The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-28

Jerusalem, miserable felon, deserted |
by his disciples, disowued by all who |
knew him except few faithful women. |
That is the Kind of life he lived. That is
what he meant when he said, "If man
would save his life, let him lose it, and
Il he would find it let him lay it down."
WHAT FAITH IS.
TIE second principle of Christianity
Is what wo call faith-the power to be-
liepo in something-tO believe in God
and in man, our brother, the image Of
God. The next principle is that of
lOve--lovo 20 God and man. That is to
bc Christian, and that is Christianity.
! take it from the definitions of Jesus,
from his life and character and from
his recorded word,
Second--Wbat Is business-modern,
Enthusiastically In tho first
place, 1t rests upon the antithesis of
sacrifice. Sacrifice represents one pole,
business the other pole, and the differ
ence that separates them is a gulf as
deep and wide and as impossible as the
gulf that separates heaven from hell
The first principle of your modern bust
ness world is war, competition, brutal
ight-oveIy man for himself. 1t is the
strongest ARIA that wins, and the weakest
ones are tra5nplcd to tho Garth and killed
and beaten without mercy. War and
pcstilence Gre the only hope to regulate
our population, according to the princi-
pies Of this modern business world.
The brutal survive, while the weak per-
ish, What is to become of this vast ar
mr Of weallingst Well our Malthusian
philosophers say: 1--WE will have a pes
thence 10y and 10y, and God will send
us the cholera. Or if not God in his
goodness and mercy will send us q war,
and war will thin the ranks, and the
battle will fegin again. After the
weaklings hsve been eliminated the
world will not be so crowded, and we
can proceed"
Such is the basis on which modern
commerce rests. In this battle, this
war, this madness, this struggle, the
very competition which has been called
tho life of trade is its defeat For you
have only to press competition to a GER
tam period when men who are fighting
each other know they must combine or
die. Only press your competition far
enough, and it is either suicide or COM
bination. This brings into your world,
governed by that principle, infinite con-
fusion, for when that defeats itself and
no new system takes its place the result is
chaos-cheatiug, lying, swindling, steal
ing, crime, intempCrance, suicide, de-
spair- Why do men open saloons and sell
whisky? Why, because they have accept
ed this modern principle of the modern
world that the strongest man is the man
that is worthy TO survive; that it IS a
battle, war, and he who is victorious
is the man who is crowned, let the bust
ness be what it may. Hence the gam
bler who does not hesitate about his
methods, saying that might constitutes
the first principle of your modern
world. Daily facts these are. Lying in
the business world-so much there is of
it in all trades! Overreaehing is what
thousands of men are after in the bust
ness world. To overreaoh a man and
get the better of him by some trick; to
get out of him more than we gi in re-
turn. That Is tbe sum total of the pur
; pose of some lives. If in war man is
wounded, you pass him by. Most heart
less of all things In the world is your
! modern business war. When a man fall
by the wayside In modern business, the
world has no mercy, no heart, no ear to
pity, no arm to save. That is modern
business.
THE HONEST BUSINESS MAN.
Christianity is certainly in deadly
conflict with that sort of life-succtss-
tfal business with modern methods down
ito date. There are business men who
are honest. There are men who have
rset out In the world with the determi-
nation to make honor and truth andthe
good of society their aim, and they have
grown wealthy some of thOsemen. They
have grown powerful. Now, that being
a fact, the man who departs from that
law and says that he can justify him
self on the grounds of success has be-
iieved lie that ne may damn himself
In the process. There are men today
whose business career is absolutely
above reproach. I might mention a
thousand successful business enterprises
that have been founded thus on integri-
ty. So much the worse for the euccess
that may be otherwise. But, man
says, the quickest way TO get rich
we'll, You do not have to ibe too oonsci-
entious. Now and then just shut one
eye, and then you will reach the high
est things by the most rapid process, OF
course when you get your money you can
do great deal of good with it. Right
may fail for moment today, but 1t Is
certain to rise tomorrow. Men that are
shrewd and cunning, men that are will
ing to lie and be unfair and dishonest,
may get their riches for awhile, but as
sure as there is God In heaven it will
turn to ashes at last in their grasp.
christianity is today the real power
that rules this world. You think the
devil is ruling 1t on the top, but Chris
tiapity is the real power that rules it
beneath tho surface. Some years ago
In Paris money was flowing like water,
and 1T was rumored around among pol
iticisns that all one had to do was to
shut one eye and open the other, and he
would be rich In minute. There is
plenty of money in the world; why not
you have ittlei The press is ON our
side. You ca. make million as easily
as snap your finger. So they reasoned,
and this man fela and that. Nobody
knew anything about 1t. Millions flow
ed In every possible direction. Men
high in position suoenmbed to it. Well,
they succeeded, invested their millions.
They had their money and their day,
but the day of wrath came at last. And
now poor weeping France looks on. and