, 1873-12-22


Tho nov. ii. J. Savage. Of tho Third Unitarian
Church, preached sermon yesterday ovoning,
having for its subject Defa1cations and Money!
Tho tcxt was taleu from the ninth chapter Of st.
paula Epistle to Timothy, "For tho loyo Of
money ia tho root Of all OWL: which, wllilo somo
coveted aftor, thoy havo erred from the faith
mud pierced themselves through with many sor-
rowu," Tho preacher said ho oimagined many of
Ills hoarors would say TINT these words fitted ex-
actly the churches whose mo1nbor8 were always
striving to raiso money to build now onos and
whose ministers displayed their disregard for
znoney by looking close after their personal
interests. But whilo he granted that much
might DO said on TINT acoro, it must 10 remem-
bercd that st. Paul said nothing against money
itself, nor could any ono olao. Ho really said, ,ua
would be seen bcttor by another translation, that
IA love Of money is q root Of all kinda OF evil"
II was the love, tho passion, tho enger grasping
at, tho will to havo 1t ut any cost, which waa tho
root Of oil OWL He who comprehend truly
what monoy really was, would utter nothing
against it. 4 dollar monnB eithor a help
for humanity or au obstruction accord
ing to tho use Its owner puts II to.
It was simply Weapon, tool with which hc
would shape hiB own surroundings according to
his natural inclfnutionB and wiaheH.
Money, az far ms material Influences aro con-
corueu. was tho most powerful agent in tito
foundation OF mol1eru civilization. Tho dilh-
Guilty with most people was that it was 30 easy
for them to cheat themselves. Actuatod by tho
greed Of gain, they gathered mud accumulated
money, and said tlat when thoy get d certain
amount together t1loy would become benevolent !;
but If he was not generous to-day, the future
chauge lis nature, but oct probably just
IN thc othor direction. Tho way to be-
como GENEROUS, was to begin whom they
a s @ Wss sn ad hf a0 xse Eooay Tso @c f9s
| not DO said against the possession Of The groed
for money. ThiB greed md tho false conception
of what money could accomplish for thom, wcro
the gources Of the dofalcations and dishonesty Of
| tho present day.
! Defalcatioas woro at present so common that
| 1t would aoon bogin to bo thought that u town
was not complete until it had its defaultiug ofll-
! cinl, and city without one to boast Of would
Tho preacher rofcrrcd to tho Gage dofalcation,
and saddled the blamo Of 1t, no tho natural
| product Of tile present state Of Affairs, upon
tho community ut large, each member of which
| was virtually responsible for tho acts OF the do.
faulter. Men wore living mp to type Of social
! life, which thoy had created with money, aa the
sine qua non OF g,lcccss in this world. The
proachor had conversation sonlo tilno ago with
young business man upon the wealth acc!1nu-
lntol BY d certain merchant. "Well," said the
| young mnp. "he mndo nil his money selling bad
| Whisky" When tho preacher remarked that the
wealth Of the subject Of tho conversation did not
benefit ils posscBaor, tho young man ro5oined,
"oh, it doesn't matter how you get money, Ms
To-day mon placed money high above much
worthior tllings, above hearts, brains, honesty,
and integrity. 1hora was no doubt that, il Gage
lad broken every law in addition to what he had
the end and come out with 4 big pile over, all
would hnvo bowed down to him as wonderfully
successful aud wealthy man. It was not the
crimo that was troubling the taxpayers. but the
fact that they were each dollar or two out By
the trunsaction. His failure they condemned
and would bo ready to hoaor his success had he
been successful. Ilio present was fitting op-
portunity to look over tho 1aatter Of the. powel
Of money, and question what it could alld
what it could not DO: Men must cou
they woro willing to sacrifice brains, hoart, hon.
or, and fame for it. 1t certainly tho bnsis ol
oil civilization, and those men in Europe who
we're fighting agairst capital mud wealth, did &C
b0ca,iao they were ignorant OF what they were
doing. Tho rich mon neotod tho poor man, and
the poor men tho rich just as mountain depends
upon valley and valley upon mountain. No mar
could bo considered civilized until ho had a sur.
hold tue power Of boneting tic world yet the
possession Of money did not necessarily imply
civilization. 4 man might live surrounded b
wealtll aud, luxury, una be barbarian
another might, possess none. OF thest
tho necessary basis Of true education. Such
mon rs Agasslz mud Newton could not have
achieved anything worthy Of their abiiite,
without tho capital necessary to Insure time il
| which to PROSECUTE their labors. Money nd
yaucca tho arts and sciences, helped tut
churches into oxistouco, aided missionary opera
tions aud was, iu brief, tho steam.ongi1io wliei
created al! tho moral ' force i.sths world; T4,
coud not i buy hoe m' rive thc lion Of
thing, or purchase solf-rcspect, happineHs, tnle
success In life. God, or future III CONNER
cial phrase, 1t might bo asked, "Will it pay, fol
tho seho Of the petty worldly triumph, to saori