The Red Cloud chief., 1889-03-15
R q USES OF MONEY.
d.. Talmage on tho Temptations
Of Those Who Would DO Rich.
Bribery 1t E~leetIoas-The Noastes In C0ars
Rooms and Legislative HALLS The
AiGhtiest Subject so the Teoptss
-valse q Hosesty.

I'LL - LIeCtsOoD-u oe A0ooyeU n O00Bu
Rooms and Legislative Nails TIE
AiGhtiest Subject so the Teoptse
VALUE q Hesessy.
In Q recent sermon at Brooklyn On the
subject OF the "wrong Uses Of Moesy.'
Ksv. 7. Do Witt Talmags took his
tex from ! Timothy vi 8: They that
will b rich fall into temptation and Q
snare. and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men In destruction and
perdition." He said:
That 10 the Niagara falls over which
rush . multitude Of ~souls-namely, the
determination to have money anyhow,
right or wrong. Tell me how . man gets
his money and what he does with it and ]
will tell you bic character and what will
be his destiny il this world and the next.
l propose 70 speak this morning about
Some Of the ruinOus modes Of getting
money.
We recently passed through . national
election In which il has been estimated
that $3t.O0J.tU0 were expended. l think
about - 900 900 OF il were spent in out
n out bribery. Both parties raised all
they could for this purpose. But that wss
only o . large scale wnat has been done
on . smaller scale for fifty years and In
all departments
Politics from bsinx the science OF good
government has often been b~edraggled
into the synonym for truculency and
t~urpitude. A monster sin. plausible.
potent psstiferous, has gone forth to do
its dreadful work in all ages Its two
hands are rotten with leprosy. 1t keeps
Its right hand hidden in . deep pocket
The left hand is clenched. and with its
itchorous knuckle Il taps At the door Of the
cour room, tho legislative hall, the Con.
gross and the Parliament The door
swings open and the monster enters, and
9lides through tho council chamber a.
softly ~ . slippered page. aud then i,
takes it, right hand from its deep pocket
and offers it in s~alutstion to judge or
legislator. II that hand be taken, and the
palm OF the intruder cross the palm Of
the Official, the lcprosy crosses from palm
to palm Ia . round blotch, round a. . gold
eagle. and the virus spreads. and the doom
is fixed and the victim perishes.
Let bribery, accursed Of God and man.
stand up for trial. The Bible arraiEns IL
again and again. Samuel rays Of his two
sons who became judges, They took
tribes and perverted Judgment" David
says Of some Of his p%ursuers: ''Tneir right
hand 10 full OF bribss." Amos says Of
some men in his day. ''They take . bribe
and turn aside the poor in tn. gate" Eli.
phas fcret ellis the crushing blows Of Gods
Indignation, "Fire shall CONSUME the
iabernacles Of bribery"
1t is no light temptation. The might
lest have fal en- under il. Sir Francis
Bacon. Lord Chancellor Of England Of our
modern philosophy. author Of ':Novum
O~raanum." and q whole library Of books,
the lead NC thinker Of bis century, 50 pre-.
cOcious that when a iittio child he was
asked by Queen Elizabeth. "How old are
you:" he responded. II am two years
younger than your Majssty's happy
reign" Of whose Oratory Ben JonsOn
wrote: "The fear Of every man that heard
him was lest he should make an end"
having an income which you would
suppose would havc put him beyond
The temptation Of bribery-S3G,OUO a
year-and Twickcnham court . gift, and
princsly estates in HertfOrdshire and Cor.
hambury-yct Under this temptation TO
brib"ry falling Nat into ruin, and on his
confession o: taxing brides, giving a. ex.
cuse that all his predecessors took them;
he was fined $4,000 0 or what corresponds
with our 500. oOO. and imprisoned in Lon.
don tower. So also Lord Chancellor Mac.
clesfieli fell; so also Lord Chance lor
Waterbury persisted The black chapter
in English, Irish, French and American
politics Is thO chapter Of bribery. Some Of
you remember the Pacific mail subsidies.
Most OF You remember the awful tragedy
of tho Credit MObilisr. Under the tempta.
s.~u " .v.-..
fort in the highlands for S3I.5.a. For this
sin Gorgey betrayed Hungary. Ahithophel
f0rsook David and Judas kissed Christ
When ! SEQ so many Of the illustrious 60
ing down under this temptation il makes
me think OF the red dragon spoken Of in
Revelation. with seven heads and ten
horns and seven crowns. drawing . third
part Of the stars Of Heaven down after
him. Tbs lobbies Of the legislatures Of
this country control tho country. The
land 10 drunk with bribery.
o." says xoms one. 'there's no need of
talking against bribery by promise OF by
dollars. because every man has his price"
! do not believe il Even heatheni,m and
the dark ages have furnished specimen.
OF incorruptibility. A cadi Of Smyrna had
. case brought before hin, on trial. A man
6oSV o'eA ~ uoN"tS u oItDSIys ne case
came on. The bride had many witnesses.
The poor man Oh the other side lac no
witnesses. At the close OF the case the
cadi said: This poor man has no Wit.
nesscs. Re thinks: I shall produce in his
behalf 90 witnesses against the other
side" And then pulling out the bag Of
ducats from under tue ottoman, he dashed
Il down at the feet Of the briber. saving:
Il give my decision against you" Epam.
inondas, offered . bride, said: Il will do
this thing II IL bs right and il il be wrong
all OF FOUR goods can not persuade me-"
Fabricius. Of che Roman senate. was
offered . bribe by Pyrrhus Of Xacedon.
Fabricius answered: What an Example
this would be to the Roman people; you
keep your riches and I will keep ny Dow.
erty and reputation"
The President Of the American Coaeress
during the American revolution. General
Reed. VA offered 1900 g~uinsas BY foreign
commissioner il he would betray his
country. He replied: 'Gentlemsu. I an
. very poor man hut your King 10 moi rich
enough to buy me" But Why 60 90 far,
when you and l, il We move in honorable
society. know men and women Who BY all
the consecrated force on earth and hell
could not be bribsd- They would no moro
Be- brib<d than you WOuld think Of tempt
ing an angel Of light 70 excAasEs Heavea
for the pit 10 o6er . brfbs 10 viliainy,
but it 10 . very O o compliment to The man
to whom IL 10 offered
have NOT much faith in those people
Who 60 aboss hrsGEisg boz mscA thsy