Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-09
WRONG USES OF MONEY.
A SERMON or GREAT POWER sY
REV. T. De WITT TALMAcE.

BROOKLYN. March i0.-At the Tabernacle
this morning sir thousand voices, supported
BY organ and cornct. rolled out the hymn be-
ginning:
Nicer think the victory won.
Nor once at sit down:
Thine arduous work will not DO done
TIL thou hast 20, thy crown
The Rev. T. Do Witt Talmnge, d. D.,
preached the sermon. His subject was,
"wrong Uses Of Money" and his text,
Timothy vi, .: "Thcy that will DO rich fall
into temptation and q snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts. which drown men
Ia destruction and pcrdition."
That Is the Niagara Falls over which rush
multitude Of souls. namely the determine
ton 70 have money any how, right or wrong
Tell mo how q man gets his money and what
ho does with IL, and will tell his character,
and what will DO his destiny In this world and
the next ! propose TO speak this morning
about somc Of tho rtsinous modes Of getting
money.
We recently passed. through q national
election In which IL has been estimated that
thirty million dollars wcro expended. think
about twenty million Of II were spent In out
and out bribery. Both parties raised all they
could for this purpose. But that was only on
o large scale what has been done on a smaller
scale for fifty years and in all departments.
Politics from being the science Of good gov.
ernment has often been bc,lraggled into tho
synonym for truculcncy and turpitu,ic. A
monster sin, plausible, potent. pestiferoiis,
has gonc.forth to do It's dreadful work In all
agcs Its two hands are rotten with leprosy
IL keeps Its right hand hidden In deep
pocket The left hand Is clenche,l and with
its ichorous knuckle 10 taps nc tho door Of the
court room. the Legislative hail. the congress
and tho parliament. The door swings open
and the monster enters, and glides through
the aisle Of this council chamber rs softly as
slippered page, and then Il takes Its right
hand from Its deep pocket and offers Il In sal.
utation 70 judge or legislator. II that hand
DO taken, and the palm Of the intruder cross
the palm Of tho official the lcprosy crosses
from palm TO palm in Q round blotch. round
as u gold eagle. and the virus spreads. and
tho doom Is fxed. and tho victim perishes
Let bribery. accursel OF God and man, stand
up for trial
The Bible arraigns II again and again
Samuel says Of his two sons who became
judges. "They took brides and perverted
Judgment" David says Of some OF his pur-
suers. Their right hand Is full OF bribcs. :"
Amos says Of some men In his day, "They
take brihs and turn aside the poor In the
gate" Eliphaz forctells the crushing bolts OF
Gods Indignation, declaring. "Firc shall con-
sumo the tabcrnaclcs Of bribery"
1t Is no light temptation. Tho mightiest
have fallen under It. Sir Francis Bacon,
lord chancellor Of England. founder Of our
modern philosophy, author Of "Novum Or
ganum" and whole library Of books, tho
leading thinker Of his century, 81 prccocious
TINT n chill h.,t hs,n
Elizabeth, "How old are your he responded,
~ am two years younger than your ma jcsty's
happy reign" Of whose oratory Ben Jonson
wrote. Tho fear Of every man that heard
him was lest he should mako an end; :" having
an income which you would suppose would
have put him beyond the temptation Of bri-
bcry-thirty-six thousand dollars year, and
Twickenham court gift, and princeiy estates
In Hertfordshirc and Gorhambury- under
this temptation To bribery falling Hat into
ruin, and on his confession Of taking bribcs.
giving as excuse that nil his predecessors took
them, he was fined two hundred thousand
dollars, or what corresponds with our
two hundred thousand dollars, and i'm
prisoncd in London Tower. So. also
Lord Chancellor Macclcsiicld fell; 10. also.
Lord Chancellor Waterbury persisted. The
black chapter In English, Irish, French and
American politics Is tho chapter Of bribery.
Some OF you remember the Pacific Mail sub
sides. Most OF you remember the awful
tragedy Of tho Credit Mobilicr. Under tho
temptation TO bribery Benedict Arnold sol'i
the fort In tho Highlands for $3l,5s5 For
this sin Gorgcy betrayed Hungary. Ahitho-
phcl forsook David and Judas kissed Christ.
When $50 SO many Of the illustrious going
down under this temptation It makes me
fl,tnk - a .l,ap ~ Ia,
tions, with seven heads and ten horns and
seven crowns, drawing a third part Of tho
stars Of heaven down, down after him. Thu
Hobbies Of tho legislatures Of this country con.
troll tho country. The Land Is drunk with
bribery.
EVERY MAN HAS NOT HIS PRICE.
"Oh," says some one, there's no need Of
talking against bribery by promise or by dol
lars, bccausc every man has his price" l do
not believe Il. Even hcathcnism and the dark
ages have furnished specimens Of incorrupti-
bility. a cadi OF Smyrna had a case brought
before him on trial. y rian gave him Ave
hundred ducats In bribery. Tho case came
ON. Tho briber had many witnesses. Tho
poor man OH the other side had no witnesses.
At tho Gloss Of the case the cadi said, This
poor man has no witnesses, he thinks; shall
produce In his behalf five hundred witnesses
against tho other side" And then pulling
out the bag Of ducats from under the otto
man, no dashed II down at tho feet Of the
briber. saying, II give my decision aga inst
you" Epaminondas, offered a bride. said, II
will do this thing II II be right, and u It DO
wrong, all your goods cannot persuade me"
Fabricius. Of thc Roman senate, was offered a
bribe by Pyrrhus Of Mace<ion. Fabricius an
swered, what an example this would be 10
the Roman people; you keep your riches and
will keep my poverty and reputation"
The president Of the American congress
during the American Revolution, Gen. Reed,
was offered 1000 guincas by foreign COM
misioncrs II he would betray this country.
lie replied; Gentlemen, am u very poor
man, but tell your king he Is not rich enough
20 buy me-" But why 50 10 far when you
and !, II we move In honorable society, know
men and women who by all tho concentrated
force Of earth and hell could not bc bribed
They would no morn DO brbel than you
would think Of tempting an angel u light 10
exchange heaven for tho pit. To Offer
bribo Is villainy; but IL Is q very poor com.
pliment 70 tho man TO whom Il Is offered.
have not much faith In thoso people who
60 about Dragging how much they could get
II they would only sell out. Those women
who complain that they are very often in.
suited HEED 10 understanu that there In soifc'
thing In their carriage to invite insult There
nre men ut Albany. and at Harrisburg, and
at Washington, who would no more 10 ap-
preached by bribc than pirate boat with
few cu,laSss would dare 10 attsck u British
Inan-of-war with two banks OF gus ON each
side loaded To tho touch hole They are In
corruptible men, and they are the few men
who are 20 save the city and save the land.
Meanwhile, my advice Is TO all people to keep
out Of politics unless you are invuinerable 10
this style Of temptation. lndecd. II you are
naturally strong. you need religious buttress
ing. Nothing but the grace Of God can slis
tain our public men and make them what
wo wish wish that there might como
nm old fashioned revival Of religion. that
Il might break out In congres and IN tho
Legislatures and bring many Of the leading
Republicans and Democrats down on the anx'