, 1874-11-16
TIRE RIGHT USE or MONEY.

Sermon by tho Kcv. 1,obcrt Collycr. Of Unity
Cl.NrCh.
Tho Rov. Robert Collycr preached yesterday
dining, taking as Ills toxt:
10 cannot God mud u,ammon-Matthcw, ,rt., q,
VIVA called not long ago to perform service in
tic limo Of my ministry at plaoo In tho country
had hoard Of as wa hear Of thousand plnces
to which wo never give second thought. 6omo
years before this. 1 had been over the ground
whom 1t waH wilnt you hare all seen many a tirno
within a fcw miles OF oir city, tract Of land
half naarsl, half psairie, with hero and thcro q
shanty on It, lot OF haf-wild cblldten nbout 1t,
and cattle and o mhn and woman OF tho tA1no
typo, tho father and mother Of tho childrcn.
beaten out in tloir battle with the harsh and
evil willernoas. And gradually letting whnteyer
touch Of llunan dignity they might have brought
from ireland or Gormnuy slip out Of tho habit
and purpoao Of their lifo But on thfo Saturday
afternoon, to my wonder, found everything
changed; old things had passed away, all things
had become new. Whore tho Wilderness Was
few years ago fonnd town onlbowerol In
summer 8rooncry, tho Btagnant waters dfainod
away, wido streets planted with naples, COT
tages aud manfious standing oach iu tLor own
Gu rdon, echoUlH, and the embryo OF college;
churches far moro than enough as yet for the
population; poat.oi'lco. stores, and railroad,
wholo world an it ia possible for nny OF us to bo
ut our particular point Of this great Garth. And,
asking after s,ill moro intimate particulars, l
fo,,nn tint theRo 1ooplo with hardly All excop-
ton, held tho tile-deedd to their homes, And
we're paying for them fow dollars ut limo;
Just ABOUT ~ much pcrliara AZ their ront wuud
amount to In tho city, together with tho ovorpluo
OF spending 10 no purpose most Of us Rro
tomt,tol iuto 10 this vast maclstroln OF oxlrava-
gancc and folly, In ordor to appear as well Us
Dur uoirli1crh,
Very mueh delighted with this change. as you
may we'll bclieyc. 1 inqu'red Of the friend who
wont with MO how II I'll cane about. ami i1o told
mo, Yon know such aud such 1non, he Rald,
Aow ehrcwd they are and wIso. and sure to n,ula
money when there il any to be lnadc; thoy saw
how this wns good place, Tor 1nnty toasolis. Tor
siburDan town. ThcY cnsno oAt hare aud
bought up tho tract at . price which gecmod
WIN went nwny to peltlo wllero land IL cheap.
Then they laid out thoir town IN rcnllr gonor-
oua way. Tor real estate men attractcd this mnn
a asro aud d that bd nap so5h .horc se1oo' oda s"Ga ,
forest for o pnst .oilco and station
OH tho railroad, worked ali day, md Sat up nights
to nsalio their yonturo u great SUCCESS, and 80 at
last 1t is what you SEQ; aud thov Mil finally
is what they arc attor, and they will deserve
what they make, for III this thing certdinly they
havo shown themselves generous and ligh.
minded mon. who, by their Bruins and capital,
ulHE LllGG IL GaSlEI ltE HfElf OHc VI III W EEb IL
homo Of our own.with nil thcso advantaser. than
wo could have hoped to have, suppose. III my
othor way. They hayc engineered tho whole
thing, ho ead, wisely aud vol. aud this il their
rcwnrd.
I know of place again, fur nvay in tho heart
OF Yorkshire, built up within my memory by
man who. ulicn was lad. WAS doing a very
amall business in wool. He was employing
woo!-combora. who woultt 10 tho work iii tl,eir
own homes and spinning and weaving IL in
iftnitfu n fnrfnrv mt fnr distant hjlt
after time it was found ho had gone ahead and
mado moucy enough 10 htriko out III q ncw FASH
ion.
So ho bought land on which ho could carry
ont his idea, built great factory OF wonder-
ful perfection AMI beauty, aud thon gradually
built town about it., tosethor with cottages.
stores, d lYceua,, Iibrary, aud a church, 10
lovely to Look ut that when wo were about build
lu. onls Oh this c0raer+ got photographs OF IL.
hoping it might impress you as it had impressed
me, SO that We might copy it, and sst it up ia
our city for q sermon in stone.
TGnt littlo fnutory-town IL q monel to MI En-
lluoss that can bo packed intu sucL place, aad
OF intelligence. aobtioty, aud thrift. Tho
workmen sro tho friends of The gscut
sterling man who las drawn them about lin;
Ills brain il at their service for guidance mud lY
lunds for help; and when they are too old to
wtr6, If meanwhile tLey have not been ablo to
eavc n competence, llo cntoo for them until they
diot or, il thoy full BY premature death. lo
takes caro- Of tho widows aud children, and WHOM
llo dies himself, have tcen told. l1o will hayo
lis bones laid noar them iu separate part Of
tho chutch he has built, whore. II wo still koep
track Of our work, ~ lopo wo do, when God
calls us to our rest, tho busy nolsos of tho mills.
tho perpetual passing OF human ieot Tho church,
will porvado tho silence in which hts duht ia
sleeping, and. lot us hopo, will still bo Ill
olement OF gatncas to his spirit i'll tho bet~
ter tsn 0 D s sa~ sra ths aso nn aorxca i s.'"as s
money comes buck TO him in Il pornetual
| Increase. LIZ could not ba poor in Tint HenBe
ii lie tried, bccausv it would Le . shame and
ain 10 him.. and Sign that ho mas coming
erty-stsicken in his own nature,--not the old.
strong, wlEo man nuy more but the Hcra
shadow Of tue luan who has dono this poel less
work for himself aud for those about him, man
above moat o.hera in tho gottluB for making
money, aud then for turulug it to great ac-
count.
a friend Of mino again mont, como years ago,
| to great merchant to got some moneY for a
puso. tho merchant said, ~ want to toll you d
| htory. a good many years ago." ho said, II
| found Was growing very rich. bus, at ths same
] time, vory uneasy tn my mind. would 10
about tho city oycr!aden with care, aud lay
awake nights thinking about my slips out
At tea Wondering whether they weso Bafo, and
| what the result OF tho EuHauge Wonld be- aud SO
| it went until one nigh. ~ was tosHing on my
| bed tho idea dawncd upon me that my brain was
getting hcuyy, and tho channels Of my llfe over
| congregation will ronctuber TINT gold uked actl-
ally to be tue circulating medium and the honest
| token OF 10 much roal wosth hcre III AMerien).
roBo noxt morning, looked over my niIas4s, found
| out how stood, mud how Home grons charities
and other things stood IN my city, and letoru
| noon that tlny I Ind dono two things, I had
eiycn away 39o,0 900, md registered q yow TINT ~
long as l lived would sce0 my wealth down to
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