Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21
POVERTY AND RICHES
Rev. -. :. Savags On the Proper
Use of M0nsy.
Humanity Is Better s~rsed cy rriF&ts
Ownership - We@ltn san IL "oeio
b. - FuoLic greasEry-Ge2-
ut1e Philanthropy.

As the Church Of the Unity, Boston,
Mass, Rev. NJ } Savage preached re-
Gently upon the subject Of "NealtA and
Poverty" lie began, says the herald.
by examining various popular detni-
tlons Of wealth, pointed ont their deaclen-
cies, and then proceeded 70 say that
wealth IS simply the accumulation of
objects OF human desire FOR the measure
Of value was nothing else than The fact
that the thing possessed and that vas
looked upon IS having value Was soue-
thing which a great many people de-
sired. And i they snslyzed that desire
they would find 1t only 8 modification "
the fundamental faet ot hunger, and this
WAS true from the lowest physical hunger
- the highest spiritual aspiration. Is
wealth, thon, asked Mr.. Savage, deslr-
able thing? Would il De better Il there
were no rich and no poor? II seems 10 me
most certainly not. For weslth-sone
accumulated value beyond that which Is
needed for the immediate necessities OF
the community-is the very condition
OF higher growth. Picture 10 your
selves world IN which every
man, woman and child has shell
ter, food, clothing-in which there
IS no caro- for the morrow
would this be desirable condition for
tho world? So far. yes. But II there
was only enough IN the world 70 give
shelter, food and clothing, we might DO
well-fed animals, without care, for a
thousand centuries, but We could be
nothing else. II there are 20 be higher
hungers, and II men are 70 grow 10 be
something more than animals, then
there must be, in the hands OF some
one and somewhere, food for supplying
these higher hungers. II men are 10
think, TO study, 10 travel, 10 exchange
ideas, have social intercourse with each
other and be free from the grinding
Toll needed for the uerest animal neces-
sites, they must have the means for
doing all these things.
The question now comes. when wealth
has been accumulated, who shall own
and control it2 Before We can answer
this question we must decide the ques-
tion. who has produced IL. A man who
stands alone can never be rich, and t,lis
even If we live in civilized com
munity. Tho essential feature OF
riches is the matter Of exchange, the
public use OF these accumulations.
Who owns wealth, then? The rich man
and humanity, not the rich man alone.
Mr. Savage then took up the question
of poverty. Defining the only poverty
really injurious 70 man as that which
took away from him the means OF growth
prevented him from becoming what
he is capable of becoming-the preacher
considered the various ways in which
poverty originated. He thought that
we had too much legislative action,
and too little individual initiative.
Vice brought poverty, and there were
thousands OF people in tho world
who, from one reason or another,
were incapable OF emerging from
poverty, and were as much entitled
10 our sympathy as were the crippled
and lame. | believe, said Mr.. Savage,
that it IS possible 70 eliminate paCpor-
ism from the world. If the community
has a right to support those who, for
one reason or another, are incapable Of
taking care OF themselves, then 1t
has undoubtedly right to SEQ
10 il that it's resources are no:
lessened by the unthrift, the theft,
the dishonesty of those who could sup
port themselves il they would. II ought
TO exercise that rigbt-to take 4 tender
and loving care Of those who can not
take care of themselves, ard then TO
compel those Who can TO DO ono or two
things-to earn their living or TO starve.
And now, said Mr. Savage, in closing,
what shall the rich man do with his
money? Or what shall he do with that
surplus which he does not need?
/ would have no laws touching
the matter. / would have men
perfectly free to leave their prop
erty 20 wife, daughter or son, SO
far as they can be assisted 20 get
on. though | believe that. nine times
out Of ten. sons arc injured more than
they are helped by having too u 1ch
money left % them. would educate
the thought and conscience Of tho world
up 20 the point OF grand use or these
accumulated thousands. II lad thou
sands Of millions OF dollars would de-
vote Il to good uses while lived. rather
than leave 4. 20 be wrangied over in the
courts after my death. IL seems to ne
that should take delight in .elping
tho world. I can sec men and women
who are capable OF doing work Of public
importance, yet who arc hsmpered and
tied down 70 the necessity OF simply
filing their stonachs. ] would be glad
10 relieve these from The necessity OF
earning their daily bread. such use
Of riches, which | only throw out as a
suggestion, seems much grander way
Of dealing with riches than that q hold
ing them until the white finger 81
death como 20 take them away. Why
not take Joy IN doing the work we'll
while vou can see Il done AID can OBJ
servo tho resulss2 And IL the poor
could only see the rich recovn nizing
these principles and animated br these
motives, enmity would disappear. the
world would fow togefher in love. and
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