The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-14
REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES
Let Us Trust in God and One
Another says the Rev.
Mr.. Gates.

the subject npon which the Rev. NJ. L.
Gates talked at Grace M. E. Church,
Marion. yesterday evening, in his pre-
lude. The preacher said
"That a financial depression is on us oil
q longer or shorter duration no n can
deny. Yet it is well. and l believe
wholesome aud alleviating, to parallel
the present with the past monetary strin-
gencies. In doing SO we will fnd some
marked features of difference.
First. The absence OF all panic fea-
lures, though the strain Is severe and
distrust individually prevails, In the solid
lily of our national monetary institutions.
d policy as well as suspicion and un-
easiness about the ability of u law
makers to speedily and successfully
grapple with the intricasies of the I'M
popular bastarded Sherman act, which.
according TO general consent. Is the
broken cog in the wheel, aud at the bot
tom of the confusion and disturbances.
NO PANIC VISIBLE.
u, for one, do not believe 1t ali. yet
with all the daily failures of private and
national enterprises. trust companies
and manufacturing interests, theirs IL no
such thing as u panic visible any where.
with the hard times of 1888, '57, '73 We
had fearful excitement, violence aud
panic.
Second. The present distress has
come upon US when in east and west,
north aud south, there is a great abund-
ance OF agricultural products as wsilas
a superabundance of manufactured
articles. Look over the country and you
find that the standard of trade marks a
higher notch today than in the same
month we call pros porous.
Third. There is more money per capita
in circulation tonight in the midst OF
these SO called hard times than there has
been for ten years.
Fourth, Nearly all the bank failures
report their assets in excess of their liza
biiities, and those not In this condition
are in portions of the country where
booms have prevailed aud infistion nsld
high carnival.
HOPEFUL CHARACTERISTICS.
"These are the hopeful and differenti'
ating characteristics Of the present
financial distress, aud furthermore while
We may no be quite at ued rock TODAY, I
believe the crisis has passed. All medi-
cal men will tell you thai
after the crisis In any seri
Gus case the patent almost always
gets weaker than any time during the
disease. So we riuy nave to experience II
still weaker condition OF national and in-
dividusl confidence which. 60 the un :
LIZ III A4ANl AANst AAAa& .
may be but normal in the nature of tn G
case.
II, however. do not believe that there
will be Immediate restor alton. Fol all
severe Cases of disease have their periods
of inception aud fullest Development. anl
If crisis is favorable To convalescence,
the latter is often the slowest stage.
THE REMEDY
NOW for tn= remedy. This is of a
compound nature, having two sides TO 1t,
the divIne aud the human | DO not be-
lieve that all natioaal calamities ar
unmixed with any other thar the primi-
tive retributiye elements. aud are direci
rod blows Il ON lhe hand Of the Almighty
for some existing national sins. Many o.
| such acts ara OF Il p.rmissIve character
God ac~coinDlishes many of HIS purpose
by non-interference. He does by bot do
ing. Minus Gods directing. plotting
baud always meaus plus disaster.
God deals with His people as a father
with his children. a ehild's seIf-sum
cheney depriyes itself of parental aid
| Who can question that this G ristiar
nation feels self-restralat and independ-
| emit of Almighty God in Its law MAKING
and Misunderstanding de partments. Goo
never intrudes HIS wisdom GU auy indi.
yiauxl nor nation. 10 possess it means
to request IT.. If any nan lack wisdom
let him ask Of God,' etc.
II believe that this Republic is OF God'I
ordainiug aud this people prs-emiuently
Gods people. His hand has bsen visible
all slong the lines of our history. His
footprints 10 evsry great national event
that we have ever ~cnronicied. We need
consume no time to elaborate these tact J.
GoD SIDE N TAT SIDE.
There is a Cod side and Il tnan side to
the hard time through which we are
passing. God will attend to His side Of
the business and il man does his part no
i'll will came of this passage through the
fire. We might quote the Biule IN pro
fusion OF this polut, but will only max,
mention of a few: trust In the Lord
d do good, so shall thou dwell in the
land and verify thou shall be ted.
Speaking OF the man that walketh up
rightly iE is said: Bread snail be given
him and his water shall be sure ID tvi6
says: I nave never seen the righteous
forsaken nor His children seek begging
bread The young lions do lack aud
suffer hunger. IL they that seek tn
Lord shall not want any good thing.'
Tlese promises ought TO be cheering
to the Christian at this time. But tnsr,
Is something more han TO trust III tn,
Lord. 70 do good is the other part o
| the Injunction. Aud in these tunes o
depression let every nan keep in circula
ton what money he has aud not hoard IT
Pay you debts In aud out of the church,
Circulation means life, s~tagnatiop means
c~oagulation and death. / once heard OIL
Que dollar paying debts that amounted
10 hundreds of dollars. The oniy way u
have people pay you Is to pay somebody
| else. Cnrtail expenses. All of us cal
live more economically than we do. We
all use some unnecessary luxury fn die
or dress. Be economical. Don't get the
blues. Look mp and lift up. The Churct
of God especially ought TO be very eau
tfous now We Christians claim to hav'
something to keep us above high waite
marx, Let Us show IT. We also claiu
that Christianity gave US this superiority
over clrcHlnsENnces and enYiruning Ii