Telegram-herald., 1890-03-31

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he had. hut l. seems uow Uaat be scocmplls4it'd
more viii Us ore talent tnAn ~s al "ltn
fslr ten.a while solomon, stanciag ai1o1s tas
thrones. overhsars the whisper, ano sees the
v,onderment. and vii, VITA oeni saaut ara
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ire world many centuries ago-netteT Is sin-i4
faculty actively used taan grest talent an
sauIoged. better Is a living dog than dead
Aon.'
THERE ARE PLENTY or DEAD LIONS
The siusuls facl Is that the worll nas been
ami the world is now, fail OF dead hons
They aro peopie Of great capsclty and iarge
opportunity, doing nothing for the improve
u.ent OF society, nothing for the Owe lAio"
OF evil, nothing for the salvation oI SOUS
Some of them arc monetary lions They have
accumulated 80 many hundreds q taousands
OF dollars that YOU can feel their tread "neI
taey walk through any street or come lnt'
any circle. They can by one financial move
upset the money market. Instead q the ten
Der cent Of their income which the Bible lays
down as the proper proportion of tneir con
trlbutlon 10 the cause u God they 10 not
give Eve per cent, or three per cent, or Two
Der cent. or one Fer cent, or half per cent,
or n quarter per cent. That they are lions,
no enc doubts. " hen they roar, y al street.,
State street. Lombard street a1d the bodrse
trsmble Ia a few years taey VIII lie dC"a
and die They viii have great funeral, and
Ia long row o. fue carriages, and mlsnnsst
reQu.ells viii roll from the organ, ana polish
ed suait Of Aoerdeen granite VII! Indicate
where their dust lies, but for aL uss 20 the
world thar man might Is wei nave never
lived. As an e<ueriment "a 10 how much he
can carry with him, put ten cent piece ia
rbeualn OF his dead band and Eve years
after open tie tomb and you viii hnd that
be has dropped even tie ten cent piece. A
non. g. bAt a Ntt-'4 iA14-t - fN'N 49, "--~
treasures on earth, and has no treasures IN
heaven. What shall the stonecutter put
upon the obelisk over himl | suggest, let IL
be the mans name, then thedate Of his birth,
then the date OF his death, then the appro-
pirate Scripture passage. Better is a living
dos than a dead lion"
But thank God that we are having just
now an outburst OF splendid benshcence that
Is TO Increase until the earth is girdled with
il. IL Is spreading with the speed Of an epi-
demic, but with Just the opposite effect Of IN
epidemic Do you not notice how wealthy
men are opening free Libraries, and building
churches IN their native vllagei have you
not seen how men of large means, instead oi
leaving great philanthropies in their Wills for
3 disappointed heirs 10 quarrel about, and th'
: orphan courts to swamp, are becoming their
own executors and administratorsf AtteI
5 putting aside enough for their families uoi
! che tha: provdeth not for his own, and es
} pecially those Of his own household, Is worse
than an intidel'1, they ere saying: Nv La
can do. not after am dead, but while hy
5 inc. and in full possession Of my faculties.
, Dro0erly direct the building Of the churches
or the hospitals or the colleges, or the hora
ries that | design for the pubic welfare, enS
p, while yet have full capacity TO enjoy TIT
. satisfaction Of seeing the good accomplished
: There are bad fashions and good fashions and
o whether good or bad, fashions ale mighty
J One OF the good fashions now starting WI
i sweep the earth-the fashion for wealthy ne
: to distribute, while yet alive, their surpiu
5 accumulation. 1t is being helped oy the iac
d that 20 many large estates have, immediatel
5 after the testators death, gone into litigation
/, ATTORNEYS with large fees are employed o
mi n gr "a
= month. and year after year, and after on
= court decides, it Gscends 70 another court an
y /; decided IN the opposite direction, and the
= new evidence is found, and the trials are q
e repeated. Tae children, who at the father
Il funeral seemed TO have an uncOntroilab
u Grief after the will Is read 90 into elabora'
IN rrocess 20 prove that the father was Graz
III and therefore incompetent to make wll
r and there are men on the jury VINO think TN
y the fact that the testator gave 50 much OF q
]: money TO the Bible society, and the mlsslo
IL arv society. or the opening Of free hhrar
h, K proof pos tive that he was insane and To
~ he knew not what he was signing when
ne subscribed to the words: "ln the name
es Col, amen. /. being Of sound mind, do ma
10 this my last will and testament
ok NOW Is THE THE FOR GOOD WORK
o. The torn wills. the fraudulent wills, q
"a broken wills have recently been made such
10 spectacle 70 angels and 70 men that ali oV
=" the land successful men sre calling in arcs
n tccts and saying 70 them: How much wou
T." il cost for me To build q picture gallery I
ri cur townT' or. What plans can YOU dr'
N ne out for a concert hall Q or, Il an specia
ia interested n the incurabes. and how lar
IS, building would accommodate three hundr
~ Of such patientsln or, "The Church Of G
81, has been great help n me all my life, an
want YOU 80 draw me . plan for a cbw'
commodious. beautiful. well ventilated, a
,+s with plenty of windows u let in the iiSht
ni want yoa 20 -et right NJ WORK 10 making {
r. plans q such a building, for, though
Ia we'll now. life Is uncertain, and before lea
m the world ! want 70 see something done y
an vii an appropriate acknowledgment
,es the goodness 4 God to me and nine, q
Nv when can hear from your
rld In our own city we have many examples
"a this What a grandeur o, Deneaceuce
ca cur fellow citizen. Mr. Pratt. cemoustr at
"a building educational Institutions which y
tba nut their hands ca the nineteenth centu
,~d and the twentieth century. sDd al the C
f,s furjosi AL honor 70 sucb = man. 10
IN sag 50 when be : dead, say it now. II wo
IA tea ccod t1iug II soms q the eUiog'es
-sa shisel On toutstouss we're written On "a
his in time f0r tie phusnthsopists to read "a
'oJ -hus vst ,l.ey are alive Less post-mort
'7I' creise. AID more aute-mortenf
70 A poo- s-otch TAD came 60 AuosTica
twelve Years - a-e. aad ~snt to Pittsbu
op' He boxed aroua8 Tor work. srd oscams