The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-20

/ tativa theory has not wc-A'd anu
NOT work. And oar POLITICAL e's'ot'''liils =
l,rax.,lv inform u that the hoi%s OF thf
world i III war and Tsssilence. Ana We
I have been Taught by men whe eAalih ~ ~
1 l.. rational that "a Ps-stiisiice tna' WI
/ remove millions Of human beings VIII w
I "a s,rs~l IA tn. world ia lessenin- tine mum
hep ~ r.,r.I, Il, 9,a f.,i. that war Is t*ii''
fetal in furnishing u inark''' III C''r al
/ commodities aui in destroying me @.
tacitv II th,. race - proT'agat" itssii anu
uSs food. Is,
Onr r,-s~,,lative theories are beautiful
and vet th, results are trusts and com
linatiulls. which are the neSatlon OF the
whole theory.
our system of competition "a beaun-
full ~ theory. and Yet the system must
answer for cheating and lying anu
s~inliiug and stealing aud crime anu
iat-Inptrauce aud suicide and despair.
1'b.ss. ur.. is necessary. lis inevitable, ac-
compartments.
When bushes success i 10 be achieved
by chicanery. by lying. II becomes the
business of tine head Of the firm ID be
c'zpe a pert swindler; a scientific
Fa-. au. rain all his suhor3inates IN
the art of -. This is one OF the first
principle instruction practiced III
some, OF, at commercial establish
neutS. 7 ...grk who II advanced Is
tire man % can tell tAe biggest lie
with the highest face and drive the
hardes, 80. AN with customer. The
fnndaT .,. notices Of such "A system
are at..-5 IT colossal hes. To declare
that Ike - j. e.. .,jred 10y dollars and cents
Is 10 stultifv tne very fuudamcntals OF
real life. y thief only believes that life
is measured by dollars and cents, and
the business man who seeks TO attain
dollars aud cents of themselves. for them
selves, and to estimate them us valuable
by the figures on their face, has placed
himself unconsciousy on the platform of
the thief.
Money, to be of any real value and 10
touch the realm of real wealth, must be
rignteouslv obtained. The richest and
hest things III life are those that do not
pay in dollars and cents, Love and no.
bilty and honor aud generosity do not
pay i'll dollars and cents; therefore they
have no part in the science Of mOddln
commerce. The life of a Stanley who
explores the darkness OF the world by
this standard Is failure. The life of q
Washington who would suffer IN hunger
and cord is necessarily "a failure Judged
by such standards,
Such is the cont rast between a success
ful Christianitv and successful business
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questioning of the fact that the business
of today is in conflict with eternal truth
and righteousness.
So much the worse for business,
Tho stars i'll their courses fought
against Si6era. The forces of nature are
in league with the eternal forces of truth
and right. The business which violates
the fundamentals cf right ia the process
ut its development must have Of neces-
sity its Black Fridays, and the Black
Fridays are the necessary developments
OF tho clash with Righteousness. These
days of panic are the natural result of
long continued violations of justice. If
they did not come, law would cease to
be law, ana chaos would reign. The fact
that they come is an indication that there
is a God of right and truth who is guild
ing above all tho scenes OF conflict and
confusion, The man who violates truth
and justice has thrown his puny body
against the very stars of heaven. He
has thrown his PROSTATE form before
Gods great wheel of the universe, and
he will be ground to powder. The nation
that violates fundamental right must
suffer, and suffer in the very ways in
which 1t has wrought the violation.
The Christian way Of trade may not
be an easy way; it is certainly not pop
ular way today; 1t never has been. But
Christianity is the mightiest power on
earth today. 1t is the one power that
dominates politics, trade, nations. 1t is
the power that through the ages has
righted thousand wrongs that seemed
beyond remedy. Kingdoms, empires, So
cletles-apparently invincible-have Der
ished at its touch. We stand upon the
Of the nineteenth century and
look back with increasing amazement at
this procession of dead societies and dead
peoples and dead nations who have died
because they clashed with the eternal
forces of truth and of righteousness.
At times we have an apparent triumph
of wrong. 1t is only apparent. 1t is but
the beginning Of the end. Men have de-
clared that it Is impossible to exist in
the business world and live on Christian
Men have declared that all
men are liars in the business world. A
man said to me short time ago that all
business men are chronic and incurable
liars. He spoke from the point of view
OF the money market and the money
broker. He declared that men would
take advantage of one another whenever
they hal the opportunity. He declared
that all of them would tell lie to make
money; that honor and truth are not
that are considered in the mod
ern business world.
Inns assertion is entirely too broad
When our friend would declare that all
men are liars. From this point of view
II Is true, but there is such a thing as
mirage. A man in the arctic seas looks
out over the water and sees a shin an
pfoach with her keel in the air. He can
see the ofncer Ill command: he can zoe
the vessel as it tacks in it's course Ev-
stfythlnG Is beyond question living re-
AMY before him. And yet, as a matter
Oh TACT, 1t Is owing to a condition of at
mosphere. 1t is not reality On which |
ne Is gazing; it is an inverted picture of
The real ship that is below the horizon in
Inc distance. So the vision of the modern
business man as to right and truth is |
'tsefl obscured. because he draws his
; ;en t from what he sees in daily
l1e about him, from what he touches
The wayof Christianity is not the eaSi
'st way apparently. but it is the easiest
way IN the long run. We suffer In ,a,,
cs' We suffer in black poverty and de-
'paif and wretchedness and crime and
misery and intemperance, because IN orr
world we violate the funda-
he - Jaws OF truth and righteousness
10 get back to the right is to remedy