Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-03
COMBINE THRIFT
AND RELIGION To
SUCCEED IN LIFE.
EDITOR IN GREAT WESTERN
NEWSPAPER PREACHES COM
MON SENSE SERMON.
WILL MAKE HOMES HAPPY
No Room for "Reds" or Profitecrs
When Thrift and Golden Rule
Are Universally Practicsd.

The Omaha World Herald, one OF
the great newspapers of the middle
west, has preached a sermon which
might well have come from the pulpit
OF any denomination in America. The
subject of that sermon is religion
and Thrift and it is based on the
Thrift campaign of the Savings Divf.
sion of the Treasury Department. III
a recent editorial the World Herald
says:
ITO the young men and the youn g
women just starting out in life, wheth-
er singly or in pairs, there can be no
appeal more important, save that OF
religion, than that which is made by
the Thrift campaign. And thrift and
religion go hand-in-hand. The precepts
of not the Christian religion alone, but
Of every religion that is worth its salt
are the precepts CT thrift. Thrift is
the opposite pole OF extravagance-of
self-indulgence. And self-indulgence is
the road to spiritual ruin, as it is the
road to material disaster and to ma
tional ruin. 1t is By selfcontroI, by
self-denial, by rational sacrifice today
for the sake of more than cOmpen-
| sating gain in the future that the will
power is made strong and character is
built.
"A revival of the habits Of od-fasi-
toned thrift, coupled with a revival
of the stesdying influences of old
fashioned religion. would do more for
the salvation of this country right now
and for the happiness of the homes
hot
could do if they were all working to-
| Sether
The home whose members practice
thrift intelligently and Systematically
! on the one hand, and who on the other
go to"church, fear God and keep his
commandments, will house neither
reds" nor proiteers. And when the
storms descend and the winds como,
as come they will, all Unexpectedly,
some fine day, that home will stand on
solid rock, though all about it are
the shifting sands.
1.-THE World-Herald urges its read
ers, especially those who still are
young, to think seriously about the
meaning of the Thrift campaign
Take the question home to yourself.
what it Eleans-TO YOU-that the
majority OF men and women, who live
to be 65 years old, are dependent on
their friends or relatives for support
at that time?
Have you stopped to think that,
rOseate as your future seems, you will
probably be i2 cluded in that majority
when the time comes unless you start
taking, now, the sure and safe and rea-
sonable means of guarding against it?
DO you know it is fact proved by
all human experience that there is no
future that is safe, no character that
IS safe, unless it rests on q basis OF
present-day thrift?
The man who spends all his money
as he earns it is going to develop into
a flabby sort of an individual, with a
fiabby sort of SOUL And when the
time comes that his earning capacity
falls off he is going to know what pow
be denied the advantages other mems
children have. His home is going to
be put in jeopardy.
But if you start-now-to save fifty
cents a day, or a dollar a day, every
thing will be different. You will ac-
quire strength of character. You will
develop foresight. You will gain the
precious power - without which the
gates of heaven are closed to you-Of
seif-control. And on top of all that, in
twenty years from now, when you are
still young, you will have several thou
sand dollars that are your own. You
Will have them in ten years. Do you
know what a few thousand dollars can
DE made 10 do in the hands Of a man
who has learned wisdom, who knows
the worth of dollar, who has ac
quired the qualities that enable him to
use money wisely and well?
at means independence. 1t means |
the opening of the doors of Oppor
tunity. 1t means success. 1t means a !
home that is happy and safe. !
Aren't such results, assured for the |
future, worth the sacrifice entailed by !
the saving of fifty cents or a dollar :
day?
"And-looking away from yourself /
for moment-do you know what you |
do when you save money instead of !
spending it for unnecessary and fool |
ish things? You are reducing the num-
Der of men and women who have to |
work to produce those things. You |
are helping to divert their labor into !
other channels, into the production of |
necessities, the price of which must !
remain high as long as they are !
scarce.
when you practice thrift you are
serving your country, you are serving
the whole human family, as well as
serving yourself. And in all these you
are serving God. who put you on earth |
for more serious and noble purpose
than to amuse yourself and crafty
your appetitas."