The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-15
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to surpass all, about 81 years county
have the highest mountain "sO. We
greatest c~ataracts and the lona uu The
ers, and, of course, we had ~ sestr r.
largest swindle. One nave The
thought that the nation W." have
enough in that direction durin, seen
morus %multicaulis excitement the
almost every man had a bun "hen
crawling silkworms in his bonsa OF
OF which he expected to maI aSe' out
tune. But all this excitemona io''
as nothing compared with wSn. w'
place in 1864 when a man MAN." LOOK
ville' Pa, digging for a we'll NUS
OIL. Twelve hundred oil comn tuck
call for a billion of stock Panles
inent members of churches. ne
a certain amount of stock wa" as
signed them, saw it was their nrirp i"
to become presidents or secretamVse
members of the board of direotI.os
Some OF these companies never SaS
foot OF ground, neve expected toh"-'
Iheir entire equipment was a man"
region where oil might be and t'
vlals OF grease, crude and claris.s
People rushed down from all n.,.D
the country by the first train and
their hard earnings in the gnl, pI
young man came down from tho Ill
gions OF pennsylvania utterly deno..
ed, having sold his farm at \ fabrla".
price ecause it was oppose tba.
there might be oil there-cominct"'
hotel in Philadelphia at the time WOO
living there, throwing down a Soon
check to pay for his MONDAY meal ana
saying he did not care anything abont
the change! Then he stepped back n
the gas burner to light his cigar with
a $1,000 note. Utterly insane.
The good Christian people said.
"This company must be all rigbt
because Elder So-and-so is president
of it, and Elder So-and-so is secrs.
tary of it, and then there are thres
or four highly respected professjn,
Christians in the board of direct.
ors." They did not know that when
a professed Christian goes into
stock gambling he lies like sin. But
alas for the country! 1t became a
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
homesteads. 1 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
1 l 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 i.
for eternity. L do not dwell upon
!, the frenzied speculations in Wall
street last month. You all have
9 enough remembrance Of that fnan.
cial horror. 1 only want you TO
know that it was in a procession Of
monetary frenzies, some Of which
have passed and others are TO come
e o men of Wall street and Of al
streets, stand back from nefariou!
enterprises, join that great com
pany of Christian men who ar,
o maintaining their integrity, notwith
r standing all the pressure of tempta
p ton. In the morning, when yor
open business in the brokers' ofic
n or in the banking house, ask God
blessing, and when you close it pre-
o nounce a benediction upon it.
III l-snl ~ huefnnSC chat MAJ raur0
e engage in without prayer is no bus
ness for you. l wish that the word
b of George Peabody, uttered in til
n hearing of the people of his nativ
town-Danvers, Mass.--I wish tina
those words could be uttered in Il
n hearing of all the young me
throughout the land. He salI
d Though Providence has granted Il
It UNMARRIED and universal success
e the pursuit of fortune in other LAM
l am still in heart the humble br
E who left yonder unpretending dive
d ing. There is not q youth with
the sound of my voice whose ear
II opportunities and advantages a
II not very much greater than We
my own, and l have since achievI
d nothing that is impossible TO q
l. most humble boy among yoJ
g. George Peabody's success in ou
" ness was not more remarkable TIT
his integrity and his great-heart
At benevolence. l pray upon you Go'
,r protecting and prospecting blessT
,s 1 hope you may all make fortur
n for time and fortunes for eternity
o. Some day when you come out
n your place of business and you
t, the clearing house or the pa
% custom or the bank or your OF
N home-as you come out of your pa
10 of business just look up at the CO
:. in the tower and see by the mo
A.. ment of the hands how your life
n. rapidly going away and be remind
of the fact that before Gods thro
pa of inexorable Judgment you :
give account of what you have &c
I'd since the day you sold the first y
Il of cloth or the first pound OF sus
l pray for you all prosperity. Sta
. close by Christ, and Christ Will sta
is close by you. The greater the temp
n, ton the more magnificent the
ward. But, alas. for the stock q
. " r- ILL H. do in fhP III