The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-13

Of finance who has wrecked q thousand
homes by his gambling schemes, the man
who kills pigs in Chicago and the man
who owns real estate in New York, all
take their seat in the same banquet hall.
There is no aristocracy of brains and of
moral worth to-day in the regnant cir
cles of modern society Money is the
magic power that dominates the social
sets OF the present century.
THE MAGIC POWER
Third-Money, when properly used, is
to-day one of the mightiest powers for
good in the world of philanthropy and
OF real charity in our century. Money
the human race new empires, new king
unknown seas and gives to humanity
the results for an inheritance even for
generations yet unborn. 1t is the power
that tunnels the mountains, opens uneX-
plOrcd continents, crosses unknown seas
and binds the nations of the earth in the
bands of commercial if not fraternal
unity. 1t is the pioneer power in this
age which leads the vanguard in the
power that develops and gives to the
has stimulated inventions to Il point at
which the progress of the race is the
miracle before which the philosopher
stands in increasing wonder. 1t is the
power to-day that is being used by a
thousand ready hands for the salvation
OF the race. 1t is the power that crosses
the seas with a thousand ready hands
for the salvation OF the race 1t is the
power that crosses the seas with thous-
ands of machines as messengers of light
to worlds that sit in darkness. 1t is the
power that prints millions of Bibles ana
sends them around the world upon their
mission of truth and of life. 1t is the
power that builds our churches and
orphan asylums, hospitals and homes,
that builds our palaces for the poor, and
the lame, and the halt, and the blind,
and crowns the civilization of the century
with its real hOnOrs.
THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
4 man passing along the streets OF
Baltimore hears the cry Of Il sick child
and draws his check for S3 100000 and
builds the great hospital and university
| with its b magnificent buildings, whose
central dome is set with q cOrOnet as
| though God had blessed it with his own
hands from the skies. Last summer a$
| | went out OF the city on a hot July night
heard the patter of hundreds of chill
dren's feet in the great ferryhOuse.
heard their prattle, and their boisterOus
laughter filed the building. | asked
what it meant. The people in charge
said they We're taking the little waits
from the back alleys and crowned tene
mcnts out into the mountains OF Penn
sylvania for two weeks of life, for two
weeks of field and meadow, of sunlight
of nature and OF natures God. 1t mean
that hundreds of little wan faces, grow
pale and wrinkled with bad air and will
bad food and insufficient clothing ant
hard tasks, would grow young and child
like again; that they would be given lif
| instead OF death, strength for weakness
health instead of disease. | saw then
with the great bundles OF tickets.
costs hundreds, even thousands, of dol
lars to do this work of love.
When Russia sat III her starving hovel
and stretched her helpless hands acros
her cold waters, it was rich America tha
loaded her vessels to the water line wit
bread and grain, and on swift wings
with tireless lungs OF steel driven b.
steam, we sent our messengers on thei
mission of love and mercy. And it too
thousands upon thousands of dollars t.
send this greeting.
Money properly used is the king who's
magic wand transforms the desert int
the garden, clothes the orphan, feeds th
poor, dries the tear of the widow an
makes the world a place for man to liv
in. 1t is this power, properly used, tha
has made some name an inspiration t
the race in this latter end of the nine
teenth century. There are millionaire
to-day who are making the history c
human society by preaching in lif
through the sacrifice OF their wealth i
the cause of humanity the real gospel c
Jesus Christ. | know millionaries VIII
are giving their entire income to tn
cause of humanity. And as the multi
tude passed before the bier of Pete
Cooper, with tear stained eyes, and a
they cherish his memory to-day as tn
friend of humanity, so will they cheris
the possession of men Ofmoney who hav
learned its power and have consecrate
that power to the cause of humanity
which is the highest service of God.