The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-04

larger sums to humanitarian anu eVange'
listic purposes and there will be more
James Lenoxes and Peter Coopers and Will
lam E. Dodges and George Peabodys. AS
that time comes there will be more parks,
more picture galleries, mora gardens thrown
open for the holiday people and the work
ing classes.
was reading some time ago, in regard to
q charge that had been made in England
against Lambeth palace. that it was exclu-
sve: and that Charge demons trated the
sublime fact that to the grounds Of that
wealthy estate eight hundred poor families
had free passes, an5 forty croquet companies
and on the half day holidays four thousand
poor people recline on the grass, walk
That is gospel-gospel on thu wing gos2sl
ont of doors worth just as much as in doors.
That time is going to come.
That's only q hint Of what is going to be.
The time is going to come when, II you have
anything in your house worth looking at
pictures, pieces Of sculpture--you are going
to invite me to come and see it; you are 60
ing to invite my friends to come and see it,
and you will say, 'iSeo what have bseu
blessed With! Col has given me this, aud,
so far as enjoying it, it is yours aiso." That
isgospel.
In crossing the Allegheny Mountains,
many years ago the stage halted, and Henry
Clay dismounted from tho stage and went
out on rock at the very verge OF the clif,
and he stood there with his CLOAK wrapped
about him, and he scanned to be listening for
something. Some one said to him: what
are you listening for" Standing there, on
the top OF the mountain, he said: II am
listening to the tramp of the foot
continent" A sublime posture for an
American statssmanl You and to-day
stand OH thu mountain top of privilege, and
on the rock of ages, and we look off, and We
hear coming from the future the happy in-
dustries, AMI smiling populations, AMI tle
consecratei fortunes, and thu innunerabla
properties Of the closing nineteenth and
the opening twentieth century.
And now I have two words, ons to cap
italists and the other to laboring man.
To the capitalists: Be your own executors.
Make investments for eternity. Do not be
like some capitalists I know who walk
around among their employees with supercil
ious air, or drive up to the factory in manner
which seems to indicate they are the auto
Gratis of the universe with the sun and moon
in their vest pockets, chiefly anxious when
they 20 among the laboring men not to be
touched by the greasy or smirched hand and
have their broadcloth injured. Be
a Christian employer. Remember those
who are under your charge are bone OF
YOUR bone aud flesh of your flesh, that
Jesus Christ died for them, and that they are
immortal. Divide up your estates, or por
tions of them, for the relief Of the world
before you leave it. Do not 60 out OF the
world like that man who died eight or ten
years ago, leaving in his will twenty mill
ion dollars, yet giving how much for the
church of God? How much for the allevi.
alton of human suffering? He gave some
money little while before he died. That
was well: but in all this will of twenty
million dollars, how much? One million! No.
Five hundred thousand? No. One hundred
dollars? No. Two cents? No. One cent?
No. These great cities groaning in anguish,
nations crying out for the bread Of everlast
ing life. A man in will giving twenty
millions of dollars an 1 not one cent to God!
1t is a disgrace to our civilization.
To laboring men, I congratulate you on
your prospects. l congratulate you on thu
fact that your ara getting your representa-
tives at Albany, at Harrisburg and at
Washington. This will 60 on until you will
have representatives at all the headquarters,
and you will have full justice. Mark that.
for your children. Your children are going
TO have vast opportunities. congratulate
you that you have to work and that when
you are dead your children will have to
work congratulate you also on your OPP
portunities Of information. Plato paid
one thousand three hundred dollars
for tGo books. Jerome ruined himself,
financially. by buying one volume of Origen.
What vast opportunities for intelligence for
you and your children! A workingman goes
along by the show window Of some great pub
fishing house and he sees a book that costs
five dollars! He says, II wish could have
that information: wish l could raise five
dollars for that costly and beautiful book"
A few months pass on and he gets the value
of that book for fifty cents in pamphlet.
There never was such day for the working
men of America as the day that is coming.
But the greatest friend Of capitalist and
.toiler, and the one VINO will yet bring them
together in complete accord, was born one
Christmas night while the curtains OF heaven
swung, stirred by the wings angelic. Owner
OF all things-all the continents, all worlds,
and all the islands of light. Capitalist OF
ditioa. Coming into oar world, not
by gate of palace, but by door of
barn. Spending His first night amid
the shepherds. Gathering afterward around
Him the fishermen to be His Chief attend
ants With adZa and saw, anl cniSel, aa1
ak, and i'll O carpenter sho :, SHOWING HIM
self brother with the ;radesmen. Owner
of all things, and yet on hill2cS back OF
Jerusalem one day rssigniny every thing
for others, keeping not 50 much as shekel
to pay for His obseques. By charity
buried in the suburbs OF city that had
cast Him out. Before the cross Of such
capitalist und such a carpenter, all msl
can afford to shake hands and worship.
Here is the every mans Christ. None SO high
but He was higher. None so poor but He was
noorar Ar His feat tla hostila eytrameS will
vet renounce their aaimosities, and coun-
tenancss which have glowered with the pref
udices and revenge Of centuries shall
brighten with the smile of heaven as He
commands: whatsoever ye would that man
should do to Tou do We even SO to them"