The Republican journal., 1898-04-07
Worth.


.,,.n.ely abused and mis- applied, is the
.,d WORTH meaning value. For if any
now a days should ask concerning
rtr What is he worth? or, What is
worth? the answer would invariably
ryen by naming a certain amount of
.rry NJ that equivalent in material
,...,b which he might chance to possess.
.. eontemptuous estimate is express
saving of one that he is not worth
-a4i while the worldly everywhere
..rs.,lv to fall down and worship a man
,,I.. A, leputed to be rich. With them
..e more he has the greater is his worth.
f.. mseH he may be mean, ignorant,
1s and OF despicable character, but
l.llus all things, no matter how base.
... tendency to give a fictitious value
-. ndiydual on account OF his pos
.-,.- Is not one of the highest traits of
Scr nature, although it is we'll nigh
...a.~u We are bound to recognize in
,oldid current OF thought which
peoples, and has lett its impress
very national history whether
. ur modern. But the immense
.. -lcut OF commerce and the com
.o0 Ton wealth has intensified it in
time. Few consider, as of Old,
ill beneath the shadow OF ones
devoid of fear is the surest mode
.ug happiness. All hasten to be
- Fraudulent adventures spring
mushrooms with each successive
nest trading, which is blessing
-.-.Isud. is pushed aside for reckless
.... .eiou and gambling of all descrip-
.. Nleteby the savings of industry are
.t sgd up. A new and monstrous
.r las been developed in these latter
-~ r bogus Company promoter, who
.a, md tattens by devouring the care
.>s The credulous. There is a fever
uUatience of mere suticiency, or
H a modest competency. Nothing
ss. han riches will satisfy, and in the
9 scramble for these, the victims
mania act as though they had
drg ten by golden tarantula. Can
~ -irye that all this would take place
lass he moral vision were first distort-
W ,u That wealth and worth have been
4.1nded?
l4 ruth is men seldom perceive where
AZ o,1x
.-resu centuries ago, said in his tenth
-r1. Among all the inhabitants of the
a from Cadiz to the Indies, how few
he found capable of forming a sane
4-Ntlt Of what is truly good, or truly
ioN few can penetrate that mist of
which circumscribes all our views
'a1ter number tie the moose for
yes by the treasures which their
.-. cares and labouls have amassed
indy toll to exceed other men in
.t as much as whale exceeds the
and their success ensures their
.,ion What is the object of the
Al most earnest prayer in every
Riches. Great gods, they cry,
our gains; Of all the Golfers de-
in Trojans palace, let mine be
est and best filed Infatuated!
mixed in the simple earthen
M tie drugged bowl is that which
Ia.d with gold and gems, and spark
the delicious wine OF Setia -
secular wise of all times have in
- against the folly of thinking too
.-r. If riches. on of deeming that
any way depends upon wealth.
ne sentiment abounds in Holy
. We are told in the Book of
s JOS, 'Ldbour not to be rich.
fe the poor that walketh in his up
u- IS than he that is perverse in his
. dough he be rich.' David said:
LES increase, set not your heart
hem" Christ spoke of ''the de-
less Of riches,' and GLOW hardly
-Aay that have riches enter into the
l1-am of God" He distinguished
between ''the unrighteous man.
and 'the true riches, and said,
d- unto you that are rich For We have
r' u your consolation
Llther from all these that material
done cannot confer any worth
To -A their possession. that they are
dls a hindrance or a snare; that
ad many to perdition, and in most
'N= e6ercise an injurious and whitening
-uce on character. Yet it cannot be
that hey are powerful for good as
' s evil; and that in the hands of the
'"uptatively few who know how to use
i5l right, they may be made the means
bounded usefulness: of mitigating
sn and promoting knowledge and
.aess, of rescuing the weak and
ing the worthy.
Bacon called riches the baggage
urediments of virtue, and it is certain
.-'t tae stress OF extreme poverty is cal
-alsa to destroy worth. Some one else
f''' It is easy to be virtuous on ten
Sdud year." and most people think
'' we question whether it is not easier
tuOus with more moderate in
he wise man PRAYED ''Give me