The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-05
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mr. youn.'s Powerful ser"o" '""'"'
,,.,u, and it, Influence

rho congregation al ain nr
e,,nls,. night mled the chuiv''' -
vonro's subject was 'Ihe No. 80
Nm " The text was taken rom gonnd in
Ndl.' Now, there va. ~ Ms
slastes ~ &c. man. and he by hls VIZ
~ {. l0li,ere1 the city !el ~ .rSe fol.
,,ernhered that same poor MAJ a 10 the SER
inoin,g ere the chief inousn'' VI
mon s,m true in our practice ,a nj l.a az
IL ~ &C. INC We still give hisl am al. me
no man VINO has IT, ana pas g;hout IN
other side the man w W 30 eooj he may be.
~ o,.e not i'm love with the mo- , "a,
former. nor with the reform '',rber@ are
~ affect our mOney-mlh4ils. ,,l,, men
~ -l.,,e other than sordld ones WY 1t
80, Loen turned aside TO the ,"utiSdt
Of wealth. Viewed from an iu'al aracter
noint. wealth does represent ,,.roro 10
ana worth TO US, ana IL iiff,imr or a nun
say "A man IL WoItl i'
dred thousand.
WHAT WEALTH REPRl Me-
,,ho ideal wealth represents so mucn
,,ereeverance and self-denial ana h9"vs's
Ana skill The money dccunlu'" nm
picture of the man VINO H"T No., % money
{ated H. Then too. the making on i'. 49,
~ ifeaif an education through az tiyS'
struggles in great business crlsvs, t'' lin
ficts with temptation, thS o. trgie
1s1ere are all the improvements III en-
vironment and the attendant DieHsl'ss,
so that where the beautlful nOlhS -
have n right TO expect some KIM OF
Hnernent or culture under its rooi. MS
is the ideal: the reality Is not away ~,
That wealth that comes from ~
turn i'm the price OF wheat OF oi evnaree
or may have been made at tne eNpci.se
of the poor. who go hungry 10 P". W
the rich mans dollars. That wealth that
may bc used merely 10 sIdlly ira s. t -,
pride-this does not make men, Dut rather
unmakes them. Now. here IS our DluH-
derive worship the wealth sun w
adore the sign for the thing sgnlntd' JIsl
as i'm orr churches we let the form TAKE
The place of the real spiritual power.
What a curse this love Of money mas
been II has led the moneyless man 10
think that the thing is 10 get n, 10y means
dishonest porhaus but still To- get u. The
rich man is likely 10 think mat because
he is rich, ne may live as ne pleases'
and 10 large extent he Is nght. ne
rich man gets the best of everything but
pastoral and moral oversight. This craV-
ing for wealth stands in the. way OF
moral progress. first. We must lanor ioI
the meat that pcrishcth. But II Is inter
ostng and encouraging 10 note that
wealth grows hv the toll OF tho poor wise
man. who after all. Is needed by canital
i'm the progress Of life and that II cannot
grow without distributing some kind OF
bcncicent influence IN its many improve
ments added TO the CITY. God viii let
none Of ms be altogether selfish-the law
Of love rules somewhat even in the most
selfish interests OF life.
GOOD DONE by Monty.
Besides this wealth flows 10 the great
institutions for charity and religion and
education. That spirit of the age. as We
call it--lct US rather call IL the spirit OF
GOd-brings what we need for the uD-
lifting Of humanity. fien DO not wish 10
Dee De- memhered after all as money-mak-
ers. as miiliOnairrs, but as builders OF
churches, OF universities. If HOSPITALS. so
do they say 10 us that wealth Is properly
only the slave of wisdom and OF GOODNESS
IT this be uue why may not we VINO
are poor stand on our character. our re-
Nglon. our conservation to God. our
scholarship. and feel that even without
the wealth we may be great and serve
our fellOw-man? TO me 10 is one of the
mislOrtuucs OF the present Industrial agi-
tation. that IL tends TO fix the eve TOO
much on the mere wage and too little on
personal Improvement. What progress
has come has been due. first 10 the
progress of brOthcrly love through the
reign Of christ. and. next. 10 the dilfu-
sion of knowledge and Of education by
our common schools-the progress in the
days 10 come must be largely by The
same means
cHAEAcTrE COUNTS.
Character will more and more count I'm
the battle of life. We need men more
THAN AL else. Perhaps this poor man
who delivered the city did nothing else
one swallow does not make a summer
Men who have some good traits are OIL
ten failures. Poverty, especially abiect
roVCrty is very often the result Of SHIFT
lN-altf1@f VI A'lfNiAN f4ltSH OF Dlikf-llp. "A
life that may have in il much to admire
The thought Of the age makes too much
Of environment and too little of the man
enVroned. 1T Is not III our stars but
In ourselves that we are underlines .
And let us not forget either. that i'm The
long run a life OF disinterested devotion
10 the good Of others will win-if moi
here. then in the great eternity beyond
Up there IL will prove to have been bet
ter that we followed Christ, who. though
he was rich, for our sakes became poor"