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Show MiMjin,mimT;',fr"i'T'"''""""" iiiiiiiiiiiii in Him 1 ii 11 ii.n urn iiin im t TL-..a!ji"iii iiwi 11 1 " r-iiiiiwiiiwiT debts never outlawed. Hive been thinking of Jate of the curious B wnj'B Blmt the Vorld lias adopted, and uses B now'duys; Bind how dlfPrentMt is to the old days j agone jByheii true merit reciv'd the reward that Bf it won, By hen honor and virtue over-power'd all B fraud, BLnd debts that were honest we rse never B outlawed. iBtut men novv-a-days, with all-seeming m good grace, mx the stores and elsewhere deal by"run- lm ning their face;" :Bvith tongues sugar-coated, and prom- m ises fair, 'hey ole the dealer to obtain his ware, Vheu for two years they manage, by ?B scheming or fraud, B' get out of paying and the debt is jB outlawed. Hind this is the .way, in these " wonderful B daJ'8 p KVhen the world boasts so loud of its civilized ways, B)f its wisdom and virtue, its justice and M right, B its freedom of thought, and its mvent- lB ive light, jHi?hat a nation upholds by its laws such B a fraud ,Hlsa good honest debt in two years is B outlaw. Bfow this may be right, but an olj, man B like me iBtyould like to be shown where its justice 'Bl can be ; , BTor my old understandin' by age has B grown dull, JBlnd I can't get the idea out of my skull IBrhatsome how or other it's nothing but fraud BPor a debt that is honest to e'er be out-B out-B lawed. B&Tow, perhaps I am wrong, and )Br perhaps I am not, yBye just been a tellin' you what I have )B thought ; And one thing I'll tell youjust bear it That one day that is a coming all mor- 'B tals wi nc' When they stand at the bar for the judgement of God, The honest debts they owe Him are never outlawed'. P. W. Jackson, in Utah Magazine. IB t |