all
their dues. " "Owe no man anything.
And while | mean to preach faith and
repentance. more and more to preach
them. | do not mean to spend any time
in chasing the Hittites and Jebusites
and Girgashites of Bible times when
there are so many evils right around us
destroying men and women for time
and for eternity. The greatest evangel-
istic preacher the world ever saw, a
man who died for his evangelism-peer-
less Paul--wrote to the Romans. PRO
vide things honest in the sight Of all
mem" wrote to the Corinthians do
that which is honest" wrote to the
Philippians. "Whatsoever things are
honest" wrote to the Hebrews. will
ing in all things to live honestly" The
Bible says that faith without works is
dead, which, being literally translated,
means that if your business life does
not correspond with your profession
your religion is a humbug.
Here is something that needs to be
sounded into the ears Of all the young
men Of America, ana iterated and re-
iterated, if this country is ever to be
delivered from its calamities and COM
mercial prosperity is to be established
and perpetuated; Live within your
means. Spend no more than you make
And let MS adjust all our business and
our homes by the principles Of the
Christian religion. Our religion ought
TO mean Just as much on Saturday and
Monday as on the day between, and not
to be "a mere periphrasis Of sanctity
Our religion ought to first clean our
hearts. and then it ought to clean our
lives Religion is not. as some seem to
think. n sort Of church delectation. a
kind Of confectionery, a sort Of spiritual
caramel, or holy gumdrop, or sanctitied
peppermint. or theological anasthetic-
1t is an omnipotent principle, all con-
trolling, all conquering. Nou may get
along with something less than that.
and You may deceive yourself with it.
but you cannot deceive God, and you
cannot deceive the world. The keen
business man will put on his spectacles'
and he will look clear through TO the
back of your head and see whether your
religion is a fiction or a fact And you
cannot hide your samples of sugar, oi
rice. or tea, or coffee II they are false
Won cannot hide them under the clotf
of a communion table. All your prayers
20 for nothing so long as you misrepre
sent your banking institution, and II
the report of the resources you put dowI
more specie, and more fractional cur
rency. and more clearing house certlf
| Gates. and more legal tender notes anC
more loans and more discounts THAI
2 there really are, and when you give al
s account Of your liabilities You do no
mention all the unpaid dividends ant
t the United States bank notes outstand
r ing. and the individual deposits and tn
t obligations TO other banks and bankers
An authority more scrutinizing thai
e that of any bank examiner viii g
through and through and through you
D business.
/ Cnre For Others Property
Gathered in all religious assemblage
there are many who have trust funds
+ II is a compliment to you that you nav
e been so intrusted, but charge you,
a the presence Of God and the world 3
q as careful of the property Of Others q
YOU are careful Of your own. Above al
o keep your own private account at tn
u bank separate from your account 9
e trustee of an estate or trustee Of an II
!, stitution. That is the point at whic
+ thousands of people make shipwreci
! They get the property Of others mike
d up with their own property they put
e into investment, and away it all goe
n and they cannot return that which the
d horrowed Then comes the explosion
Ie and the money market is shaken al
3 the press denounces and the churC
If thunders expulsion. You have no rigl
l. 10 use the property Of Others, except Il
n their advantage, nor without consen
y unless they are minors II Win Tue
r consent YOU invest their property
= well as you can and 1t Is all lost y'
)t are not TO blame. You did the best yC
could. But do not come into the del
y sion which has ruined so many men
rs thinking because thing is IN the
is possession therefore it is theirs "
ut have a solemn trust that God has CIV
Sc Won. In any assemblage there may
h. some who have misappropriated tru
ir funds. Put them back, or II you ha
lg 20 hopelessly involved them that y
e ,annot put them back confess the wh'
nt thing to those whor- you have wrong
II and you will sleep better nights a.
II YOU will have the better chance !
IN your soul What sad thing it won
r.. be if after you are dead your admin
do traitor should find out from the accou
os books or from the lack of vouchers II
M yoH are not only bankrupt in esta
We but that you lost your soull If all
,t. trust funds that have been misapp
priated should suddenly fly to tn
wv owners and all the property that
been purloined should suddenly go ba
wv TO its owners it would crush into II
IN every city in America
as A missionary in one Of the islands
lee the Pacific preached on dishonesty a
an the next morning he looked out OF
lu' window and he saw his yard full
lot goods of all kinds He wondered
nr- asked the cause Of all this "Wel
ge said the natives. 'our gods that
lld have been worshiping permit us
'ut steal; but, according to what you
ese Yesterday, the God Of heaven and ca
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