The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-10


sermon on the mount enjoins: From
him that would borrow of thee turn
not thou away" a young man rightly
borrows money TO get his education
Purchasing II house and not able to
pay all down in cash. the purchaser
rightly borrows ii on mortgage. Crises
come in business when it would be
wrong for IA man not to borrow. But L
roll this warning through all these
aisles, over the backs of all these pews,
never borrow to speculate--uot a dol
lar, not u cent. not a farthing. Young
men. warn you by your worldly pros
poets and the value of your immortal
souls, do not do it. There are breakers
distinguished for their shipwrecks--
the lIanways, the Needles the Caskets,
the Douvers the Anderlos the Skerries
and many craft has gone to pieces
on those rocks. but I have to tell you
that all the Ilauways. and the Needles.
and the Caskets. and the Skerries are
rs nothing compared with the long line
OF breakers which bound the ocean of
commercial life north. south. east and
west with the white foam of their de
the breakers OF borrow.
If had only worldly weapon to use
on this subject, I would give you the
fact. fresh from the highest authority,
that 90 per cent. of those who go into,
wild speculation lose all, but have IA
better warning than worldly warning.
From the place where men have per
/, hed-body. mind, soul--stand Of
stand Oft! Abstract pulpit discussion
must step aside on this question. Faith
and repentance are absolutely neces-
sary, but faith aud repentance are II"
more doctrines of the Bible than com
mercia integrity. Render to all their
dues" "Owc no man anything Ana
while I mean TO preach faith aud re
peutauce, more aud more TO preach
them, do not mean to speud any time
in chasing the llittites aud JebusiteS
and Girgashites of Bible times When
there are so many evils right around us
destroying men and women for time
and eternity. The greatest evangelis-
tic preacher the world ever saw. mar
who died for his vangelism-peerless
Paul--wrote to the Romans: provide
things honest in the sight OF all mem"
wrote to the Corinthians: DO THAI
which is honest" wrote TO the Phil
ippans: Whatsoever things are hon
est, wrote to the Hebrews: willing In
all things to live honestly" The Bible
says that faith without works is dead.
which, being literally translated,
means that il your business life does
not correspond with your profession
your religion is n humbug,
Gathered in all religious ssemblages
there are many who have trust funds.
It is compliment to you that you
have been so inrusted, but | charge
YOU, in the presence of God and the
world, he as careful of the property o.
others. As you are careful of your own.
\bove all, keep your own private ac-
count at the bank separate from your
account a. trustee of an estate or trustee
ur an institution. That is the point AZ
which thousands OF people make ship
wreck. They get the property OF 9th
rr, mixed up with their own property.
| They put it into Investment, and away
| il all goes. aud they cannot return that
which they borrowed, Then comes the
explosion, aud the money market is
| shaken. and the press deuounces, and
the church thundcrs expulsion. You
I have no right TO u.s. the property OF
| others, except for their advantage. nor
| without consent, unless they are minors.
/ II with heir consent YOU invest their
/ property as we'll a. you can, and IL 10
| all lost YOU are not 10 blame. You
| did the best you could, but do not come
| into the deluSion, which has ruined SD
many men, Of thinking because thing
/ is in their possession therefore it is
/ theirs. You have solemn trust thas
| Goa has given you. In any asemblage
| there may he some who have misap-
/ propriatcd trust funds. Put them back,
/ or if you have so helplessly involved
/ them that you cannot put them back,
confess the whole thing to those whom
/ you have wrOnged, aud you will sleep
better nights, and you will have the
! better chance for your soul. What a.
| sad thing it would be il, after you are
| dead. your administrator should find
out from the account books or from the
! lack Of vouchers hat you are not only
| bankrupt in estate, but that you lost
| your soul. If all The trust funds that
have been misappropriated should sud
| denly hy to their owners and all the
| property that has been purloined
| should suddenly so back TO it's owners,
| ii would crush into ruin every city in
! America.
\ missionary in one OF the islands OF
| the Pacific preached on dishonesty, and
The next morning lie looked ont of his
| window, aud he saw his yard full OF
| gooGs of all kinds. tie wondered and
asked the cause of all this. Well" said
he natives, "our gods that We have
been worshipiug permit us to steal, but
according 70 what you said yesterday
| the God Of Heaven and earth will not
allow this, so We bring back ali these
/ goods and we ask yuu to help us in
/ taking them ia he nlnCpS ,yhera thew