Smyrna times., 1871-05-10
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Money.

In this age of money getting. when loro
fortunes are made in a day, our proper rein
TONS to money need to be clearly defined II
thlS' as III all other questions men have gone
TO extremes. One man thinks of money as tht
chief end of life. A fortune, in money. is tbt
great object of all his endcayors. his nrttoI
moral and physical natures are all swamped IN
money-gettlng and money saving. He thinks,
! speaks, acts, about nothing with enthusiasm
Gut M0"cy Show him where he can get 4
Hohar' ana he VIII plunge after it lkea hungry
na"k after spring chicken. But show him an
idea, which will make him richer in mind and
better IN heart, and he W |! move like halt-f
| OK, under load of stone, in mid SIMMER To
Such men there Is nothing in all this world SO
real as money. Ideas are chaf' and mon
| ey is wheat,-vlrtues are good in their nlace
but are out Of place when they clash with
their money making plans. Schools and
churches are good things, but not half so coed
a. money, and when put to the test, thew
Wou'd rather go without the schools and
chuIcheS ana keep their money; nevertheless.
l3r the sake or respectability, which is part of
thelr capital IN mOney-getting, they will give
a. HtHe. But there is another extremo
here are those who never alude to money
put IN terms OF depreciation. Kept in poverty
by misfortune, nllsmanagemen: or indoIence
they have imbibed the idea that no Lo1v con
be rich unless they first become rogucs In
their opinion, riches are synonymous with ras-
cailty and poverty is the synonym of puritv
1t is surprising that ministers of the posneI
are found IN this class. 1t has come to mas, that
nearly all references to money from many nul
Pl'S' come IN the shape Of solemn warnings
agal st try NJ to secure earthly posse,sionS
Now there ha: be, n too much whoIcsal 10 rri,nina.
ton, and too little wise instruction There Is no
calm rea onlng together" between men of
morals and men Of money; aud the result has
Deen that men OF money have come to regard
men OF morals as inlmical to money getting and
money-savlng thus morals and money in
many cases, are arrayed against each other
ana the light has become so hot that morals
have been driven from the field and money is
the victor What God hath joined together
man has put asunder. y
Now the fact that ought to be admitted bv
every plous man, book, essay, or tract is his
money as q good Hdtq. 1t has its legitimate
pace and function in all that pertains to man
hlShtiy acquired and rightly used, it becomes
one OF the mlghtleSt agencies to bless our race
IN every department of being, from the lowest
a1lmahSms to the highest states Of spirituaI
HE. We want it, and that, too. in LARGE
amounts to make our homes to improve onr
farms, to build railroads, school houses and
churches. We want it to sail ou. ships. TO
NUN > w SIect hospitals to publish
books and papers, devel0pe new resources to
reward Industry, to oil the machinery of bns;.
ness enterprises and to help the poor. to sun.
port our government to uphold liberty, to
carry the gospel to the ends Of the earth to
Vltahze the lnnumerable plans of Christianitv
the object of which is to elevate onr wboie
race from depravity to Divinity
II we need money for all these PURPOSES. We
need men who know how to make it; but our
greatest need Is of men who know how to use il
Every part OF the man, brains, morals anne. |
ll'es ana muscles, Is put under tribute to make
money out when he comes to the use of If his |
brains and morals often get the go-by, while
the lnsatlate appetite for gaiu encalfs the |
whole, and crys for more. The poor drunkard.
the demands of medicine and
science, knows of no other use for wbistpv
than to pour it down his own throat So theye
are men OF money; forgetting the demands Of
society, education, benevolence and chrisfiani
w. know OF no other use for money than to
pour II down their throat of avcrous. They
~, I,c od p'iSeu with supreme spirit Of selfnesS
lucy Al'd no other use for money so impera-
I'VE as the aerandiZcmcnt OF self The cause
)t humanity and the cause of G1d are ;r-
lored IN the supera'iye demands o. self: ali
Enterprises that come up in any other way but
~ uHecC Dement'S TO self, are thieves and rob
IsrS, and they govern themselves accordingly
Ihere are fearful perilS connected with
money making. 1t is so with all vocations
Ven v OF science have lost their souls, because
hey were SO blinded with the dusr of Gods
acts, that they could not see God himself
len Oh Pety nave become SOFT simple and
auatlcal; because they have not had common
ense Money Is n most dangerous object IN
ace before one as goal in life, most dangero IS
o nx the forces of our being on, and TO follow
ear after year. Men cannot keep themselves.
lay after day, on the stretch for material ends
'lChout great danger to their mental. moral
ma eternal well-being. 1t will be strange If
ne D eye does not grow dim to beauty. and If
ne heart does not go in the way of interest.
~ Tor Where the treasure is, there the heart
VII De also. They that will be rich fall
ht0 temptation and snare, and into MANY
oosh and hurtful lusts, which dcvour men in
destruction and perdtion."
When money is sought for itself alone-ont
MeeT greet to possess lit becomes the
DOT OF all evil, When the heart is set unon {
!; me tore OF money is the root or all evil }
nat is, there IS no evil in all the black cata. c
Dgue OF lnlqrlties, but that you could find
ome one to 20 it for pay. Count out your '
nlrty pieces ofsllver and you can find Judas {
any community. t
put there are some men who have large +
iis!lnet OF a accumulation. They have pro- t
lglous skill for making money. They know 8
here to plant dollars SO as to make them $
row every time; Shall these men ignore t
lelr instinct, skill and thrift? We answer, no, a
et them see that their intellectual, moral and n
'clal natures are not absorbed in the accumu. n
ton OF wealth: Let them keep money at 81
ms length: Now, with money making men. "
lelr chsf hope of doing good in the world is +!
thelr faculty to get gain. Surely, the abili, 81
.m TO make money is a talent given of God as u
ei' n as the ability to teach, paint, or preach.
nelioration and salvation Of our race. r. not tc
le man OF money under just as strong an oh. al