The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-19
AGAINST The TOP ROOM.
PASTOR PADDOCK OF DENVER.
SCORES A FALSE IDEA.
Rothschilds and Rockefellers Favor
the Old Saying That There Is
Room at the Top,
And Then Having Reached That
Elevation Shut the Door and
Invite the Balance of the
World to Starve.
HELP THE STRUGGLING CROWD

Every member of the graduating
class Of the high school in district No.
2, was present at the Third Congress
sional church Yesterday morning and
listened to an instructive and elo-
quent baccalaureate sermon by Rev.
George E. Paddock, pastor.
The text was taken from the 9th
verse of the oath chapter of Acts:
"And vision appeared unto Paul in
the night. There stood a man of
Macedonia and prayed him saying,
Come over into Macedonia and help
u.s."
In substance the pastor spoke as
follows: II stand here today as a
Macedonian. A man representing mil
lions Of other men, who, like myself,
are In the midst of life and feel the
awful burden Of the hour, who feel
that unless there be found men and
women with souls as large as that of
Saul to come to the help of the strug-
Cling crowds, then civilization will
suffer as it never has before. / stand
here as representative of these, and
say to the young men and women 60
ing out from our schools and colleges,
Come over and help u.s." But if you
are thinking of coming there are
some things 1 want to say to you.
PUT ASIDE AMBITION.
s"First, If you are coming just to
satisfy selfish ambition and make a
great name for yourself, then we do
not want you. Our part Of the world
has no place for you. The idea that
has pervaded our homes and our
schools and our commercial houses
that there was room at the top, and
that every young man must seek the
door to that room, has been the cause
of no little of the wickedness in the
world at the present time. The
'Rothscl that idea and they
climbed door, and when they
got in t s jhe door SO that they
would b keep anybody else
except heir own Kind from
getting sefeller had that idea
and he down every one who
stood in got inside the upper
room OF lOuSe, turned the key
and holds the faucet of all the oil in
the world. Our coal barOns had that
ed back every small coal mine owner,
stepped on the necks OF the miners in
order to get up to that top room of
the coal bins Of old earth, got in, lock-
ed the door and said to the poor
widow, Freeze: we are in the top
room and will not.let you have hod
of coal unless you pay list prices
''Our water companies are acting on
the same teaching and getting tap
on the water which God Almighty
pours down from the heavens, and
will not turn a spigot for the thirsty
to drink unless they get full pay for
climbing into that top room. l say
that top room theory is wicked, and
il you are thinking Of coming into
the worlds struggle Of the present
hour for the purpose of climbing into
that top room, we do not need you.
When the smoke of the conflict shall
have cleared away and the result OF
the struggle shall be seen it will be
found that the idea of service and
sacrifice will stand above the pros
trate form of seltishness, and the ban
ner Of the cross once borne by the.
Galilean carpenter will be the only
ensign lifted in the air of righteous
ness.
THE WORLDS APPLAUSE.
sour whole social fabric is woven
through and through with the idea
that he is the successful man who has
fought his way among his fellowmen,
and having overpowered them has at
last risen above them. The worlds
applause is accorded to only such as
have thus won. 1t was not with a
spirit of competition nor with a mes
sage of selfshness that Paul answered
the cry from Macedonia and came in
to our western world.
"Did you ever think where the com
petitive system originated? It was in
Gains heart when he killed his broth
er to snatch his lamb from of the al
tar and have all the glory himself.
His brother was more prosperous
than himself and so to stop it he killed
him."
In conclusion the speaker urged the
members Of the class to come in the
spirit of Paul when he crossed to Eu-
rope When the Christ's idea Of
property and the Christ's idea of SER
vice are practiced in the world, then.
and then only, should we see peace.
THE TIT rTINATE GOAT