Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

something less than that, and You may
deceive yourself with 1t, but you cannot
deceive God, and you cannot deceive the
world Tho keen business man will put
on his spcctaclcs, and he will look clear
through to the back of your head and SEQ
whether your religion is a fiction or fact
And you cannot hide your samples Of
sugar or rico or tea or coffee If they arc
false; you cannot hide them under the
cloth of u communion table. All your
prayers 20 for nothing so long as you mis-
represent your banking institutions, and
in the report of the resources you put
down more specie, and more fractional
currency. and more clearing house certif-
Gates, and more legal tender notes, and
moro loans, and more discounts than
there really are, and when you give an
account of your liabilities you do not men
ton all the unpaid dividends and tho
, United States bank notes outstanding
and the individual deposits, and the oh
legations to other banks and bankers. An
| authority more scrutinizing than that OF
any bank examiner will go through and
through and through your business.
Gathered in all religious asscmblagcs
there arc many who have trust funds. 1t
is compliment to you that you have been
SO intrustcd, but charge you, in the pres
encc of God and the world he as careful
of the property of Others as you are careful
of your own Above all, keep your own
private account ut 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
shipwrcck They get the property of 9TH
crs mixed up with their own property.
They put it into investment, and away it
all Ia.
which they borrowed. Then comes the
explosion, and the money market is shak-
en-, and the press dcnounces and the
church thundcrs expulsion. You have no
right to use the property of others, except
for their advantage nor without consent,
unless they are minors If with their con
sent you invest their property as well rs
you can, and it is all lost, you are not TO
blame. You did the best you could, but
do not come into the dclusion, which has
ruined so many nlcn of thinking because
"A thing is in their possession therefore it
Is theirs. You have solemn trust that
God has given you, In any asscmhlagC
there may be some who have misnppropri
ated trust funds. Put them back, or il
you have SO hopelssSly involved them that
you cannot put them back confess the
whole thing to those whom you have
wmnged, and you will sleep better nights
and you will have the better chance for
your soul What a sad thing il would be
If after you are dead your administrator
should find out from the account books or
from the lack of vouchers that you are not
only bankrupt in estate, but that you lost
your soul. If all the trust funds that have
been misappropriatcd should suddenly fly
to their owners and all the property that
has been purloined should suddenly 20
back to its owners, it would crush into
ruin every city III America
Dishonesty Does Not Pay.
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 goods
oil all kinds He wondered and asked the
cause OF all this We'll, said the natives,
"our gods that we have been worshipinR
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 minister.
IN America should preach sermons on the
abuse of trust funds, and on the evils OF
purloining, and the sermons We're all bless
all these things should be taken to the city
halls, it would not be long before ever!
city hall in America would be crowded
from cellar to cupola.
Let me say in the most emphatic man
ner to all young men, dishonesty will nev
er pay. An abbot wanted to buy picc,
of ground, and the owner would not sci
1t, but the owner finally consented to lei
1t TO him until he could raise one crop
and the abbot sowed acorns u crop of pot
years, And tell you, young man, thai
the dishonesties which you plant In youl
heart and life will seem to be very insig
nificant, but they will grow up until they
will overshadow you with horrible dark
ness, ovcrshadow all time and all eternity
1t will not be a crop for 200 years, but {
crop for everlasting ages.
| have also "a word of comfort for al
who suffer from the malfcasance of others
and every honest man, woman and chile
does suffer from what goes on in fnanca
scampdom Society is so bound together
that all the misfortunes which good PEG
pie suffer in business matters come from
the misdecds of Others. Bear up undc
distress, strong in God He will see you
through, though your misiortunes shoulC
hbc centupled. Scientists tell us that Il col
umn OF air 40 miles III height rests on cN
cry mans head and shoulders But tina
is nothing compared with the prcssur,
that business life has put upon many o
you. God made up his mind long ag'
how many or how few dollars it would b,
best for you to have. Trust to his appoint
ment. The door will soon open to let YOU
out and let you up What shock of deligh
for men who for 30 years have been II
business anxiety when they shall suddenl,
awake in everlasting holiday On tn,
maps of the arctic regions there are tw,
!, places whose names are remarkable, given
l suppose, by some polar expedition, Cap
Farewell and Thank God harbor A
this last the Polaris wintered in 1871 an,
the Tigress in 1873. Some ships hav
passed the cape, yet never reached the har
Dor. But from what ! know of many q
you have concluded that, though you
voyage of life may be very rough, run int
! by iccbcrgs on this side and icebergs o.
that, you will in due time reach Cape Fare
well and there bid goodby to all annoy
. ances and soon after drop anchor in tn
calm and impcrturbable waters of Than
! God harbor. There the wicked ccaS
from troubling and the weary are at rest.
Suez Canal and the Pessimists.
, 1t was shown that from an cngincerin
point of view the Suez canal was imposs
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