The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-16

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sAresnoa BY ,osl .oaid agar. larr-
~ among His foilsses Asa 40
scnld the hcnesi mer Of .hs,.,.,
pro.ession ari whatever ealing saa
arn sirising for modest esmpst.n-s
Asd "a whose hearts tho grs-d of
gold has co, bsrni cat all tTacr. sf
humanity aud fair d.aling Ana that
OF "tha, diriniiy which tAsSid -
within a'. Bst not many nigAty
NOT many rlek shall To called. 4,
~as 80 OF Old They ~ho torn great
synd.eaisz Ard tIaKis 70 rob ths ps-s-
pie and they Who gather where 9th
srs have sovn. would he foremost
among those Who uould efaeify
Him. For q, uas lie - ho sAia n aud
&c know that HIS saying 10 true that
. rich man can no more eater into
the Kingdom Of heaven thAn Aeam.l
can pass through the eye o, needle.
This saying may Offend some. His
say inrs did an Has day and "nAny
left "a following after HIM
The great evil ef this day 40 the sor-
ship OF weAlta. and ~ makes no mai
ter To its vorshippers that ~e know
that every vast estate a. necessarily
accumulated by robbery of the p~o-
p.e-for there 10 . moderate limit ~
the nature of things 10 the aoeunu
laiions which can bc made by dili
gence ard thrift aud economy and
honest industry. The free oppor
tuuiiy for homes, Accommodations a.
the glory of our institutions, tut
these vast estates are not made an
that way. They are made by pro
cefses which should eon.isn their
holders rather TO our 3. nIteatiaries.
Their very nze proves they are
not honest acc m llAtionE. Was
Christ ;ae Son of God: He said tina,
such rich men could an no ~ise en-
ter the kingdom OF God. lfii VAS
true when lie said IL. u is irae to
day. The so-cAlled minister of
q God who pardon Kuch cnensef 10.
cause OF the gift Of small pert of
the sums stolen TO colleges, TO
churches and sometimes 10 the min.
isters themselves, Are no Whit bet
ter than the sellers OF iudulgsnces
whom Luther scourged out OF Ger
many.
Our people ave beng robbed by
Wholesale. They do not receive th.
Just rewards OF their labors. They
are being pauperized and kept IA
want while . few men by trlck and
combinations are gathering 20 them
selves the earnings Of . continent.
let how many ministers, how many
church papers are denouncing the
robbers and the wrongs As the Master
did, and - il 10 still written in Has
wordi How many indeed are psr-
suing an oppoiits coursef I con
denim no man. Lst each ones con
science answer him.
Search all history aud you will
fiud no age when robbery Of the Just
earnings Of the masses WAS more
systematic, more shameless and less
} resisted than 10 day. There sas
never time when the worship Of
great riches, hover badly acquired q.
} WAS more open than now. While
the pure in heart are communins
J with the iavisible God on the sum
init, amid clouds and darkness tha;
J are round about Him, vast numb bers,
and among them, ss Of old. many
Levites, are bowirg down 10 the
calf of Gold, and they ssy TO us,
: These be thy Gods U Israel" When
, Moses and Joshua reproachsd Aaron
With his conduct, he lad fault on the
people and said that TO please them hs
= had thrown the gold ornaments int
the fire and There had come out thi,
cali, implying that il vas academia
] Though be did not dare 10 say SOL
J and that he WAS in NO wise responsi
4 BILE. So in this country. in which
. the public opinion OF TO day can be
: come the Law TO morrow. they oh,
e like Aaron do not eplighten il, but o,
4 the contrary, without resistance q
4 the robbery of the people, bow dow
!. TO those who have taken away tbei
s earnings, in fleets say with the idol
itors Of old, 1--WE did not do IL; W
: merely cast the gold into the fire. O
permitted il 20 be done, and ''ther
u came ont this calf" hence we ar
not to blame for vorshipping II
r For my part, ! believe that some
thing more is required, and that re
distance TO wrong is obediencs q
4 God.