Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
JAY GOULD'S WHEREABOUTS.
Mrs. DIR. FELTON, Puts the Lash to
Two Eminent Georgia
Preachers.

ports of both sermons. by d.
Hawthorne upon this subject il
the Constitution.
I have been amused as we'll a
astonished that two doctors o
divinity should have entered up
on such a task in such way, un
less some one has come from tn,
dead to make the report veritabl'
and past contradiction, for such
declarations must be founded up
on facts to make them tolerable tt
sensible people.
DR.. Hawthorne modified hi
assertions in his late sermons, and
hope he will finally see himssl1
as others see. hlm-sitting as
judge over departed spirits-when
he fails 10 give. his data for such
implacable judgment. Unless he is
become the Lords vice regent for
the Baptist denomination and
speaks by inspiration, what right
has heto locate any dead man in
...hades" or in heaven, by his own
dictam2
( When the Saviour was cruci6ed,
; a thief, dying for his crime, called
Him Master and believed on Him.
The suffering Christ said: s'This
day shalt thou be with Ne in
Paradise"
DIR. Gambler, the great Methodist
dictator, say: sJay Gould died in.
famously-n How does he know
that:the Lord Almighty did not
give the money king a chance like
the thief onthe cross?
Perhaps these gentlemen may
consider me out of my sphere to
ask such qestions as these, for if
I remember Alright both of them,
have small opinions of women in
public matters, but there .is SO:
much interest taken in the sub
ject that / may, ] hope, be par
doned for making inquiry for the!
simple facts as to Mr.. c.
whereabouts. l have been Iii;
entertained to- hear them
others discuss Mr. Rocket
fytss, fyyes,.la .e-- 14zAA.srr,-aR, >.
college, and their high apprecl
of those who give money to
continued entreaties-no ni~sssr ni.ss.rg
how the money was made.
Mr.. Rockefeller is money king
who counts his cash in about the
same numberof figures with which
Mr.. Jay Gould had once counted
his, and it is refreshing to noto.
that Mr.. Rockefeller'e gift to a
Western Baptist college has won
hearty praise, and no rebuke from
some of our ecclesiastical wise
men.
Mr.. Rockefeller is the head Of
the great Standard Oil monopoly.
He has gobbled up tens of thous-
and of poor. men engaged in this
oil business. While Mr.. Gould's
railroad wreckage has been
stupendous, Mr.. Rockefeller's oil
wreckage has been mammoth and
terrific.
I find myself constantly rec
urring to this question, namely
If Mr.. Gould had bought some
shares in Florence or Manchester
or had been one ten of to give y
million to Emory College, would
either of these doctors of divinity
have ticketed Jay Gould to hades
or that lower place? | suppose
not; and there is anothe. question
that comes in right along here
namely-Can men rob, cheat
swindle and defraud their weaker
brethren to amass great fortunes
and then buy such a ticket to glory
with this ill.gotten gain? The
answer that is given to these
questions will doubtless be satis
factory to all sensible people who
recognize in our Lords gospel al
evangel of > honesty and fai'
dealing 10 all iueu.
I have no personal reason t.
defend Mr.. Jay Gould to criticis
.Rocke feller, butt have the righ
as a member of the Methods
Church to. question the right o
any Methodist preacher to rise VI
aud tell the people of Georgia tina
a man died "infamously," wh
died peacefully in his own bed
surrounded and respected his owl
children, respected by his ow
neighbors and followed TO hi
grave by men we'll known in thi