Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-07-19
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
FINANCIAL PANICS THE SUBJ
JECT LAST SUNDAY,
From the Seventeenth Chapter Of 3ers-
niah, Verse 1.-The Refinements OF
Life and Unnecessary Expenses of the
Home and Family-LIve Economically.

CopyrignL, lSVl, LOUIS hlopScns l.
Washington, July 14-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage shows the causes
Of great financial disturbances which
take place every few years and ar
Yaigns the people who live beyond
their means; xt, Jeremiah xvii, II,
"As the patli~se stitch on eggs and
hatcheth them not, so he that getteth
riches, and not by right, shall leave
them in the midst OF his days and at
his end shall be fool"
Allusion is here made to well
known fact III natural history. II a
partridge or a quail or a robin brood
the eggs Of another species. the young
viii not stay with the one that happen
ID to brood them, but at the first OPP
portunity will assert with their own
species. Those of us who have been
brought up in the country have seen
the dismay of the farmyard hen, hav-
ing brooded aquatic fowls, when at
Ter awhile they tumble into their nat
ural element. the water. So my text
suggests that a man may gather under
bis wings the property of others. but
It viii after awhile escape It Will leave
the man in a sorry predicament and
make him feel very silly
Extravaganza Causes Ruin.
What has caused all the black days
Of financial disasters for the last 90
years? Some say it is the credit sys-
tam. Something back of that. Some say
It is the spirit of gambling ever and
anon becoming epidemic. Something
back OF that. Some say it is the sudden
shrinkage IN the value Of securities,
which even the most honest and intel
ngent men could not have foreseen-
something back Of that will give you
the primal cause Of all these disturb
snees. i IS the extravaganza of modern
society which impeis man TO spend
more money than he can honestly
make, ara he goes into wild specula-
zion 10 order 10 get the means for IN
ordinate display, and sometimes the
man Is t. blame and sometime his wife
and oftener both Five thousand dol
lars income. 500 $50 600 income, Is
not enough for a man to keep up the
style Of living he proposes, and there
fore he steers his bark toward the
maelstroIa Other men have suddenly
snatched up $50. 600 or 100000 Why
not he? Tic present income Of the man
not being large enough. he must move
earth and he'll to catch up with his
neighbors. Others have a country seat;
30 must ne Others have an eXtrava-
CANT caterer, so must he. Others have
q palatial residence; so must he.
Extravaganc is the cause of all the
defalcatious of the last 60 years. and, if
you VIII go through the history of ell
the great panics and the great financial
disturbances. no sooner have you
found me story than right back OF it
you VII find the story Of how many
horses The man had. how many car
Yiages the man had. how many resi-
dences Sc The country the man had,
how many banquets the man gave-al-
ways. and not one exception for the
last SO years, either directly or indi-
Tectly extravaganoe the cause.
The ReGuenents OF Life.
Now for the elegances and the re-
hnements and the decorations OF life.
I cast M vote. While ! am consider
ing this lbjact a basket OF flowers is
handed la-fowers paradisiacal in
their beauty. White Gala with a green
background Of Degonia. 4 cluster Of
leliotrOpes Nesting in some geranium.
eepal ard perianth bearing on them
the marks Of Gods finger When 1 see
that basket Of flowers, they persuade
me that Cod loves beauty and adorn-
ment and decoration. God might have
made the earth so as to supply the
gross demands OF sense. but left it
without adOrnment or attraction. In
stead Of the variegated colors of the
seasons The earth might have worn an
unchanging dull brown. The tree
might have put forth its fruit without
the prophecy OF leaf or blossom Mia
CARA might have come down in gradual
descen- without thunder and winged
spray.
Look ont of your window any morn
ing after there has been a dew and see
whether God loves jewels. Put crystal
OF snow under a microscope and see
what God tanks of architecture. God
commanded the priest of olden time to
have his robe adorned with a wreath
Of gold and the hon of his garment to
be en- broidered III pomegrsnates. The
earth sleeps. and God blankets it with
the briniants of the night sky. The
world wakes. and God washes it from
the FURNISHED laver Of the sunrise. So
I have rot much patience with man
who talks as though decoration and
adornment and the elegances OF life are
a sin when they are diyinely recon-
mended But there is a line to be
drawn between adornment and decora-
lions that we can afford and those we
cannot afford. and when man crosses
the line he becomes culpable | cannot
tell you what is extravagant for you
You cannot tell me what is
oxtravagant for me- What is
hight for queen may be
squandering for a duchess. What may
be economical for you, a man with
larger income, will be wicked waste
tor me. with smaller income. There is
no iron rule on this subject. Every
man before God and on his knees must
Judge what is extravaganza, and when
q man goes into expenditures beyond
his means he is extravagant.
Mestin= Ones Obligations
OF course sometimes men are flung
OF misfoltunes and they cannot pay. |
know men who are just az honest in
harrir1 fni1od nth