Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-01-14

plan of striking the modern Dives
in roundabout way. while the pro-
tecting aegis of grace is lovingly ex-
tended over his head dertr0rnm al.
taris. By those who admire the beau
ty of his purse passing well; and
along the sacred walls will creep
the shadowy hand Of warning
to the crouching publican who dare
offend this heavenly combination of
present policy and future expedien.
cy, that prepares soft places here
and hereafter for all who do
as they are told. never minding
what they see others doing. One
life for the classes. another for the
masses, and one heaven of bliss for
all.
For this reason Mr.. Carnagie's
text is good one for a change. 1t
applies not only to millionaires, but
to ell the extremes of ambition and
success in life. "Success is the
handmade OF wealth, the dream OF
ambition, the GROWING point of IA life
worth living. There is no calling in
the worlt. so high, none so low, none
SO sacred nor none so prOfane that
is not blinded by the passion OF
g Success" 1t makes or breaks the
politician; sets up or knocks down
the statesman, crowns the prOfes
sions with wreathes of gold, and
regulates the salaries of the disciples
whose master had not even the
shelter of the rodents IN their bur.
rows.
Without "success our children
would be the Slaves of the success
full" and our spiritual parents pau
pers for whom there will be no room
in the inns of the world, and the
graves Of whose children would be
choked with the briers and thorns
that choked their cradles. Without
" success +" that boosted spirit
ual kingdom with its temples, asy
lumS and institutions would be a
pauper-ridden pest house, enveloped
in the unsbaken dust OF centuries OF
unprogression. Success ofideas has
emancipated the human race from
the slavery oftyrannical heresy the
success of science and invention has
given man the lull inheritance oil
his creation the unrighteous "suc
cess of money and social and re
ligious power is the last link to be
broken in the chain of human slav.
cry to complete the compass of lib
erty and happiness which surround
ed man in the conception of his race
when he was kin to the deity.
That millionaire "succesS " of the
extremes in every branch Of life aud
government has been in antithesis tc
the "success preached by Him
who struck the first blow for human
liberty. He taught the unsuccessful
aud the stifled voice OF the people
has been His voice through long
years of suffering and oppression
He laid the cornerstone of educa.
ton on the high road of true sue.
cess when his message was carried
to His iorerunner in prison, and the
nearer the grand structure arises to
completion the greater the univer.
sal freedom from the letters forged
to work ont the "success "of the few
through the failures of the many.
When that divine structure upon
which is reared the human mind
shall stand forth in all its perfection,
then the Builder thereof shall has.
ten His second coming, and hui
mainly will be the one fold and
knowledge its One shepherd.
Therefore we advocate change of text
and doctrine more in conformity with
the reality of the times. One man preach.
es idealism and lives on it, where the
thousands practice realism and exist on
stern reality. The one man does not
know how the thousands live,-knows
nothing of toll, sorrow, of sickness and
distress.-has no idea of shifting and saw
ing and want,-has never felt the feel
ings of parent whose children are half
fed and half-clad whose mothers m lend
by day and patch by night, and are
wrecks of human misery from maternity
to the grave. Upon the liberality of the
poor depends the success of the great.
Scan the contribution lists to church OF
State,-the twenty -ives, fifties and one
dollars represent men and women who
have nothing to call their own but theii
poverty, and the gospel-mongers call il
titheS, :" blessed charity, = the sum total
of nothing wealth of from five thousand
totwu hundred thousand is represented by
the same figures, land often lower ones,
than the poor give,-and it too is
called tithes,-the Honorable So and
Sos subscription the highest com
mon denominator of greatness and dis
tinction. The poor are insulted by the
charges of waste and extravaganza thai
give freely, and wealth is courted ant
favored for the prudence and economy
that keep charity's commencement a
home. Superstition and folly is root o.
poverty that never branches out into
wealth. Educate the poor, especially
hOnGA W IlO IcdSOu nOl pub atNCpO Nudli
ty (self-robbery) as free passport K
Heaven. and many scion of greatness
will keep on common level. The mag
ic of : Give, Give" and the twisted anC
distorted virtue of Charity eterna
have clothed the swineherd in robes o.
greatness and sweiled incomes of self
abnegatlon, humility and modification
into the . millions y that rule the worlt
with rod of iron if matter of policy
with the mildness of a saint if matte
of expediency; and the text is. all mil
lionaires die the death of the disrespect
ed Read the monuments and the obitu
aries Heaven must frown at such mock
cry. : Give, Give, Giveih
Behind the giver stands the lowlies
life. much like the life Of the Giver of al
good gifts. Behind the receiver are tht
ease of the world, the comfort of a lift
of honors,-the best to eat, the best t.
drink. the finest to wear, the highest as
socIations. the most honorable affiliations
One of the classes before which tn