The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-09

he accumulates his money by stock specu-
latlon and railroad management and COM
bination. after the manner OF Mr.. GOULD.
or follows the methods Of business gen.
orally. he violates the Christian in
junction. He will have to squeeze through
the needles eye TO get into heaven, II he
gets there at all. II. like DR.. RArNsroRD.
he lives in luxury out OF tho fruits Of
wealth 30 obtained. his chances OF salvation
must be even less. for he rejects in his own
life tho doctrine he breaches; he adds hy-
pocrisy to the offence Of the others.
DR.. RAINsFoRD. though minister OF tho
Gospel. is sporting man, a man OF fashion.
and an associate Of the rich and prosperous
He gots more merely worldly pleasure
than the run OF the luxurious. He enjoys
all the good things Of life in an unusual
measure. So far as concerns the ability to
purchase what Is for his material satisfac-
ton. he Is practically rs well off as Mr.
GOULD. He Is deprived Of nothing in the
way OF comfort. and renounces nothing that
adds to the enjoyment Of life: for. OF course.
the professional labor he performs Is neces-
sary to the pleasure Of existence. A man
must have some employment for his
thoughts and energies II he Is to keep
happy. His own wants thus amply pro-
vidcd for. making him one OF the fortunate
of mankind. DR.. RA1NsFoRD is surrounded
by rich and liberal men and women who
give him tho money for tho religious and
charitable enterprises in whose manage
ment he finds delight by the exercise Of his
executive capacity.
II Mr.. GOULD were an attendant upon
G 1'.(
refuse to receive his money for its pur-
poses Mr.. PrERpoNT MORGAN is the treas
urer OF tho church. Would he reject Mr..
GoULDs money If 1t was sent to his bank
ing house until Mr.. GOULD had explained
how he had obtained It? Yet Mr.. MORGAN,
as Christian. would be no less bound to
refuse to receive the money at his banking
house II he is bound to reject 1t at his church.
Though JESUS condemned the rich so
tremendously. Hc did not spurn their con-
tributions for charity and religion. So far.
so good. was His principle. He bade the
young man: go and sell what thou hast
and givo to the poor. and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and come and follow
Me-" When He observed that many that
were rich cast In much" into the treasury
OF the Temple. He did not demand of
them whence they obtained the money,
and cry out against their offerings. but
only commended the poor widow who cast
in her two mites as a moro bountiful givcr
In having given all her living" while the
others did cast OF their abundance" as do
Mr.. JAY GOULD. Mr.. PIERPoNT MORGAN. DR..
RAISsFoRD himself, and the parishioners of
st. Georges upon whom it relies chiefly for
10, inf ~ ,.i oh
in the sense in which JESUS spoke and the
money Of all of them was obtained and is
held in violation of His precepts.
Judge not. that ye lie not judged. For
with what Judgment We judge. We shalt be
judged; and with what measure We mete, it
shall be measured to- You again. And why
beholdcst thou the motto that is in thy
brothers eye. but considercst not the
beam that is thine own eye? Or how
wilt thou say to thy brother. Let me pull
out the mote out of thine eye: and. behold,
q beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypo-
critic. first cast out the beam out OF thine
own eye; and then shalt thou sec clearly to
cast out the mote out OF thy brothers eye."
Let DR.. RA1NsFoRD prayerfully study
those words OF the CHRIST. and then pro-
coed to base on them sermon in which he
shall confess his hypocrisy in condemning
Mr.. GOULD for an offence against Chris
tianity Of which he himself is also guilty.