Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-07-26

myself, first, In London, then, in New
York. Then I found financial men In
London cheat on different system from
New York. I don't know which cheat
worse. = . =
thought it must be duty of every
clergyman, before he takes money from
so-called pious financial man, to ask, first,
this important question, "Are you in any
Ringp" As WAS studying moral ques-
ton, Immediately when I thought this, I
called on o clergyman, rather celebrated
man, and asked him, 'Do you always
ask this question ?" Then he got rather
angry. He said, not possible to ask such
questions, financial man would Immediately
answer 'smind your -own business !"
Therefore, he could not ask. Then l
replied, In the words of Confucius, what
was duty of moral teacher like him
because Confucius explains very fully on
this point. He says superior man must
Examine very narrowly inferior man who
pretsnds TO be superior but clergymen
Immediately answered, "Confucius is only
heathen teacher" Since that time, have
not talked with clergymen on religious
subiectR,
One day visited beautiful island in
one of the great American Lakes. There
l found lovely little island, with beautiful
cottage upon it full of clergymen of oil
kind of different sects. Then inquired
how 50 many clergymen of different
sects could, nevertheless, be living
together peacefully in one house on
this beautiful island, then it was
explained to me thAt they were all
invited to come and rest together and re-
cover health there, by a most powerful
financial man, who had immense railway
plans; then, when his plans failed because
from the beginning they were bad and
hollow, in all the congregations of these
clergymen great many bonds and stocks
of this railway plan, which now had no
| value, were found. Since then, quite
well understand. why it is very useful for
financial man also to profess TO be
religious. s'N *t
The greatest vice I find in America is
hypocrisy. OF all vices it is the worst.
Then l ask you, my American friends,
| with great affection, because this il most
serious matter, what would your churches
live upon, and how long would they last,
| If there were no longer any hypOcrites in
this country2 Also hope clergymen also
will excuse pe, if ask them especially
this same question. Do not think because
l ask this question, therefore am attack
ing Christian religion. Religion is one
thing; churches, another thing quite
different. When the great Teacher of
Christian religion came, first thing He did
WAS, to attack Jewish church because
Jewish church was not following religion,
but was full of hypocrisy. Therefore,
always He said, "Woe unto you, Scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!" Very often
He repeats this. All great moral teachers
feel that most serious danger to real
religion is hypocrisy. Therefore, He
hated hypocrites most of all. Neverthe-
less, so-called religious men to-day do
almost exactly the samo things He blamed
in jews They ''do aims to be seen Of
men," they "love to pray in the
synagogues," and "do their works to be
soe,. of men," and ..lay up treasure for
ti,cn1.siylx ON earth;" therefore, lie say
"Woe unto you that are rich" For these
sayings, "the chief priests and the scribes
sought to destroy Him." almost thinh
again they would do SO.
1t seems to me when people become
immensely rich, then they need not be
hypocrites any longer, because in this
country money can do anything. l do moi
think, if man had five million of dollars
he could be hung in this country, even
when murder was quite clearly proved
Somehow he would escape. I think. if he
had fifty millions, he could elect Presidents
and everybody he chose: then, of course
no longer any occasion to be hypocrite
So then, find three great powers in this
country: first is money, second is by
pocrisy, third is Rings" To use Amer
lean expression, these three powers ''rur
the country" Only real pure virtue has
! no power, because almost certainly who
ever was strictly superior man, according
TO Confucius, must seem like fool to al
smart men. He cannot succeed like othel
men, therefore he must retire.
could write great deal more on thi'
subject, but partly am afraid of sayinl
) things that may offend. If knew Englisl
language better, could write in NOR,
: flowing kind of style, so might even tel
: many true things in manner that woult
not seem rather rude. Still, it is not m.
intention to be rude, only to be quit
honest and sincere.
have written frankly, because my pur
! pose in writing has been quite pure. Nov
t most earnestly l beseech you to stol
making money, because it is not possibl
: to spend your life in becoming rich, an
( still have time to discover and practice tn
, ''way of heaven"