Milford chronicle., 1903-02-20

n runs into debt, he opens the sluice gate
a Of falsehood. He processes his willing
ness to clasp hands with deception an
d deceit. The debtor says to his creditor
Il have no money this morning, but
4. will pay you next week" His word
" are false; lie has no intention Of pay
e ing next week. The debtor says: 81
t am now trying to sell some land. The
+ deal is almost closed; then l will senC
:. You a check" The debtor knows he is
b a falsifier; he has no land to sell.
e One Of the dearest friends ever had
e by this curse of running into debt be-
] came a moral degenerate. He went to
] another friend and borrowed 5000 and
2 gave as security some cattle which lie
7 Drofessed to own at that time in Kan
: sas. In fact, he did not own horn or
; hoof in all the world. So the perjury
habit, which is often the offspring Of
debt, will creep into a mans heart as
worm tunnels its way into the heart
of q great tree and leaves there moth
ing but death and corruption and filth.
All liars shall have their part in the
iake which burneth with fire and brim-
stone, which is the second DEATH" Be
] ware, o man, how you nourish this de-
;troying child Of perjury. which is Of
ten the offspring of accursed Debt!
Helpless and Innocent Victims.
Willful Debt is the fiend who cares
not how many helpless and innocent
victims ne may destroy in his own an
initiation The pirates of old used to
raise their black flags and prey upon
the ancient shipping. The robbers of
Scotland used to place false lights
upon the shores so that the ships would
be decoyed upon the rocks and the
wreckers could collect the broken car
goes. The man who willfully runs into
debt is human vampire who is suck
ing the lifeblood out of his butcher
and baker, his tailor and landlord, his
friend and his enemy alike. He cares
not how he gets money so long as he
gets it. He cares not who has to suf- /
fer so long as his present desires are /
satisfied. What is the natural and in /.
evitable result? There have been thou
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into bankruptcy because their custom .
ers, supposed to be honorable men,
would not pay their bills. There have .
been hundreds and thousands of poor
widows and orphans and aged and
helpless depositors of small sums in
the banks who have lost all merely be-
cause the cashiers have become de-
fa D
dragged down with them in their own
moral and spiritual destruction. 1t is
Il contemplate act for a man to steal
from a millionaire. 1t is infinitely
meaner for a woman to steal from her
poor dressmaker, her cook or her wash
erwOman, or for man to rob his gro
ceryman or iceman or his coachman or
the gardener who sells to him his flow
ars. 1t is meaner because those who
IRE robbed under such circumstances
must perhaps lose their all and be
lriven to starve and die.
But if it is fiendlike for the willful
lebtor to steal from his butcher and
baker, how much more criminal is it
FOR him to destroy the spiritual and
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S many man who is rearing his chill
lren after the exalted style of a mil
iOnaire's children. who when he dies
Will leave to them not one cent. In
'ther words, he is instilling into the |
learts of his boys and girls unnatural
lesires, and then. when he is gone. $
hose boys and girls. in order to graft
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ntO life of dissOluteness and crime. I
70 illustrate. / would introduce to you o
young man who was once compan- g
on Of my youth. He was the son Of 4
he president of large life insurance +
Ompany in the east. He came to my f.
ome some time ago. Why joe" n
aid TO him, Il have not seen you for \
ears. Where did you come fromT h
From poverty and want and drunken "
ess and from nowhere" he answered l.
lOomily. Il have come to you for help "
Viii you help me?" What was tie is
ause of that young mans downfall? h
he extravagant life his father led and II
he life he allowed his children 20 lead n
While thai boy was growing up he fl
0Uld have anything he wanted that q,
lOney could buy. His father sent him ~
n pleasure trips across the sea ard Fl
-illingly paid all his bills: then. when fl
is father died. Joe and his sisters q
ere helplessly stranded. They had
le tastes and desires Of millionaires; 4,
icy had the empty pockets of paupers. 81
reparations for such tragedies are be- Il
g enacted today by selfish men all >,
'und the world. AS long as these .,
ickedly foolish fathers can satisfy 4,
eir present wants they care not what h,
ny become of their children after =,
ey are gone. Every wise father -
iOuld teach his children that the red -,
'easted oriole of gold has wings swift ~
than the winds. When it is gone. Il
very hard to overtake and to bring
ck. He should train each child to be
lie TO earn livelihood Independent Of
" money he may bequeath to that
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