The New York herald., 1873-11-10
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY NOVEMBER 187aTRlPIE SHEET

the same thing yourself to those tna,. need Your
nelp and you WIN be sure TO nd the way 80 eternal
In the second place Mr.. Powsfs said. we nnd
the modern equivalents for tf.cse conditions anh
persons so as 10 be able to apprehend with dis-
iinctness the moral OF tnis, parable Tor Letus
inquire then, first. who this traveller stands lot
to-day, and who are the thieves that are ropoing
him The answer TO both these questions -
easy--'sIhe certain mann that went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho is
THE AVERAGE MAN -.
OF the period; honest as the world goes; industri
ous and toleraby frugal; neither very rlcn noa @
very poor and so neither power nor menhve
being upon the peace and stability OF the soclai
system. A disturbance OF the currency or stop-
perplexity and brings the wolf to his door.
The thieves OF the present day are not the banuitt
OF the mountains the vulgar DICK Turpns 9, ors
OF the Rhine and the Danube and the merry ROBIN
Hoods OF the wild wood 70 practice their vocation
succeeded to their calng is most nt in this age
OF universal progress The robber OF today Is the
mon wSo Sf trades IN va1es antSuav .ns wnoa
adding himself mill unto them or regarding In the
least the rights OF owners He is the defauter, the
genuine believer IN the thieves motto-"Every
man for himself and the devil take the
hlndmost.v II is the battle between these
giants as they are represented in Wall street, that
has filled the land with the killed and wounded:
II Is because OF the example which the rlcn ana n
powerful nave set Tor their poorer brethren 10 loi
low, in respect TO having and getting, working and
stealing, saving ard expending. regarding ana
disregarding the trusts that have been repoSeu III
them, that
THIS PRESENT DISTRESS
has come upon our land. The most dangerous
class in our city is not that which is made up OF
the qanaiqas OF the street. the sneak thieves and
prostitutes and reproDares OF all kinds and de-
grees, but rather that which controls Its business
and It's politics; which has intelligence and innu.
ence TO do or refrain from dong tnat which shall
secure its own supremacy simply, or, instead,
that this class have, for long time past,
either consciously or unconsciously. pursued their
own advantage, without stopping to consider what
themselves IN the long run. The curious thing
about the whole matter is that no one can inJure
another without injuring himself in at least an
equal degree. II Q community would be pros
porous and happy 1t must take care OF the weak
and the deienceless within its borders. Our saliva
ton, IN all temporal as well as spiritual things de-
pends upon the salvation OF the least and most
degraded OF our brethren. And SO If there were no
be no wounded or plundered men Tor US to help.
But, inasmuch as there are these
THIEVES AND THEIR VICTIMS
here among US to-day, as well as in the mountains
Of old Judea, the next question Is, BY whom shall
they De cared for and how? "By the Church." say
many voices But the Church cannot undertake
the charge OF such charities. II should be done
through the laws OF trade and life, and when some
big institution, supported by charities, manufac-
lures articles OF trade under the prices which men
In the business cannot AFFORD 1t Is interfering
with laws which should not be disturbed. We
render such charitable aid; 1t is impossible for
them to do 1t Alright. Every man should see that
his business is OF the right kind and that his fnu-
ence is exercised Alright. He should not consecrate
moiety only OF his possessions to such ends, but
all-not to give 1t to some big society, but see TO
attained.
The pastor did not want to be understood as
saying anything against riches as sucn or corpora
tons, or transactions In stocks that are genuine.
1t Is the tyranny OF wealth that should be de-
nounced, the soullessness OF corporations, and the
Wall street. Wealth is trust and not an abso-
Lutte possession. lie had his share in all the prop
efy Oi sae M ciy ana sno%a uneIeore ehGy ms
clusively and corporations are controlled In the
interests OF their managers only, and stocks are
bought and sold without the slightest regard to
their ownership or inherent value,
THEN ROBBERY Is COMMITTED,
tins. or Course. also. chnrcnes are not an evil
ana hlndrance In the land. They are, In
measure, and might be stil more, the teachers OF
the people in all necessary things the whlsperers
OF their souls and the monitors OF their lives But
when they incucate that religion is something dis
tant and separate from the business and pleasures
OF life, that the Church has peculiar and more
sacred mission to perform in the world than any
other organization, and that therefore. sacrifice,
according 10 Its ideas and rituals, is better than
righteousness-it is perversion and hindrance
TO the worlds progress in goods
THE AVERAGE cHURCHMAN IS PHARIsEE-
I. e., separatist-throughout Christianity, and
should be denounced to-day as venemently and as
persstently as he was by Jesus in the time OF the
Scrlbes and Pnartsee, as hypocritel
The conclusion cannot, therefore, but be that it
was something more than accident or caprice
that prompted Jesus to choose Samaritan for His
example OF an ideal philanthropist and model
Christian man. 1t was in spite OF this Samaritan
ism that he did so, OF course, but also 1t was be-
cause He was not Jewish lawyer. Jesus had no
sympathy with this mans special scepticism,
for His declaration to the woman OF Sam.
aria at the well or JACOB was that
''Salvation is Of the Jewsn Nevertheless he re-
cognized in him more than in any other the
essence OF that salvation, and in his promptly do
ing for an enemy all that he could. Such man is
a Christian whether he be church member or not,
and his church membership is OF value only so far
as it develops these good qualities Need it. there
FORE be added that what the times in which we live
most lack and demand Is such good Samaritans as
was this one Not orthodox or LIBERAL not pietists
or men OF of1ces, SO much as simple minded and
faithful workers who will shrink from no sacrifice
and call no one common or unclean.