Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-06-22

But IL was left for our Own country
TO surpa<x all. about az years sg'.- We
have the highest mountains and the
greatest catarscts and the longest riv-
ers, and. az course. we had an have the
largest swiudie. One would have
Thought that the nation had seen
enough INA that direction during the
morus multicsulis excitement. when
almost every man had bunch OF
crawling silkworms in his house. out
OF which he expected tn make . for
tune But ali this excitement was
as nothing compared with what took
place in 1864 when n man near Titus
Vile. Pa. digging for well. struck
oil. Twelve hundred oil companies
call for billion of stock. Psom-
inent members Of churches. as soon ss
a certain amount of stock was as
signed them. saw II was their privilege
To become presidents or secretaries or
members of the board Of direction
Some Of these companies never had .
| foot Of ground. never expected 10 have.
| Their entire equipment was . mapof
region where oil might be and two
walls OF grease. crude and clarified.
| People rushed down from all parts OF
the country by the hrSt train and pui
their hard earnings in the guilt A
| young man came down from the oil re-
gions of Pennsylvania utterly dement,
ed. having sold his farm At a fabulous
price because il was supposed that
there might be oil there-coming TO 9
hotel in Philadelphia at the time 1 VAS
living there, throwing down . 5000
check TO pay for his MONDAY meal and
saying he did not care anything about
Il. L.. - er1
the gas burner 20 light his cigar with
a $1,000 note. Utterly insane.
The good Christian people SaiS;
This company must be all right,
because Elder So-and-sO is president
OF IL. and Elder So-and-so is secre-
tary of IL. and then there are three
or four highly respected protesting
Christians i'm the board OF direct
ors." They did not know that when
professed Christian goes into
stock gambling ne lies like sin But
alas for the country IL became a
tragedy, and thousand million dol
lars were swamPed. There are fami-
/, lies to-day sitting in the shadow
of destitution who but for that
great national outrage would have
had their cottages and their
homesteads. hold up before
: the young men these four great
stock gambling schemes that they
may see 20 what leRgth men
will GO smitten OF this passion. and
/ want TO show them how all The
best interests OF society are against
Il. and God il against IL and vii
condemn il for time and condemn i
for eternity. 7 do nOs dwell upoT
:, the frenKied speculations In Wal
street last month. You all have
enough remembrance OF that Anan
cial horror. i only want you &
know that "a was in q procession o
'n monetary frendes. some of which
s. have passed and others are 10 come
he O men OF Wall street and % al
IN streets. stand back from nefariou
a enterprises. join that great com
p pany of Christian men who ar
TO maintaining their integrity, notwiti
er standing all the pressure of tempts
az ton. Ia the morning. when 20
~. open business in the brokers ofilc
on or in the banking house, ask God
M blessing. and when you close il pr
to nounoe a benediction upon Is.
all kind of business that men cRnns
he engage in without prayer Is no bus
.eI ness for you. 1 wish that the wore
sh OF George Peabody. uttered in u
'vn hearing OF the people OF his nati'
town-Danvers. Mass.-I wish thi
m those words could be uttered IA Il
in hearing of ell the young ms
ne, throughout the land He sal
lad Though ProvtdSncs has granted 4
ant UNMARRIED end universal success
the the pursuit OF fortune in other Ian
the ] am still In heart the humble b
Ex- who left yOnder unpretend1ng dive
lad ing. There Is not Q youth with
rec the sound of my voice whose ear
for opportunities and advantages a
hat not very much greater than we
ATTY my own, and / have since achiev
had nothing that is impossible TO I
IN most humble boy among yo'
ae- George Pesbody's sucosss i'm bu
hey ness was not more remarkable tn
ew- his integrity and his grsaf-hsaTt
eat benevOlenee. 1 pray upon you Go
her protecting and prospecting blessia
was hope you may all make fortuI
chit for time and fortunes for eternit,
svo- Some day when you come Out
IAN. your place OF business and you
mt. TO the clearing house or the pl'
the OF custom or the bank or your o
ohm home--aS you come out Of your pia
ring OF business just look up at the els
eat In the tower and see by the me
was ment OF the hands how your life
ion. rapidly going away and be remin'
,nce of the fact that before Gods thrs
sea of inexorablc Judgment you must
sfer give account of what you have d.