The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-01
A StOck.Gambliug Minister.

Our Baptist neighbor. the Examiner and
Chronicle, breaches a little sermon on the
text:
Some time ago n wcknown Clergyman, beloved by
his church and respected by the community resigned
his passionate and entered secular employment The
assigned was i'll health, caused by long continued
overwork Probably the reason was genuine perhaps
IL sufficient, but another that was carefully con-
cealed has since TRANSFERRED In evil hour he was per
suaded to take flyer in Wall street and soon he en-
gagged quite extensively in stock speculations As
result he became seriously involved that he was
obliged to resign his pasorate and accept offer Of
large salary in business in order to repair his shattered
fortunes keep him from bringing open shame his
sacred office"
Probably the clergyman referred to is the
Rev. DR.. TYING the younger who resigned his
pastorship Of the Holy Trinity Church and
went into the insurance business, we believe.
or his stock operations recent lawsuit has
given us n hint. 1t is obvious that IL DR..
TYING had health and strength enough to
earn handsome income from an insurance
company he was not too much enfeebled by
overwork to take care Of n church. and the
reason given for his resignation was not the
true one. But whether that true reason was
his unfortunate stock gambling or some
thing else we do not know. Our Baptist con-
But what is the lesson the Examiner and
Chronicle draws from the case Of the clergy
man who has abandoned his sacred calling to
make his living in a secular occupation
Gould more impressive warning" it says,
abe given against the undue haste to get
rich that is so rife in society to-day" And
then it proceeds to preach an entirely unob
jectionablc sermon, in which Christians are
warned that to all of them, except here and
there lucky fellow, wealth can come only
as the well-earned reward of life of honesty,
industry, and economy" Yet the objector
can reply with a good deal OF reason that
even the practice Of those virtues through
out long life is not at all sure to produce
wealth. There are other qualities, such AS
those OF judgment and an aptitude for ac-
QUESTION, which must be exercised to bring
about that result.
But that point we do not propose to argue.
This much, at least, is undoubtedly true
Every honest, temperate, industrious, and
economical man, who does not sacrifice his
| future financial security to present indul-
| gencc Is sure to get on well, If not to get
| rich, provided he learns to do something for
which there Is a demand, and is physically
able to keep at work What rather concerns
us now is that our Baptist contemporary
should draw BEN FRANKLIN moral, and nc
| other, from the facts it recites as text.
Here was clergyman, with great church
in the midst OF a great city, more than hall
OF whose population reject Christian minis
trations, who was so little absorbed in his
sacred duties that he joined the MammoI
worshippers of Wall street in his hot hast,
to get rich. Ii he was really in earnest in hi,
calling. and really believed what he preached
that earthly wealth is AS dross compared
with the eternal and spiritual treasures, h,
would have had no time to watch the stocl
Indicator, and no thought left to cXpcnd on
stock operations.
So far from the Church having suffered any
loss. it has made Il great gain in the with
drawal of such man from its ministry ii,
was only hali-hearted servant of CHRIST
and it is men like him who are doing more I,
discrcdit Christianity and make its progress
difficult than all the iniidels who assai it
JAY GOULD would have as much justification
for preaching the religion of CHRIST as he.
In truth, II the Rev. DR.. TYING and all Chris
tian ministers were as thoroughly absorbc,
in their work Of saving men-hcart and soul
In season and out of season-as JAY GoULl
is in his. the change that would come owe
our churches would be radical And yet i
was an even greater self-devotion that the
| Master required.