The Progress., 1893-07-15

] great p'ig;an. II Is necessarily true
that as we d'vclop this principle in life
we ovcrroa"h ourselves The dttcmpt 10
dcrcIop aoB * s're u, the process 70 de-
irJg SELF
Fourth-.This mania surely and thor
Iughly destroys Christian life The
man afflicted with it begins at once 70
cultivate these delightful mottocs, old
but awful IN their meaning:
Dog eat dog"
Devil take care of the hindmost.'
Business is business"
The best man is the man that gets
there"
Resolved. That we will love ourselves
rs our ncighbor loves himself. and we
will make 1t hot for any man that tries
to outdo Us in this labor of love"
He prays only that familiar PRAYER,
Lord, bless me and my wife, my sou
John, his wife. us four and no more.
\ man died the other day in the fel-
lowship OF a Christian church. He pos
scssed millions, but he wrote that pray
or ont in his Will when he left the earth;
Lord, bless me and my wife. my sor
John aud his wife. we four and no more.
Amen. The devil take care Of the bal
ance."
CORNER n GEDWS~.
| do not know what 4 man vino makes
this principle the ruling one Of his life
will do if he ever gets to heav-n. They
say that some of these men who live
money. who think money, who breathe
money. are going to heaven Their
names are on the church books. What
they will do when they get there can
not understand. Sam Jones declare,
that if some of them get ther. the bal
ance of the people Will h9y" e. sleep
with their po"l;etbooks under their pill
low. am not sure but that ne iS right.
How a man who has spent his life ~ the
supreme effort tO create q corner In va
riOus commodities aud prey on the ueCeS- .
sities Of his fellow men, how he rau en-
ter the kingdom of Jesus Christ aud be .
comfortable i more than ! can under .
stand, even with Christ who is love and
peace and righteousness. His life means
"a corner. II means 70 get his uei%hbors
at disadvantage and to prey ou his ne
cessities. He lives in corners. he thinks
in corners, me moves in corners. When
he dies. he will die in n corner. and if he
ever gets to heaven he will sit down in
corner. and there will be a corner in
crowns within II hours after he gets
there if they turn him loose.
1t is very easy to say that this is su-
perficial view of the modern methods of
the commercial world andfs based upon
education and impossible
ideals. 1t is very easy to say that the
person is talking. and 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 hen IN the world.
Moral judgment is not dependent upon
any intimate knowledge of technicali-
ties. Great moral truths are 30 simple
hat a wayfaring ,pIan. though fool.
need not err therein. A lie Is a lie.
Theft is theft Gambling is gambling.
4 spade is Il spade And that is al there
s to it
TEN MILLION DOLLARS.
Fifth-It is this mania that reduces life
othe standard of miserable commercial
dividend Men afflicted with this disease
efuse TO enter upon any work that does
lot pay in commercial sense. The first
question they ask is. Will it pay? ask
man to give money to save the heathen.
1e says: VIII it pay? Does it pay?
sk him how. We'll" he says. ''hOw
much money did you spend on the heath
n last year." tell him $40. 900 900. How
many did you save tell him SO many
housands He says: 1T don't pay.
They cost too much. They come too
ugh They are not worth it. Too much
money head" This is the man who l
efuses to subscribe money to buy the
lew hearse. because he said he never
lad any use for the old one, and he gave
10 for that The idea of a commercial I
dividend applied to life invariably re-
Iuces it to an absurdity. !
No work of love pays Eliminate love
rom life. and there is nothing left but
leath A workingman left his anvil and
watched by the bedside of his dying
wife. She was little, withered, tired
her face pinched and wan and
with long years Of toll. He !
vas great. broad shouldered, strong /,
imbed. muscular giant. He gave days
md weeks and months to the tenderest
ministry OF love by her bedside. He lost
lis position, his place in the ranks of
lifficult trade in which to maintain him !,
elf He ran the risk Of being a tramp, /,
,ut Inc never left her bedside till the end
With streaming eyes he followed the
preacher to the door and asked if there
we're any hope. He lost his wages for
months He was brought to the verge of
until he had to accept the /,
.harity of strangers It did not pay. No
work of love pays. But shall love cease
% minister to its loved one?
Children do not pay. 1t does not pay
o have children. They are constant
expense. They add nothing to the in ,,
,ome of the household while they are ,,
Yet shall children cease to be ,
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