The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-26


1Applause.l You must believe this and act
property against the plots and schemes Of
foolish planners and wicked plotters
Second, if you want to become a million
aire, you must also believe that every man
is a thief. The man of great wealth has
what other men want and what they are
trying to get from him. A dreadful con-
clusion to arrive at, is il not, in this land
and age. where churches are open to all, and
after that beautiful Christ, who died on
Calvary, has shown the value of the christ
ian religion.
Third, young man you must believe that
| money is the greatest good and the chief
| end of life. You must believe it heartily.
Reformers love rights, soldiers glory,
philanthropists their fellow men, but you
must think of none of these. You must
| love money, and be oblivious of the great
thoughts and motives which have actuated
men.
Think only of money, love it as John
Brown loved the slave; toll cheat. and spend
yourselves to your dying day, for only SO
can you become milionaires.
Fourth, you must believe that you will
never die. If we could only Danish the
thought of death, how different our plans
would be! He who would do great deeds
must deem himself immortal. Time
dwarfs and eternity expands.
| II could see my days stretching on to a
| thousand years, then would | plant them
with noble deeds. If 1 could know that my
| friends would be beside me for ten centur-
| les, then would choose them with infinite
care. If J could know that you would
listen to me 800 years from tonight then
| would | send you home to return and
gather the fruits of such culture and
scholarly thought.
The cradle and the grave tell it all, and
he who would become a millionaire must
| plan, act and dream as one who thinks his
deeds can never be interrupted.
| Setting aside the element of luck, then,
the young man who would become mil
| honaire must believe in these four PROPOSE
tions, but it is my belief that
EVERY ONE OF THEM is A LIE.
| All men are not liars. Some lie from
envy, hate. or jealousy, and some because
they slant that way. [Laughter.l Nature
makes her slip occasionally sometimes to-
ward idiocy, sometimes toward deviltry.
| She made one in the person of the devil
| how longaago l am willing to set back as
| far as any theologian living, so you see
am still orthodox
| The power of the old lyceum is waning OF
dead. Sumner is dead; Parker has been
| lifted above the stars; Beecher. great in
| head and heart has been translated Cough
Il
night discusses principles with Milton,
Plato and Socrates. When they ceased to
/ live if they left no voices to vibrate to the
same tone, it is because the people did not
| demand 1t.
| Outside of the political arena, In which
| all men get moral squint, all men are not
| liars. If it was not, SO l would die as the
| old Roman, wrapping my head in my man
/ tie and plunging the knife into my body &c
| 10 Uav for m Sick SOul tO aGcana
| Gold is not worth as much as health, OF
| love or life.
Man is not here to live in gainful pursuits
/ forever
I know not what is hell. know not as
much as l once did when l talked to you
out of the fulness of the ignorance of youth.
| Now Isay not to you what is to be hell.
have sent several messengers across whom
| | could trust l went with them to the
beach; went until l could go no further
being stopped, and we exchanged our
| pledges and farewells They said they
would send tidings; that l should have
news; that they would explore and send
messages or return. Then on the waters
edge we parted, and l leaving the beach
climbed back as one waiting for the results
1 which must soon come.
| I am waiting STILL
| OH my God, that journey must be long
| the land they dwell in distant; the obsta-
| Giles to communication insurmountable, for
| up to this time swear to you not word
has come to me whether they still exist.
am an old man. / stand on the summit
| of my life and can see the glow. both of my
sunrise and my sunset. l know there is
something in me which cannot die. Yet
| hope is not knowledge, and faith, however
| strong, is not able to demonstrate facts.
| Now as to my own wealth.
| own valuable estate, and it is before
you. A strong constitution, good stom-
| ach, a sense of humor and love of work
| from my father; a touch of gentleness,
spirituality and patience from my mother.
1t was all inherited.
The seeing eye, the listening ear, which
Is taught mainly by silence, love for wild
animals and things which make me most
| at home in the forest wilds, all are mine.
was rich to start with, and 1 have become
richer than if this great hall were filled
with silver and gold.