The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-22
THE USE OF MONEY.
Or. Talmage Thrusts at Men Who
Inappropriate the Funds Of Indl.
viduals and Communities.

BRooHLyN, N. u, March 1O-Thc rev. r..
Nc Witt Talmagc'ssuhjcct was Wrong Uses
of Money" and his text, I. Timothy, vi, q:
"Thcy that will bc rich fall into temptation
md snare, and into many foolish antl
hurtful lusts. which drown men into dcs,ruc.
tion and rer,lition.
Tint is the Ningarn Falls over which rush 1,
multitude Of souls, namely the determine.
ton to have money anyhow, right orwrong.
tell me how n mun gets his money and whit
lie does with it and will tell you his clnrac.
ter and what will bchis destiny in this world
and in the next. propose to speak this
m orning about some of the luinous modes
of getting money.
We recently passed through national
election in which il has been estimated that
$50, 900 900 was expended. think about
S2O,O0O,O00 Of it was spent in out.and.out
bribery. Both parties raised oil they could
for this purpose. But that was only on n
large scale what has been done on n smaller
srnle for fifty years in all depart ments.
Politics from being the science OF good gov
crnmtnt has often been belraggled into
the synonym for truculcnry md turptu,lc.
A monster sin. plausible, potent, pesti:erous,
has gone forth to do it's dreadful work in all
ages. Its two hands arcrottrn with leprosy.
1t keeps its right hand hidden in deep poe
ket The LETT hand is clinche,l nnd with it's
irhorous knucklc it taps Mt the door o: the
court room. the legislative hall, thccongrcss,
and the parliament The door swings open
and the mt nster enters and gli,ics through
he aisle Of the councl-chambcr us softly MS
slirIered page, and then it takes its right
hand from its deep pocket nn, offers it in
salutntion to judge ur legislator. Ii that
hand i,e taken, mud the palm OF the intruder
cross the palm of the official, the lcprosy
CROSSES from palm to palm in round biOtch,
round as Il gold eagle. aud thevIrus spreads
md the ,onm s fixed, and the victim per-
ishes. Let bribery, accursed of God and man,
stand up for trial
The bible arrnigns 1t ngain and again,
Samuel says of his two sous who became
David IS .a "a.'e Of his s nrsars
Their right hand is full of bride = Amos
says of some men in his day: They take n
hribe and turn aside the poor in the gate
F.liphnz fortells the crushing blows ofGod's
the tabernurles of bribery"
II il no light temptation. The mighticst
hive fallen under it, Sir Francis Bacon, lord
chancellor of England. Thunder ofourmolcrn
philosophy, author of"Novum Organum'
and n whole Library OF books. the leading
thinker of his century. so rrecocious that
when little child he was asked by Queen
Elizabeth. How old areyou:" hercspondcl,
u nm two years younger than your mai.
cstys happy reign; OF whose orutorv Ben
lonsnn wrote, The fear ofcvery man that
heard him was lest he should make an cnu:''
having an income which you would suppose
would have put him beyond the temptation
OF bribery--S3G, 900 Il year. and Twickenham
court a gift, and princciy estates in licrt-
temptation to bribery milling fiat into,
ruin and on his confession of taking
brims giving the excuse that all his prc,le.
cessnrs took them; he was fined 5000, 900,
or what corresponds with our 5000 900.
md imprisoned in London tower. So also
Lord Chancellor Macclrsfied fell; so also
Lord Chancellor Waterbury persisted. The
blnck chapter in English, Irish, French and
American politics in the chapter of bribery
Some OF YOU remember the Pacific mail sub
si,lies. Most of yOn remember the NV III
tragedy of the Credit Mobilcr. Under the
temptation to bribery Benedict Arnold sold
The fort of the highlands for S:il.575. For
this sin Gorgey betrayed Hungary Ali
thophcl forsook David, and Judas kissed
Christ. When see SO many of tle illnstri-
GUS gong down under this temptation it
makes me think of the red dragon spoken
of in the Revelation, with seven heads and
ten horns and seven crowns, drawing u
third part of he stars of heaven down after
him. The lobbies of the legislatures of this
country control the county. The land is
drunk with bribery.
.Oh y snyR some one t.therpa n n naol oe
talking against bribery by promise or by
dollars. because every man has Ills price.
do not believe it. Even lenthenism and
the dark nges have furnished specimens of
incorruptbility. A cadi of Smyrna hud IL
ease brought before linn III, trial. A man
gave him 900 %. 'iucnts in bribery. The ease
rume ON. The briher had many witnesses,
lie thinks. The poor man on 4 he other side
had no witnesses. At he close of the ease
the ca,li said: This poor man has no wit
llcsscs, he thinks; shall produce in his Lc-
half 900 witnesses against the other side. y
Aud then pulling out The bag of duc;lts from
under the ottoman lie dashed it down at the
sion against yon.' EInmlnondns. offered a
brihe, said Il will do this thing il it be
right, and il il bc wrong all your goods can
not persuade me-" Iabricius of tho Roman
senate was offered n brihe by PyrIhus of
Mare,lnn. Fabricius answered: "Whut an
example this would I've to the Roman peoples
yOu keep your riches and | will keep inv
poverty and reputa tion.'
The president of the American congress
during the American revolution. Gen. Reed,
was offered $4,000 g,iincas by foreign com.
missioners il lie would letr,y his country.
lie replied: Gentleman, | am II very poor
man. but tell yourking lie ia not rich enough
tobuy mo-" But why go SO far when you
and !, il we move in honorable society. know
al NJ In, nil bf,o
force OF earth md hell could not be bribrd
than you would think attempting nm angcl
of light to exchange heaven for the pit To
offer a bride is villainy but it liz IL very poor
compliment to the man to whom it is of.
fered
II have not much faith in these people who
go about Dragging how much they could
get il they would only sell out. Those wom.
en- who complain that they are very often
insulted need to understand that there is
something in their carriage to invite insult.
There are men ut Albany and at Harrisburg
and Mt Washington who would no more be
approached by IL bride than pirate boat
witha few cutlnsses would dare to attack IL
British mnn-Of-wur with two banks OF guns
on each side loaded to the toncf-hole. They
are incorruptible men, and they are the few
men who are to save the city and save the
land. Meanwhile my advice is to all ueople
to keep out of politics unless you are invul-
nrrable to this style of temptation. Indeed,
if you are naturally strong you need rrgi-
ons undressing. Nothing but tho grace Of
God can sustain our public men nnd mike
them what We wish. | wish that there
might come an old-fashionel revival of reli-
gion. that il might break out in congress
and i'll the legislatures md bring many OF
the lendiDgrppublicans and democrats down
on the anxious seats OF repentance. That
day will come, or something better, for the
bible declares TINT kings and queens shall he
come nursing fathers and mothers to the
| church. md If the greater in authority, then
certainly the Less.
| My Charge also 10 parents is, remember
! that this evil of bribery often begins in the
home circle and in the nursery. Donnt brile
yonr children. Teach them to do that which
is right, and not because of the 10 cents or
the orange .yon will give them. There is II
great difference between rewnr,linr virtue
and making the profits thereof the mprllin.
motive That man who is honest merely he
cause honesty is the best policy" il already
II moral bankrupt,
My charge in to you, in all departments O
lifc steer clear of bribery all of Won. Ever,
man and woman at some time will he tempt
ed to do wrong for compensation. The birth,
may not be offered in money. II may be of
fercl in social position. Let us rincnl,c
that there is u day coming when the mos
Recret transaction of private life and of pub
lie life will come up for public apprehension
We can not bnle death, we can not brit
sickness We can not bribe the grave. We c;,l
no, billie the Judgements of that God VIII
thun,lers against this sin.
"Fie!" said Cardinal Beaufort. '.fie. can
death be hired? IN monev nothing: must
die. and SO rich: if the owning of he Who'll
realm would save me lcouid get it by pole.
or by ,urcinse-by money. No, deathw0ul
not he hired HOW. Men of the world of,"