The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-07-06
THEPOWER OF MONEY
REV. THOMAS DlxoNs SERMON ON
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

TIE Rl-MINf1 BOLlHH'
The Real Capital of the United States Is
Not Washington, but wall street, New
York-.SIoney Questions TO Predominate
For NInny Years-An Awful Force.
CAPE CHARLES, Va, July 2.-Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., has closed his cot
tago here for July and August and re-
moved, with his family, to Cobb's is
land, on the seaside. Cobb's island is
the next island to the south from Broad
water, the favorite resort of President
Cleveland on the Virginia coast. It is
merely strip Of sand, with the ocean on
one side and Broadwater bay on the 9th
er. Il has been famous resort for q
long number of years for hunters and
for fishermen. It is the center Of the
hunting and fishing district Of the east
ern shore of Virginia.
Mr.. Dixon began today series Of SER
mons, to be continued through July and
August, on the question Of "Money and
Christianity; or, The Modern Problem of
the Almighty Dollar" The introduction
to the series was delivered this morning
In the Methodist church at Cobb's island.
Through the months Of July and August
the hotel and cottages are crowded with
guests from every part Of the country.
The audience was representative one,
composed Of men Of every class and sta
ton in life, but included a large number
Of country people in Northampton coun-
ty who have grown 60 know Mr.. Dixon
during his residence on the cape through
the past spring months. ida
The text chosen was Exodus xxxii, 8,
A: "And all the people brake off the
golden rings which were in their ears
and brought them unto Aaron. And he
received them at their hand and fashioned
1t with a craving tool and made it 0
molten calf, and they said, These be thy
gods, o Israel, which brought thee W
out of the land of Egypt"
MODERN IsRAELITEs.
The children Of Israel, if they were The
first to make golden calf and worship
It, certainly have not been the last peo
pie guilty of this desertion Of the true
God for the image made with human
hands. The problem of money is thC
problem Of the latter days of the nine
teenth century. The problem of money
Is in fact the problem Of modern life. I
is the one question with which we are al
intimately concerned from the very be
ginning of life to its close. 1t cost
money to be born into the world, anC
under present tariff schedules it cost
more to die. From the beginning to tn
end it is this everlasting money question
with which mortal man is confronted
The money issue is the one magne
around which all other problems at las
do center. Mans interest in none,
seems to be the power by which he cal
be tested both physically and morally
The French government uses this magne
as the power by which mans capacity TO
the army is frequently tested. When mel
are summoned to enter the army, the,
are often afflicted with various disease
Of sudden development. Men are strickel
dumb and deaf in most unacccuntabl
ways. A deaf man appears before tn
| French tribunal as possible army re
1 IlO VI utdT
The loudest word of command makes n
impression on him. He declares throug
signs that he cannot hear it thunder
After the examination is completed an
he has been discharged as unfit for sery
ice, as he departs from the tribunal a.
officer follows him to the street an
drops gold coin behind him ON tn
pavement. Instantly he turns, attracts
by the magic ring of the coin, to pick
up. He is at once arrested and force
into the army ranks. 1t is a test of man
character in thousand ways. 1t is
test of nations character. 1t is the ties
of the nature of society as well as of in
dividuals and nations.
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Our own nation is most intimatel
concerned just now with this tremer
dous problem and its possible develop
ments. We are in the throes of posst
BILE panic that will be an epoch maxim
event in our history. Men are studyin
the money problem as never before, an
they are studying it from the bottom
the top. The question of money involve
in the problem of gold or of silver as
standard opens finally the broader ques
ton of the right of money to exist. W
are brought face to face with the thee
ries promulgated by the great Frenc