New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
DIR. HARSHAS DISCOI NSF
NE DENoI-NCEs THE ATTEMPTS AT D1siNTEGRA
rION EMBODIED IN APPEALS TO PASSION.

The Land Where Gold Is Good" was the theme
of the Rev DR. William Justin Harshas sermon
at the Second Collegiate Reformed Church. OF
Harlem. last night
"A striking statement" said he. lis made In the
second chapter OF Genesis Speaking Of the Land
Of UaVilah the writer says: The gold OF that
land is good This is about all We know of Havi-
,sh the other facts being that tideum and onyx
were found there Havilsh has disappeared. and
no man knoweth who Was king there or wnat was
the character of the people. But the GOLD was
good The first of the four rivers Issuing from
Eden washed banks abounding IN the precious
metal. and this metal was comparatively pure as
n Law in It's native seams and pockets You may
think that gold is good In any land. Even though
Won may incline favor the free coinage OF silver
YOU allow that the costlier metal is accepted as
valuable in all countries. lntrinsicaly 1t mas "a
value But there is an important sense In when
the state of the land bears upon its relative worth
Without national stability gold is not good If 1t
should come about that the power OF the Presi-
dent of the United States should be so restricted
that he could not aid in protecting property in any
particular State that property would lessen IT.
value at once. II the injunctions Of our court can.
not apply strikes and strikers the values OF thes"
material things upon which trade turns would IN
.v,,ab,v decrease The land where gold Is good
must be n land Of national stability and honor.
"As the present campaign advances men who de-
clare II wrong to hold property are becoming more
outspoken Last Friday night heard six men
almost within a stones throw OF TINS church IN
weighing against the rich because OF their riches
The burden Of their harangues was that no man
has a right TO become rich while his neighbor Is
moor The keynote has been struck by those who
array the so-called classes against the so-called
masses and now Socialism and Nihilsm and
Anarchy creeping out or their dens ana TAX
Ing UP the chorus AS a minister OF the Gospel
must state the facts and give you warming. The
sovereign OF this Nation is the united people He
who seeks TO divide the people In hatred one
against another is plotting against our sovereign
And plotting against our sovereign Is treason.
Therefore. heard treason talked In Harlem last
Friday night. ~
"In a country where Anarchy IS permitted gold
Is not good and both life and property are In dan,
ger ft up your eyes e,ds Jou GOOD There IS gold
on the naples, in the grains In the corniieds Let
us forget Gods gracious bounty In giving us
fruitful fields and abundant haryests. America Is
the modern Havilah. But mems brotherliness
must be deepened the sovereign integrity or the
people mus. be recognized and upheld or an that s
God has given us In orchards and harvests VIII
be a curse instead OF a blessing. Are we 10 quar-
rel over these gifts or enjoy them together In
charity? Are countenance those who deny
The right to hold property and denounce those who
nj present possess II. are we TO labor together
that wise provision may be tro MADE tor "a an ,he
the mere choice of to be our next President.
Calmly and deliberately declare that II such at.
tempts al dsintegration as hinted at are allowed
to continue unchecked great war viii be upon
our hands. and that war VIII be between those
who hold property and those who demand equal
distribution. The only proper distribution comes
about through fair equivalent OF labor. Honest
toll Il a domain where gold Ia good. have fa.th
in God and in the sound sense OF the American
e neople and confident that God Will guide us
so that business reviving and commence return
ing we may improve the golden harvests OF the
pre sent that length having lived in charity, we
NAV die in peace and be brought into the heavenly
Hav.iah where the gold Is good