St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06

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have the highest mountains ana ene
greatest cataracts and the longest nv
ers. and. of course, we had to have the
largest swindle. One would have
thought that the nation had seen
enough in that direction during tho
morns multicaulis excitement, when
almost every man had bunch OF
crawling silkworms in his house, out
of which he expected to make TOT.
tune. But all this excitement was
as nothing compared with what took
place in 1864 when . man near Illus
Vile, Pa, digging for well. struck
oil. Twelve hundred oil companies
call for a billion of stock. Prom
inent members of churches, as soon as
a certain amount of stock was as
signed them, saw it was their privilege
to become presidents or secretaries OF
members of the board OF dlrectlon'
Some of these companies never hao
foot of ground, never expected to have.
Their entire equipment was map OF
region where oil might be and two
Walls of grease, crude and CHARMED.
People rushed down from all parts OF
the country by the first train and put
their hard earnings in the gulf. A
young man came down from the oil re"
gions of Pennsylvania utterly dement,
ed, having sold his farm at fabulous
price because it was supposed that
there might be oil there-coming to .
hotel in Philadelphia at the time was
living there, throwing down $4,000
check to pay for his MONDAY meal and
saying he did not care any thing about
the change! Then he stepped back to
the gas burner to light his cigar with
q $1,000 note. Utterly insane.
The good Christian people said:'
'This company must be all right,
because Elder So-and-so is president
of it, and Elder So-and-so is secre-
tary of it. and then there are threa
or four highly respected protesting
Christians in the board of direct
ors." They did not know that when
a protested Christian goes into
stock gambling he lies like sin. But
alas for the country! It became .
tragedy, and a thousand million dol
lars were swamped. There are fami-
lies to-day sitting in the shadow
of restitution who but for that
great national outrage would have
had their cottages and their
hold up before
the young men these four great
stock gambling schemes that they
may see to what length men
will go smitten Of this passion. and
I want to show them how all the
best interests of society are against
it, and God is against it and will
condemn it for time and condemn it
for eternity. I do not dwell upon
the frenzied speculations in Wall
street last month. You all have
enough remembrance Of that fnan-
cial horror. I only want you to
know that it was in procession Of
frenzies, some of which
have passed and others are to come.
o men of Wall street and of all
streets, stand back from nefarioua
enterprises, join that great COM
pany of Christian men who are
their integrity, notwith-
all the pressure of tempta-
ton. In the morning, when you
open business in the brokers' Office
or in the banking house, ask Gods
blessing, and when you close it pro-
nounce benedictfon upon it. A
kind of business that men cannot
engage in without prayer is no busi-
ness for you. wish that the words
of George Peabody, uttered in tho
hearing of the people of his native
Mass.-I wish that
those words could be uttered in the
hearing of ALI the young men
the land. He said:
Though Providence has granted mo
UNMARRIED and universal success in
the pursuit of fortune in other lands
I am still in heart the humble boy
who left yonder unpretending dwell
ing. There is not youth within
The sound of my voice whose early
and advantages are
not very much greater than were
ny own, and have since achieved
nothing that is impossible to the
most humble boy among you"
George Peabody's success in BUSH
ness was not more remarkable than
ais integrity and his great-hearted
pray upon you Gods
protecting and prospecting blessing.
hope you may all make fortunes
.or time and fortunes for eternity.
Some day when you come out Of
your place of business and you 70
% the clearing house or the place
# custom or the bank or your own
you come out of your place
# business just look up at the clock
n the tower and see by the move
nent OF the hands how your life il
'apidly going away and be reminded
II the fact that before Gods throne
# inexorable judgment you must yet
Five account of what you have done
'ince the day you sold the first yard
# cloth or the first pound of sugar.
pray for you ali prosperity. Stand
lose by Christ, and Christ will stand
lose by you. The greater the tempta-
ion the more magnificent the re-
ward. But, alas, for the stock game
will he do in the iudF-
nent? That day will settle Averv,