The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-12-15
For tho Hartford Herald
The Love OfMOney is the Root Of
Il - q All Evil. III 80

Is 80 Hh h"hs -
This was the text Of the Rev. DR..
Coleman at Mt. Carmel Church, on the
1st Sunday in December, 1875, for a
sermon delivered to very respectable
congregation. He considered the sub
ject, 1st in its effect upon society, I'd
in its effect upon the body polite, Sd
in its effect upon the moral and relig-
ious condition of the different churches.
He said that the love of money is
the root-not of one evil, not of several
evils-but of all evils; society felt its
effects from the highest to the lowest
and through all its different grades !;
that the question of the present day
was, not whether a man or woman was
virtuous, honest, sober, truthful, reli-
able, but, have they got money? He
portrayed society as being in q condi-
ton that all the moral obligations Of
the human family to each other are
forgotten and money seemed to be the
only thing to live for. Men and wo-
men were selling their virtue, honor,
integrity and their very souls for
money. The inordinate love of money
is growing to be an evil, a Mael strom
that will engulf, and swallow up every
virtue which ought to be attached to
society. In politics the love of money
has overcome patriotism, love of coun-
'try--every consideration that ought to
operate upon the minds of people
who have reserved to themselves the
power Of self government, and through
the -operation-of the passion of ayarice
our power of self government was fast
passing away. Through the influence
of money used in elections, instead of
having men in Office of morality, in
tegrity and honesty, men are elected
who have money to spend to buy the
peoples votes, and who, when elected,
turn upon the people and replenish
their pockets by robbing of the very
people who elected them. Our love of
money is leprosy, a purifying sore
upon the body polite in all its legisla-
tive, Judicial and ministerial depart
ments, and had become fearful ma
tional evil. In the courts of Justice a
man of money could 60 unwhipped of
justice, and the poor scamp would have
to suffer the righteous Indignation of
an offended law.
1t its effect upon the religious world
it has the same blighting influence.
The man or woman to be christian
has to be honest. yirtuous, truthful,
industrious and religious. Without
this, it is a farce. sAniinordinaterloye
of money will destroy all these It holds
him or her from an attendance upon
the house of Code itkeeps him or her
away from the church meeting, With
holds thei. means from the support of
the gospel and from charitable pur>
poses; their motto is that it takes
money te,make money; they are sery,
ing the mammon of unrighteousness.
The Reverend Doctor wound up his
sermon BY giving some sound advice,
by administering some kind rebukes,
andyom humble correspondent thought
at the time that if all those who pro-
fessed to be preachers of the gospel
would combine and organize them
selves into an army of warriors and
carry the war into Africa and arouse
the people up to wage war upon the
corrupting influences of money, that
society, church and State might see,
and be saved from the fate of the cities
of ancient times, in a moral point. Of
view. Society, morally and political
ly, has become seething mass of COR
ruption.
The Doctors sermon was such as is
characteristic of him, spoken in langu-
age that all could understand his rea-
soning was cogent, his diction bold and
uncompromising; his positions were
clear and positive, and when he was
done with them no one doubted their
correctness. Such sermons would be
we'll at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, or
in New York, Boston, Cincinnati,
Louisville, in fact they would be we'll
incvcry church building, street corner
and road side in our land. Your cor,
respondent has endeavored to give only
an outline.
If Bruce and Spencer lose their seats
in the Senate, as is likely, if the