ARE YOU IN DEBT?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 6, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 23.

HERE is some good advice from Franklin, if we rightly remember:—

Make a full estimate of all you owe, and of all that is owing to you. Reduce the same to a note. As fast as you collect, pay over to those you owe. If you can not pay, renew your notes every year, giving the best security you can. Go to business diligently and be industrious. Waste no idle moments; be very economical in all things; discard all pride; be faithful in your duty to God, by regular and hearty prayer morning and night; attend church, and do unto all men as you would they should do unto you.

If you are too needy in circumstances to give to the poor, do whatever else is in your power, cheerfully; but, if you can do so, help the poor and unfortunate.

Pursue this course diligently for seven years, and if you are not happy, comfortable, and independent in your circumstances, come to me and I will pay your debts.

But, first of all, render duty to God. A tithe of your income is His; render that to Him, as His, first of all. By always yielding to do your duty, you make Him your partner in all your business transactions.