The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-24
A sermon on mIiiionaires.

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protection. Louisville Courier-Journai.
A sermon on Miliionaires.
pev DIR Pullman of Baltimore recently
| ,,-aached a sermon on the subject OF the niu1
| iionaire az a religious factor which containH.
| much practical thought. New. fork; 40
said is the least American of any OF our c,'io as
n haa n strong American element, o'it II hn =
| strcans and tides Of life 80 mingled WIZ. Va
sroIn every nation and tribe OF the earth tn's .
| nnlv now and then do we get the clear Aineri-
can ring. either in it's political, socisi ol ,o
li0ious action. I will speak OF some leseo,.s
80 ho learned from life ON the great avenue VI
~ na,liionaires-the avenue of fashion ana
fashions folies-Fifth avenue, New f9Ih.
II IL of some of the men Of many mliii9ns
will sneak From the place where l STOOD Ihe
other day | saw the palatial resiuence vi
over twenty millionairee. Twelve OF tnese
,,,an some of whom knew personally were
me- poor bovs This is one of the grand facts
If American possibilities. IL has great les
sons for uatient careful study, How did they
40 ~ How many of the poor boys OF to-day
can do it? How desirable isit TO dog how
many possible milllonaiIes are before me
now In one of these residences millionaire
DIVING not long ago. said: Waste neither
time nor money" As a business maxim ana
from the business standpoint II Is good. ms
man wasted neither time nor money; he
amassed splendid fortune. but missed the
real glory of life. and died with shrlveled
hesrt.
From moral or religious standpoint ne
wasted all. He who neglects opportunities
Tor doing good. for blessing his feliow-men
wastes his time. he who uses his. money. for
selfish ends. or for purely personal amDitlOh'
loses it, It was asked the other day or an
other rich man who died, How much ana ne
lesve,' The answer is suggestive lie TOOK
nothing with him" While l was rejecting
II a 1rixr a a
plain one horse coupe. He also was the owner
of millions He had just been fighting the
bloodless battle of Wall street. but through
the kind Of battles they have down there
every power of his mind every nerve mad Deen
strained 10 its utmost. Yet this man, whom
knew, kept his honor unsullied, his heaiV un-
tainted and his manhood erect.
Where thousands 90 down before tempta--
tons and lose honor and manhood he stood
firm as a rock He was once poor boy. lie
made his money legitimately, honestly and
honorably His very honesty. so wei known;
tided him over more than one hard place ana
kept him on his feet. This man attends
for real charities. He keeps his enormous
wealth intact and so makes his voice IN every
critical time a deciding power for the rlgnt
side in both social and political matters. III
is not required that a man shall give away
fortune in indlscrimlnate charity, but 10 use,
both himself and his fortune. where they
will tell most TO keep society steady and
strong. I want to say il. and want TO say 1t
with strong emphasis, that the common Vul-
gar prejudice against milliOnalres Is utterly
wrong. There are some mean. narrow and
contemplate wretches who have more money
than brain or heart, and others are some OF
the same kind Of men who have no money at
all. and they are the common railers against
rich men.
| tell you there are some splendid, good fel.
lows who are millionalres. | know some or
them and know of many more. Hard work
ers they are. too Few among the thousands
of their employees have One-half 80 hard 3
road TO travel. They are in the great whlrl
and can't get out of it. They must stand the
tremendous strain. they must be rs watchtul
as any general on the held of battle. Values
are in q constant state OF huX, to-day up to-
morrow down, while new and unexpected
combinations. like fresh sQuadrons, may
dash upon the field Should these men
withdraw or seek to withdraw, their
capital from business. q widespread and dam
aging collapse would follow. which would
touch every charity, every church, every
town aud city, and every home IN our land.
These great men of mOneYed power as
they are, in the main, as good and true
as most Others. are magnificent pillars
in the industrial commercial world, and. as
such, are pillars in society and the State. IL
is then not q misfortune, or a weakness OF
our form of government. that makes million
aires possible; that throws open the doors or
splendid opportunities to our young men.
but it Is one Of the proyidences OF the Ameri-
can situation time-a millennlum-may
come when there will be more equal
distribution of wealth. but let IT come slowly,
or sufficiently so to'ayoid shock oryiolent rev.
OlutiOn.