New-York tribune., 1880-01-12
GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES or MONEY.

IN, E,r H,nry Igird Bee,ber At Plymouth Church
Mr.. Beccher preached yesterday morning at
Plymouth Church Brooklyn, from Ilmothy. w. To-
For the love Of money Is The root OF nil evi which
while some coveted after, they have erred from The
lai'h o. pierced themselves '''0'-" with many '0'
This said the preacher is the voice of experience two
thousand year. alo. Roll back thousand years before
that and ind the testimony From tho beginning
~ nc human race one Of f.. master ,ul dangers hss
hovered about money II "a nof difficult 10 see why THE
il TO- since money the master Of all things that men
yet It's possession gives them leisure TO refine their
seutimeuts and cultivate knowledge. IL ID a
sort OF university, from which men graduate
INFO a higher manhood. 10 ministers TO all tic
great passions, sentiments and faculties OF man.
II f., true that among those who possess wealth. ind
yduas may be coarse but that 5 not The rule Whlc
experience has shown that Indi' idual poor men IN
rich community ray rise 10 positions Of power and
honor 1t is not so In poor communities. Poor com
munitics do not produce noted men, or eminent saints
or great philosophers IL doesn't follow that poverty
fayors virtue or religion.
In every age money has been a disturbing force. II
silnulate5 tho passions and vanity u furnishes IA,
power which pride loves. r. fa,cinHic the intellect be-
cae II opens the way and The possibility or
selfcyclopmcnt without the necessity of caring FOR
ones oiiy wants IN the meanwhile Men Glc very aplto
dopse tie money they haven't got but lneycr yet knew
any ono who had II 10 dcspsc A. whore would religion
lac Z
yey our missionaries the presses to print our religious
iournals1 Where would we get our churches and our
scho,ls aad c0llegcst TO dcrldo ana scoh
at money Il absurd, insnccre. and POSI-
lively harmful In our own days the
nrtatian- which have always bes"t humanity hro
multiplied The crops of CRIME are enormous 20 enor-
mous that no statistical tables arc prepared Men
are dropping IKE untImcly lg' from the boushs oi
prosperity, ard falling into every ciimo OF
sh,rn genius and fertile thcycry. Dealing
ina stocks ia perfectly legitimate business
whore the stock represents actual property. but where
Gambling goes on 1t robbery Lotteries bait their Vie
Tins by telling them that they may get something for
nothing Yet how can we fight against lotteries Nhen
our churches and cathcdr' church fairs and r'e
mental fairs resort to them 0s "A means Of obtaining
moncvi say that has right to take th4t ior
which he does not render an equivalent
i. 10 he noticed that the all Of those VINO have
stood I'm high positions and been honored anI rrsprr''
and trusted ~ made plain that Hpr.tuaNy - IL eA-
sis at the present day does not preserve mon from
termination Religion without ethics holds no one, and
no denomination ia better ,lan another In THIS respect
There is nothing In creeds or theologl'ai ''h"o"'
know that IL theory Of old Cayinisn tnat thc Oe
levers In the doctrine can be screwed up to poaton
where they cannot fall but It Is false the0ry-thy 40
fall great disturbing influence in this conn-
try was the civil war. War Is ter'lbe
tlrnc II develops force and breeds tho law OF
te hand and not Of the head But IL Is necessity US
yet iust os It bcttert 10 lose an arm or leg thah TO
Give ND ones life 0nd the degradation II brings about
ia mare terrible sil There never was more tcrripe
anna no on the battlefield. and there never moro
terrible carnn Of wounded hearts ~ home Icl Wcc
re true Hu1.rcrs Of The Ndr Bintner loubn.
aganst broi her ana million OF men marched ngahn
miller million To- deatrOy each OthCl = nNcs Eut NICh
thc lnst scar shall have healed ana the and sh,i pe
freed from the that was eating out t+ Nlalsl
wncn we see arts aud nlgstrrs ieroE'trTc,@at ,t
or a 0rucr basis, shall see iEat Mhil
,ro suffered was "A cheap pricc ior - great
non Ecv.rtl,ees, the frver and disturbances OF the
""r vyos let behind It to work Floods OF paper money
verc nourrd out ovcr the country In 0her Nords We
borrowed vaguely Of the future 10 an ,'to enol
nous extent This produced temporary chlne99
.nc ,lo better but tho paper lppiesfhfu
M rca labor II un.Versai lac. anu
C.rviodv waa cheated by II. When man purchaser
nr of horses Tor $1,000 he knew no was Ony .Iths
,In .crfh of $3.50 ibOr aud was corrupted ih-
a, eV 80 revived but became brittle ard soon broke
Go%n Tho money conscience OF the whole NatiOh was
uD scjtled. II, ,,,u n man dawn from "A
rb no.itsOp on the contrary. sometimes pace low
nlsn ~ nositions they sre not 1t TO occupy Natural
ANS OF The poor Why cannot my chdI.n y,
have as coo(>sn education Ms those oi Ileh incn "a
| Ihus dom,ste love causes e1ertIoh' anu " 0i''A