Demoine courier., 1856-03-27
6.
Rev. Henry Ward Bcechcr on Money
Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher nrezched

laroe. and tho a,ien. inn ,-brouobon, n,o
foond and earnes,. He said ,ha, ours +.
The ace Of wealth. The world ha, had
ne age of war, il. age of art, lie age Of
chivslry, and 10 age when political econ
| omy was the co~n,roli,nv idea: bu, our.
Is the ape Of com merce. Money +, tbs
wor d's power 10 day. I. rul.s.,he star.
and settles political questions, 1, is
ser thsn ,r,,y;on-s,,o,o., ,h,n an,
,r,ue,ple Of o .luy or po,l,icala econ.
on s-aronpes than all comb,neJ. For
money. the worlds spirit, would sdon,
any government, or any religion,
II the Pope Of Rome could convince
the world ,ha, nj, religion WAS a noper.
making religion he could send his golden
bulls from pole 10 pole and ,hers is ma, a
ustsa Ina, saanlJ moi, carry ,hsm II
the Gar Of Russia could conyi., The
world thar czarism was the coye-nmen,
nos, pro6,able. czarism von,L be ,hs
wotld's government: and there il No
COVER or earth ina, coulI nr.,eo, -
For monev. the worlds ,,ir,, would cru.
c,fy Chris, in whatsoever form his NIGH,
appear. There IL No such ,h;no ~
mse,ine this desire mon.v,;n . sncc....
ful conflict. L would be = thank, ~ and,
unsuccessful tack. 10 uroe uoon ,hs w.rld
any prnc,p,e which I, believes 10 be on.
posed 10 lis pecuniasy interests; aud thew
Who do thus stand ou, are few, and their
'lssk 10 q haxa ons. tlsoo,iy. ,here ia no
occasion Tor warning w,,b a de.i,s IN,
wealth.
The desire to be rich ,s mt evil NJ il
self. IL 10 nonsense Cor a man to s,and
10 and d,sclaim the desire for wealth.
and urpe upoo the world the idea ,b,: |,
should be door Money l. n.i,h., an
evil nor ! uood of ,..If. !, IN. M, .
m ,rAI character. u 4, .,m,Iv an .as,,
and whether II be oooo mr. evil. dement's
Noon Tia manner IN va,ch !. u.sd-
I, n l,ke /. .wo,d- Whs,,s,..-o,I =.
m the hands of = Re..di, A,u,Id ri,
ed IN HI. couu.ry's blood. or N ,he hard,
of a Washington, welded T1or ius,cs and
liberty, ,t Is = sw .rd oniy. and has nal,
character. w he,her 4, be AN in.,rumeu,
lor good or evil, depends uoon ,hs char
acter Of ham who holds the hill. and mn,
upon The sword itself. So /, il win
Money. ltis ar aren't; il il a pioaa,,c
MOVIE power tina, .hundsrs around the
world If the Devil stands srgiuser n
,hunders on frs,gh,ed with u.,oId mis-.
chef, scattering oppression. and cr.el,x
aud wrong. But il II is guided b, lie
.plr,, Of love and truth, il il IKE The ann
shedding Ugh, and summer upon the
world. 1, Is an angel IF mercy and lo,e
when Jirsc,ed by N. so,r,, OF Chrs,.
Il is the duty OF The pulpit. then. 10
direct aud instruct in The use OF wealth,
aud no, preach against u. Il ha, grown
10 be a great power in the church. and II
must be preached 10. He doub. d whe,h
er. IN the city. an equal number of men
as among mi church msmber.. Nam
non has joined the church, but he is no
conssr'ed; sndi, 10 the duty Of ,as pull
p:i; &c ..se upon The church the true uses
OF veal a.. In pr,ma,i,s ce,s. men.
usefulness in the church vac measured
by their character aud their ple,y. Now.
uniarunaa,sIy. pie,y has become fash
unable, and We are mare accus,o,ned q.
IN assure their usefulness ~ Inc au,oup,
o, their mousy.
Supp,.s. SAID he. ,ha, twenty non, IN,
very plous aud good men, were to come
mere. and should apply 10 our examining
com mi tee for adm,ssioa 10 t.,s church.
The com ml.,es would ,sll j, 10 onr mem
bars. and they would say, ..Ob, wei;
uh.. 10 very well; we are glad Of it,
Suppose that ,hsy were to hear ,ha,
twenty men, worth half q million each.
had been 3, ell the congregations in the
ely aud had concluded 10 Join this one.
.Oh," (sa,a the speaker. pu,unp his
.humbs behind his vest. a,sumin, = mo,,
po,npous aui,ude,) .Oh. "a are deHrh.
ted 10 hear ii!' We should all examine
ourselves u see il we have moi, more Of
lass Of this spiris lfa minister reserves
a call from an obscure village. and one
from a grsa, CITY is he mol, very likely.
tefhaps unconsoiossty. TO ih.nk he can
10 mors good where the large church
and salary are Ioca,sd.
A lsyi.ima,s use Of money 10 10 atarn
and strengthen the family. The house
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