The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-28
BUSINESS OF TODAY.
REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., ON "+tlE
COURT OF HoNoRn

Is the Modern Business World n Court of
Uonor9
New YORK, Dec. 24, -A!Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., surprised his audience in
Association hall this morning by an
uouncing before the sermon that after
the first day of January he would stop
the publication Of his sermons. He said
Il have informed the American Press
Association that with the close of the
present series i win no longer furnish
my sermons for publication. | have two
reasons for this:I am not yet 80 years
old am writing too much thus early
in life. desire to spend several years
in study before writing more. Besides,
with my present methods of work and
study find thomethod of advance prep
aratlon of manuscript for the press an
intolerable drnin on my time and,cner-
gies.
Tho sormon this morning was on "The
Court of Honor, v the next to the last in
the series of the prophecies of the
Worlds Fair" The text chosen was
from Corinthians iii, 81, ''All things
are yoyirs,
But'twice before in my life have /
been so profoundly moved as when !
stood for the first time within "The
Courtcf Honor of the fair--once when
stood on the lofty summit of grand
mountain peak and looked down upon
the great world God had made so beau
tiful, and once again when first climb
ed the sand dunes Of rly native state
and gazed upon miles Of ocean breakers
as tley rolled in from the infinite deep
an5 broke upon the beach with hiss and
boom and sullen roar.
l couldn't keep back the tears-who
could that had q soulf
THE COURT OF HONOR.
Julian Hawthorne has most beauti-
BULLY described that scene: The pale
qilded dome of the Administration
building, the ranged columns of the
peristyle, the pinnacles and the Diana
dome, with the golden goddess floating
above it and forever aiming her arrow
at the winds eye; the mighty statue of
the republic, majestic with her uplifted
arms and severe drapery, dominating
white splendor of the great fountain at
the other extremity, with that ravish-
ing figure of Liberty sitting divinely
erect in her chair on the poop of the
barge, her eight maiden goBdoliers oar
ing ON either side, while Father Time
steers on the stern, his scytho fastened
to the tiller, and Progress alightson tho
bows, her trumpet in her hand; then
the Venetian bridges that spanth arms
of the lagoon, with Kemey's matchless
bears and buffalos guarding them; ths
mighty bulls and horses on the midway
steps, the triumphal pillars marking the
corners of the vast quadrangle with
their slender white beauty, the exquis-
ite little Greek temples in the fore
ground of the peristyle, the glorious lift
and sweep, strength and spirituality, of
the wholestuPendous conception. which,
despite its infinite variety, is q harmo-
NOUS unit Of design, and finally the
cleaning, glancing lagoon itself, rhym-
ing with the beauty above and multi
plying 1t ana rippling round the deli
cate noses of the gOndolas as they fit
noiselessly hither and thither with the
gallant figures of the Venetian oars
men in bow and stern. These things
make an era in our national aesthetic
education, and the development of our
people in the knowledge and love of
beauty will date from this happy
epoch"
ALL THINGS ARE YOURS"
could but feel the clash between
this scene of peace and beauty and glo-
ry and the actualitieS of the business
world the walls of these palaces cover
ed. Will this great Court of Honore ever
be really incarnated In our business?
Or Is the confiict irrepressib BILE and hope
less between the divine and the rush for
gainp
"All things are yours, "even business,
and the business world, and a business
career. and a business life. Yet the
more SEQ Of modern business, as trans
acted today, the sadder II makes me.
never have to enter into a business
transaction that calls me into direct
touch with the supreme spirit of our
modern commercial life, as at present
conducted, that 1T does not make me
heGrtsick. feel, when through with
1t, AS If wanted 30 get oR somewhere
ina desert and scratch out cave in
the aide of hill and live on herbs in a
simpler, honest life. If there is an any
man.s mind doubt as to whether the
modern spirit of successful business La
in harmony with the spirit of Jesus
Christ, all he has to do is first to know
what. Jesus Christ taught, and then go
with that spirit in his heart into your
modern refrigerator of thoroughly up
to date, down to the last minnie bNsi-
ness transaction.
Is q successful business of today a field
in tcilich a true ChriStina, desiring tise
highest a2d noblest things, can enter and
hope TO succeed, and at The same time
hold his ChtiStidn integrityS
Does theCourt Of Honor rule our bust
ness world7
To answer that question you must ask
another.
First-What is Christianity 1t Is
sacrifice and the spirit of sacrifice.
Jesus said if man would save his
life, let him lose 1t. That is the cardi-
nal principle of Jesus Christ. That is
the first and last principle of Christian
ity. Jesus lived that and died it. He
sought no powerful friends. He made
none. He had no home In which to lay
his head. He accumulated no wealth.
He had no army 10 follow him. He
wrote no book. He nade no creed. He
gathered few simple fisherm IN about
him, who were disciples, adherents, fol-
lowers in life, in heart. in purpose, and