The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-13

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I do not kn0w what Q unan who max
this principle the ruling one OF his ~
will do III be ever gets TO heaven ine
saw that some Of these men WHO nv
money. who think mones. who prxatn
money. are going TO heaven Inei
names are on the church booka Wna
i they win do when they get there . can
/ nat understand Sam Jones deciarss
,ha. il some Of them get there the bal
aEce OF the people VIII have 70 sesl
with their pocketbooks under their pa
! low. am not sure but that he Il right
How q man who has spent his LIE IN th'
! supreme effort 70 create corner In "
/ rious commodities and prey on the neces
/ stiles OF his fellow fne.i. how lie can en-
ter the Kingdom OF Jesus Christ AMI o
comfortable 10 more than ! can under
stand. even with Christ who Is love and
peace and righteousness. His life meant
a corner II means TO get his neignooF'
at disadvantage and TO prey ON his ne
cessities. He lives I'm corners. he think'
In corners. he moves in corners. When
he dies, he will die in a corner. ana II ne
ever gets to heaven he viii sit down IN a
corner. and there will be corner In
crowns within "a hours after he. gets
there if they turn him loose, ,a,! s4a
1t is very easy to say that this Is q SUI
perficial view Of the modern methods OF
the commercial world and Is based upon
impractical education and impossible
ideals II is very easy. to say. that the
person is talking. aud he does not know
what he is. talking about. Again ! re-
peat. any hen, can lay an egg. While
| cannot perform that feat, | am better
judge Of eggs than any hsn in the world.
Moral Judgment is not. dependent upon
any intimate knowledge of technicah-
ties. Great moral truths are SO simple
that a wayfaring man. though q fool
need not err therein, A lie is a lie.
Theft is theft. Gambling is gambling.
A spade is spade. And that is all there
s-to il .O.i yn1 .lJa u 4b..t 1dIItt =. .
..,.. TEN MILLION DOLLARS.
Fifth-ftis this mania that reduces life
to the standard of miserable commercial
dividend. Men afflicted with this disease
refuse to enter upon any work that does
not pay in a commercial sense. The first
question they ask is VIII it pay3 ask
a man to give money to save the heathen.
He says: Will it pay? Does it pay2 !
ask him how. ID Well he says. chow
much money did you spend on the heath
en last YEAR," / tell him 81 10 .OOO. 900. How
many did you savey" tell him so many
thousands. He says: at don't pay.
They cost too much, They come too
high They are not worth it. Too much
money a head. ~ This is the man who
refuses to. subscribe money to. buy the
new, hearse. because he said he never
bad any. use for the old one. and he gave
BIO for that. The idea of commercial
dividend applied to life invariably re-
luces it to an absurdity ia '.'' :" n..rI
No work Of love pays. Eliminate love
rom life, and there is nothing left but !
ieath A workingman left his anvil and |
by the bedside Of his DYING |
wife. She was y. little. withered, tired |
woman, her face pinched and wan and
with long years Of toll. He
vas a great, broad shouldered, strong
imbed, muscular giant He. gave tiays'l
nd weeks and months to the oenderest
of love by her bedside He lost
lis position, his place in the ranks of a
ifficnlt trade in which to maintain him.
elf. He ran the risk of being tramp.
nut he never left her bedside till the end.
With streaming eyes he followed the
reacher to the door and asked If there.
'ere any hope: He lost his wages fprJ
1ohths. He was brought to the verye,oft
barvatien until. he. had to .accsptI the
harity OF strangers. It did not pay, No
'ork of love pays. But. shall love cease
J. minister to its loved one? 49, II
Children do not pay. 1t does not pay
have children. They are a constant
Expense. They add nothing to the in,
orne Of the household while they arrij
nildren.' Yet sha1lehlidren cease to be
orns My boy has never paid ia cent
q has done nothing but speud. ,. He has
pen. a Constant, expense, for doctors
Ills. purses bills, clothes, shoes. hats.
2 !: asked lne for 5 cents, as / went out /
the house last trip. He has cost cost mel
ore than 81 900 In bills for 'doctorsi
g grows more and more expensiye,l
'ery day. He has never added ono
me tony income. II He has been q con-,
ant drain. a constant expense. j., But a. !
lake him. up into my arms. and look :
too ms lace 4 would not sell him for /
2 world piled with gold to the stars stars | !
nd yet he does not pay. The truth Is :
at lie does not consist I'M the abun!j )
NICE or things that a man may possess i !.
~ 100" sHRAvEs OF HOVE. Y!n.3oc. ...i /.
Dr- George Shrady,. the great phy., !
ian, left bis rieh patients and went ON
vacation IN the mountains for absolute
y. He left orders that be should he ! !
veg on 90 account: he would answer ;
:. eau as physician. While resting il =
3 hammock at the, country house 3. =
tie barefoot, ragged urchin ycanelup =
where he was lying. accompanied Nv 3
The little fellow looked Il
stfplly up at the great physician. while
grandmother explained: Il couid not
sp him away. doctor He heard that
q was here; that you was ithe;epeatast Il
eIor y, 1.-The world. aHe said that you p,
1id cure him and make him like tbe Is
Ter boys. told him he had no I'D mleoliu,evv1 Ia
be could not come; that Won .vonId In
be bothered with him; He ssid had &C
oWea you GOULD cure him. and, he %
aid come, So here be is, SIR N
ne doctor moved BY his simple faith. 81
ms hslplessness. by his Poverty and ! of
- hastened; te' prescribe tor him. /, He q,
70 hlm two weeks Of personal atten, 60
and ct the end Of that time he was ne
aping IN the fe1ds strong z and nd weiiI dr
h the other bcya,1 Thaakswitins s,sp Ga
q doctor received by express w r,iis Ia
y and mheniopenedfound,in It . large / nr
icy. o.. 9ne leg Of which was tied q m'
= pn which was scrawled: .sDear 10
10 q big. fat turkey efor.l =.
: its2the best j could send, but 4 i sig
~ ee y Young and tender. for raised da
IIom TIE egg nyself." Signed by to
poy 9 name; The doctor treasures / rie
glrt ABOVE all the gifts frum million ch
~ above all the treasures Of n,oaa,: ss
rfreee9Yed. Life does NOT. oo,,.;-. ~,