The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13
REV. DIR. LEWIS
SECOND SERMON
A Most interesting Discourse at Beth
Ahaba
ON "WHAT We CANNOT BUY
rbs r,oouent Editor of thc "jew"h
Comment" Addressed Large Con-
eresstIon Yesterday Morning.
An Able Discourse

- c,,,,on II. Levy. OF New York.
Nv .i. second sermon yesterday
ks,rsnv AZ Beth Anaba synagoeue.. Ii
me-. 80 .What We Cannot Buy anu
ranaled Il in an eloquent nnu -
ne manner. His DISCOURSE III
part ARE YOU CERTAIN Itch
Ara YOU certoins IS ques'lo" INT
.,eavs makes US hesitate ior M, =, q
a, least. to see II we are re",,s 40 ore
s...sr,.,, the old saying tha' We o."
,e, - notbinw but death and 'aNrs
se' 'e'. s,,,n,d az Il is false. We are mucn
80 certain that we are alive than tna.
shau die; We arc more sure on VIA
s-ss1ss man OF the amount WhleH Nc
w. nsve to nay for the right 20 own IL
nrhere is very much more IN ne Oh "'.S ~
,so nav be certain. fne prophe's pi ~
$40 mis- truth as clearly as we anu 49,, -
- mako their listeners as certain 40 ~
themselves were. What did isaiah me-"
whom he said: "lIo. every one ina, M
~ come get the waters, ana ne 'iid'
~, ~ money come yc. buy and eat;
- como buy wine and mslk without
ss,o.,av ana Nttnout price -tlv:l). w I'M
ont nrice,' How can wine ana mix DC
So.e'nt for no money? Who VIII sci SO
cbeap as that? The sale continues every
aav. a IS limited TO no nour or Jay III VIC
week: Il can not be bought TOT Inc uo''s.
row any more than IT could be Doush'
,or the shekel In ancient times Mohey
will do much: will buy houses ldioa'
VI c1othes. v1il purchase necessarics anu
,,,xur,es. vet the most precious Things
On earth-the priceless things we call
,be,n-cannot be bought for money. Ihere
il a eoua anu natural Jaw behlnd tnlS
= oertainty to which IL would be well TOT
ne 10 cling, and that law Isl LIKE buys
IKE The material buys material pu'
DO All YOU will It can not be made so 10
change It's nature as to purchase the
eniritual. we deceive ourselves when We
say that we buy book Tor a ooiidF'
WORTH OF y DOLLAR.
All that the dollar does is TO pay for the
,aper. help buy the food for the com
nositors. for the publisher and the au-
thor. but the book Is not made our own
for all that There is only one way 10 Du.
the book: the real book is the thoughl
that is In it-only when we nave made
that our own can we rightly say that
we own the DOok. can We purchase the
devotion of our physician? We may help
10 paw for his food and clothing, but the
eelf-sacrifce with which he sits ana
watches day and night can never Dc
paid for save In appreciation. The preach
ar who lives and works for ms people
may indeed be supported physically py
tnem. but unless he sees us work pros
per in the betterment OF the lives Of his
people the true minister feels that his lie
Is wasted. IL It not true Of the nearer ana
more intimate relations OF life that Like
buys ike that the best and greatest, the
most necessary things In life are beyond
money and past all price. What value VIII
you set on truth? What is The money
value Of the precept Thou shalt love thy
neiFhbor as thyself?" How much should
We pay for the law Thou shalt NOT
steal?" Yet. without truth. without right.
what would life mean? How long could
society last? We should not be OF those
who condemn money as evil, the root OF
evil. Far from II. We are not near the
truth when we ignore our material needs
which money can supply. The man Is
either a fool or something worse VINO
claims that he despises money. AS human
beings with many material needs,
material wealth IS necessary Tor our
comfort More than that, wealth.
often provides means for gaining culture
LIMITS DEFINED.
But ITS limits are well defined. II we are
cane we shall go TO neither extreme
While we recognize the value of material
wealth we shall not forge; that II oper-
ates only up 10 n certain limit The
priceless things-lovc truth, honor-wha'
can buy them? Nothing but the reality
That h. in us men and women Come
buy without money and without price,
buy with the throbbing Of your heart ana
stirring OF your soul. the strong wine o
deep affection the sweet milk OF truth
and right. II is a libel upon human nature
that every man has hisprice. IL is en-
pnaticaliy not true. There are men and
women. not a few whom no amount OF
treasure could seduce from the right and
the holy We need more OF this kind. The
one way in which men and women can be
brought to recognize the value of fe
itself that it can not be counted IN dol
lars. nor reckoned in thousands is by
bringing them face to face with the fact
that only the sordid, mean and animal
life Is purchasable. that the real JOY.
the holy pride and actual delight in
living you can not buy save as you reach
up toward that life and purchase 1t with
the outpouring Of souls before God the
striviDgs OF our hearts Tor our fellow