Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-22

or 1887 or 1895. And this nation has been
taught that men must keep their hands
out OF other peoples pockets. Great bus
inesses built on borrowed capital have
been obliterated, aud men who had moth
ing have lost all they had. / believe we
are on q higher career OF prosperity than
this land has ever seen, II, and II, and H.
II the first men, and especially Christian
men. will learn never to speculate upon
borrowed capital-if you have n mind to
take your own money and turn 1t into
kites to fly them over every common in the
United States, you do society no wrong.
except when you tumble your be,pless
children into the poorhouse for the public
to take care OF. But you have no right to
take the money of others and turn it into
kites. There Is ono word that has deluded
more people into bankruptcy than any
other word In mmercial life, and that is
the word borrow. That one word Is re-
sponsible for all the defalcations and en-
bezzlements and financial consternatious
OF the last twenty years. When executors
conclude to speculate with the funds OF an
estate committed to their charge. they do
When a banker makes an overdraft upon
his institution. he does not commit a theft;
he only borrows.
II had only a worldly weapon TO use on
this subject, I would give you the fact.
fresh from the highest authority. that
ninety per cent. Of those who go into wild
speculation lose all, but 1 have a better
warning than a worldly warning. From
the place where men have perished-body,
mind, soul--stand of, stand off! Abstract
pulpit discussion must step aside on this
question. Faith and repentance are abso-
lutely necessary, but faith and repentance
are no more doctrines OF the Bible than
Dues" "Owe no man anything" And
while 1 mean to preach faith and repent
nnce, more and more to preach them, do
not mean to spend any time in chasing the
Hittites and Jebusites aud Girgashites of
Bible times when there are so many evils
right around US destroying men and wom-
en- for time and for eternity. The greatest
evangelistic preacher the world ever saw,
a man who died for his evangelism-peer-
less Paul-wrote to the Romans, ''Provide
things honest in the sight of all men,
wrote to the Corinthians, .'Do that which
is honest" wrote to the Philippians,
Whatsoever things are honest" wrote to
the Hebrews, "Willing in all things to live
honestly" The Bible says that faith with
out works Is dead, which, being literally
translated, means that IL your business life
does not correspond with your profession
your religion Is a humbug.
Gathered in all religious assemhlages
there are many who have trust funds. 1t
Is compliment to you that you have been
so intrusted, but Icharge you, in the pres
ence of God and the world. be as careful
OF the property of others as you are care
full Of your own. Above ALL keep your own
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 own property; they
put it into investment, and away it all
goes, and they cannot return that which
they borrowed. Then comes the explo-
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, un-
less they are minors. If 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
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 a solemn trust that God has
given you. In any assemblage there may
be some who have misappropri2ted trust
lids. Put them BACK, or II yoH have
SO hopelessly involved them that you
cannot put them back confess the whole
thing to those whom you have wronged
and YOU will sleep better nights and you
will have the better chanse for your soul.
What a sad thing it would be il after you
are dead your administrator should lind
lack of vouchers that you 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. it would crush into ruin
every city in America.
missionary in one of the islands OF the
Pacific preached on dishonesty, and the
next morning he looked olt of his window
aud 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
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" II next Sabbath all the ministers
In America should preach sermons on the
abuse of trust funds and on the evils OF
purloining, and the sermons were all
blessed of God and regulations were made
that all these things should be taken to
the city halls, 1t would not be long before
every city hall in America would be Gro yded
from cellar to cunola,
Let me say in the most emphatic man
ner to all young men, dishonesty will never
pay. An abb ot wanted to buy a piece of
ground and the owner would not sell it,
but the owner finally consented to let 1t
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 10 your
heart and life will seem 10 be very insig-
nifcant, but they will grow up until they
will overshadow you with horrible dark
ness, overshadow all time and all eternity.
1t will not be a crop for 200 years, but a
crop for everlasting ages.
have also a word OF comfort for all
who suffer from the malfeasance of Others
and every honest man, woman and child
does suffer from what goes on in
together that all the misfortunes which
good people suffer in business matters come
from the misdeeds of others. Bear up I'M
der distress, strong in God. He will see you
through, though your misforia anes should
be centupled. Scientists tell us that
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 ago 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 out 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 holidayl On the maps of the
Arctic regions there are two places whose
names are remarkable, given, suppose,
by some polar expedtion-Cape Fare
well and Thank God Harbor At
this last the Polaris wintered in 1871 and
the Tigress in 1878. Some ships have
passed the cape, yet never reached the
harbor. But from what know of many OF
you have concluded that, though your
voyage of life may be very rough, IN in
20 by icebergs on this side and fcebergs OF.
that, you will in due time reach Cape Fare
we'll, and there bid goodbye &c all annoy
ances, and soon after d.op arcnor in the
calm and imperturbable waters OF Thank
God Harbor. There the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are FL rest"
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