The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-19
TALK FROM THE PULPIT.
Mr.. Jackson Discusses the
System of Jay Gould as
a Menace to the
Country.
SCUDDER ON HERESY
lie Thinks Briggs Trials Do Harm
Home Mission Work at DR..
Herr's Church.

The announcement that the Rev. J. G.
jackson. pastor of the Hadding Methodist
Episcopal Church on Montgomery street,
o preach a sermon upon "Jay Gould
and his Wicked Wealth. {" last night, tend
ed to pack the editce to OVERLOOKING.
The topic was one of popular interest, and
the congregation was an attentive one.
jay Gould" said the pastor, acquired
his wealth by his own exertions. Starting
from nothing he managed to get more
money han any man In this country, and
control more miles of railroad than any
man who, has lived upon earth. His acts
affected the whole American people.
What virtues he possessed. he should be
given full credit for. He loved his wife
and children. He was not a drunkard,
nor was he licentious. He desired to be-
come the richest man In the world, and
was disappointed when he died. because
he was not.
I'm seeking power through money, Jay
Gould misused VIVA were perhaps the
greatest talent for acquisition iutrusted
to any man of our time. Everywhere his
craft sailed it few the black flag of the
pirate. asking no quarter, giving none,
acknowledging no laws of private friend
ship or public welfare.
in his first considerable venture in the
hide business, he drove his partner to
suicide and led two hundred men in a
pitched battle with the other for the pos
session of the tannery."
Pastor jackson then spoke upon his
actions in using the Stroudsburgh Bank
for his private gain, of his Erie Railroad
precipitation of BLACK Friday on Wall
street. He explained his methods of
bearing" and "bulling" stock markets
until he controlled one-tenth of the
mileage in the United States.
BRIBER AND CoRRUPTER.
"ln accomplishing his plans," con-
tinued the pastor, "he was the greatest
courts this country has ever known. He
held that America was made to be a
government of the Gould's, for the
Gould's, by the Gould's.
Now, under the light of the Gosnel
in this Nineteenth Century, let it be
written down as forever true. that no
man has the right to use his talents for
the destruction of his fellow men. l have
no more right to ruin my business COM
petitor because ! can, than to cut his
throat because / can. /, a n~on-producer,
rave no more right to levy blackmail
upon toiling industry as it carries its
product to the market, merely because I
AdNO ILL 6ot bdkCO0o RldC0 OOoA0O tAG
road, than l have to present a
pistol at the head of a
passer-by and demand his money
or his life. l have no more right to
manipulate a market SO as to make an
unnatural glut or an artificial scarcity
than l have to burn my neiQhbors house,
to raise the rental value of my own. Mr..
Gould deliberately misused abilities
which were given him of heaven. to aid
In lettering the lot of poor men in this
country, to make their lot worse. He
secuted the Christian doctrine that great
powers are a great trust for the benefit of
mankind. He planted himself squarely
against Christ's Golden Rule of doing
good. He defied Paul's injunction that
we look not on our own interests alone.
but also Oh the interests of others. His
example is demoralizing to all young
business men. Mr.. Gould was no more a
Christian than is the Cannibal who
mashes in his enemy's skull because he
has a heavier club, and then devours his
flesh because he has The claim of the
slaughterer.
A CURSE AM A MENACE. &
"The fin ncial results of his life are a
curse and menace to the whole nation,
He accumulated a fortune, which bur
adds one to that aggregation of great for
tunes, that will Cypress American people.
Seventy names in New York represent
%, tOO, WV. AOddS VI CIV. OOO LdI1-
lies in this country con troll 80 per cent. of
our entire national wealth, and it Is fur
Their shown that in thirty years the entire
Republic will be substantially owned by
less than So 900 persons. Mr.. Gould gets
his big share by railroad wrecking, stock
jobbing, exorbitant freight and passenger
rates. extortion, iobbery and greed.
exceedingly doubtful whether any
human being living can fairly and hon
estly accumulate ever one million from
the Industries of his fel.owmen. / am
glad that Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Armour
are giving money for the benefit of
others. There is a rising protest in this
ton of wealth. A note was heard of it
In the last elections, especially in the
the great West. Gouid's methods will
be forever condemned and in time will
be yelled down by a christian people,"