The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06

,has moves ufsou tho suftA<"os sssS
z-,-la today. There was uinc ws's'''
.,,.,...,v ceuntssi. when the pride Of an.
- was the basis of organization 81
:, -.i,.-i high society. To-day thai power
: ,ne,..x. The power that maSes -
s-ial preStige-the power that organize
s.r,sl clinnes aud classes--is the money
mower. Money can buy lis way INTO any
s,>-iai order If this century--from the
ho,,,-. AZ the disposal of the queen OF
r.,-.,.,,s down To an entree into Ware
urAllistsr's Four Hundred. Ii does not
matter where a man made his money Oh
how he made it 80 he has 1t. The spirit
80 this social struggle has rs its standard
Of measurement the question ut posses
s;or the question II brutal success.
So,h;n.r succeeds like success Is one OF
the;r vital notices The whisky manu-
fac,urer. the brewer. the ward politician
who has stolen his money. the Napoleon
~ finance who has wrecked thousand
homes by his gambling schemes. the man
who kills I.gs in Chicago and the man
who owns real estate in New York, ali
take their seat in the same banquet hall.
There is no aristocracy of brains snd OF
moral worth today in the regnant circles
of modern society. Money Is the magic
mower that dominates the social sets OF
the present century.
THE MAGIC WAND.
Third-Money. when properly used. is
today one of the mightiest powers for
good in the world of philanthropy and
of real charity III our century. Money
is the magic king whose wand opens 10
the human race new empires. new king
doms. 1t is the power that explores un'
known seas and gives to humanity the
results for al inheritance even for gem
erations vet unborn. 1t is the power
that tunnels the mountains, opens unex-
plored continents, crosses unknown
seas and binds the nations of the earth
in the bands of commercial If not fra
ternal unity. 1t is the pioneer power
in this age which leads the vanguard
in the army of human progress.
1t is the power that develops and
gives to the world thousands of In
ventions and that has stimulated inven-
tons to a point at which the progress of
the race is the miracle before which the
philosopher stands in increasing wonder.
1t is the power today that is being used
by Thousand ready hands for the sal
walton of the race. 1t is the power that
crosses the seas with thousands of ma
chimes as messengers of light to worlds
that sit in darkness. 1t is the power that
prints millions of Bibles and sends them
around the world upon their mission of
truth and CT life. 1t is the power that
builds our churches and orphan asylums
hospitals and homes, that builds our pal
aces for the poor. and the lame, and the
halt, and the blind, and crowns the civil
cation of the century with its real honors
THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
A man passing along the streets of
Baltimore hears the cry of sick child
and draws his check for $1,000, 900 and
builds the great hospital and university,
with its 81 magnificent buildings, whose
central dome is set with coronet as
though God had blessed it with his own
hands from the skies. Last summer as
went out of the city on hot July
night l heard the patter of hundreds of
children's feet in the great ferryhouse.
heard their prattle, and their bolster
GUS laughter filled the building. | asked
what it meant. The people in charge
said they were taking the little waits
from the back alleys and crowded tene-
ments 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. Itmeant
that hundreds Of little wan faces, grown
| pale and wrinkled with bad air and with
bad food and insufficient clothing and
hard tasks, would growyoung and child
like again; that they would be given life
instead of death, strength for weakness,
| health instead of disease. 1 saw them
with the great bundles of tickets. 1t
| costs hundreds, even thousands, of dol
lars to do this work of love.
When Russia sat in her starving how
els and stretched her helpless hands
across her cold waters, it was rich Amer
lea that loaded her vessels to the waters
line with bread and grain, and ON swift
wings, with tireless lungs of steel driven
by steam, we sent our messengers on
their mission of love and mercy. And it
took thousands upon thousands of dollars
to send this greeting.
Money properly used is the king whose
magic wand transforms the desert into
the garden, clothes the orphan, feeds the
poor. dries the tear of the widow and
makes the world place for man to live
in. 1t is this power, properly used, that
has made some names an inspiration to
the race in this latter end of the nine
tenth century. There are millionaires
today who are making the history of
human society by preaching in life
through the sacrifice of their wealth in
the cause of humanity the real gospel
OF Jesus Christ. / know millionaires
who are giving their entire income to
the cause Of humanity. And as the
multitude passed before the bier of Peter
Cooper, with tear stained eyes, and as
they cherish his memory today as the
friend OF humanity, so will they cherish
the possession of men of money who
have learned it's power and have conse-
Grated that power to the cause of hn-
manity. which is the highest service of
God.
Assailed by Wild HOGS,