Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-10-06
MAMlaoN WORSHIP.

T.
The Most Subtle, the Most Elk
tensive, the Most Powerful
that Ever Existed in Qu
World.
BY REV. D. oGLEsBY-BY REQUEST
Man is 6 worshiping animal. Ii
every age, and among all natiinl
and tribes, some form of worship
prevailed: Where the true Goo
wasnotknown, idols weresnbstltu
ted.
The character ofthe worshippel
is transformed into the likeness
of the object worshiped. Hence
ths character of any people ia
nodded by the religion of the Poo.
pie. And the civil government OF
any people is always exactly what
the religion Of the people make it
The laws are elevating or de.
pressing on society in exact
proportion, orscorrespo dingly as
the religion or system of worship
is elevating or degrading. aGod
is love- Pure Christianity is the
highest type of religion conceiv-
able. The golden rule is the sum
6fall good in human intercourse.
No higher or better state of society
is conceivable than is contained
in the fatherh ,od of God and the
brotherhood OF man. The gum
total Sof true Christianity is
supreme love Of God and universal
love towards man. This acted out
does away with all the distinctions
and divisions in society. Apply it
to any nation or people and the
''rough places would be made
smooth and the crooked places
straight"
We.-are spending millions of
dollars yearly to carry the gospel
our world, to convert the
heather from idolatry, and at the
same time we have secreted,
entrenehed and hidden inside Of
our form Of Christianity all over
the land of .chfistendom, the most
subtle, the most extensive, and
the most powerful form of idolatry
that ever e1tistedtin our world.
tits Mammon worship: Money
il the god which presides over the
haainess of this business world. :
It assumes the lofty position Of
heing equal to any of the works OF
creation. To illustrate: God makes
sna aeorn !; aits pesgeasess Aitality
and viii grow and make an oak
tree. Man makes a dollar, and it
will grow too and produce another
dollar. The process of growing
they call it drawing interests
;iust as if he dollar possesses
vitality. Here we have the essence
.of idolatry. The thing which man
makes, called money, is set up by
society all over our world on
:anquality with man, "the noblest
work Of God"
:. This false principle engrafted
ON money, or this 'idolatry, knocks
out the foundation of true religion.
1T destroys the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man. 1t
assumes that man can create
something and invest it with
vitality. Hence it makes man
equal with his Creator. This is not
only true in theory, but a thousand
fold more, practically. 1t is this
false principle in money that
makes the great difference in the
condition of.men in society.
It repeals or nullifies Gods law
of labor. God said; "In the sweat
of thy face shall thou eat bread" :"
But the. priest of Mammon eats
his bread in the sweat of the other
fellows face. He don't 'have to
work. He sends his money out
foraging and it brings in the
products of the toilers, houses,
sl1nds, mortgages, stocks, bonds
and money. This Mammon god is
the greatest robber that ever set
foot on this world of ours. He
has gathered into the Golfers of a
few of his high priests untold
millans Of dollars, while millions
of the robbed toilers are homeless
and penniless. he has divided
society; into millionaires on one
side and tramps, paupers, beggars
and thieves on the other. So long
and as Mammon worship prevails
the gulf between the rich and
poor will become wider and deeper.
The remedies now in vogue are,
and fofaYat will be, failures.. Let.