Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-11


power 81 the Holy Ghost with money.
But Peter said to him: Thy money
perish with thee, because thou hast
thought that the gift Of God may be
purchased with money.
The love of money knows no limits.
It asks for home or foundation, but
no sooner is that granted chan capital
and stock is demanded. Grant this.
and then the controlling capital is de-
manded. And it is this controlling
capital that is the mother of trusts and
great commercial combinations, which
are driving small business firms before
them as feathers before a storm. Love
of money excludes God from his
throne. The love of God is to have the
first place in mans affections. You
cannot serve God and Mammon.' The
supreme love we owe to the Creator
cannot be supplanted without entailing
death to mans best interests. It de-
stroys worship and devotion. Man in
his wish for money has not time to
give either for private or public devo-
lions.
Love of money destroys the spirit
OF benevolence. True benevolence
comes from a heart filed with love TO
God and man. It may be asked, Why
is it that large donations are made by
men who are opposed either in faith or
practice, or both, to Christianity? We
answer that they are made for business
advertisements and are usually very
profitable in that way. for true Chris
tians are the most liberal of people and
give men credit for the very best mo-
times.
The Antidote
for this killing love is in a recognition
of Gods claims as supreme. All the
earth is mine, saith the Lord. He
hath made US and not we ourselves.
Every beast of the forest is mine, and
the cattle upon a thousand hills. Thy
silver and thy gold is mine, thy wives
and also thy children. Even the good
Hest are mine Man is Gods steward
or divine agent for the management of
his business upon earth, and the Lord
who gave rule for the use of time,
also gave rules for the use of money.
There are three classes of the worlds
merchandise for use. They are for
mans self, for his neighbor or for wor-
ship. The rule for the last named was
a seventh of the time and tenth of
the receipts, and we know of no abro-
cation of this law. But it is exalted
or extended under the Chris tan dispen-
sation. And all the ties of the land,
whether of the seed of the land or the
fruit of the trees, it is the Lords; it is
holy unto the Lord DR.. j. M. Reed
said that the Jews anciently gave one
third of their receipts for worship and
benevolence, the tithes, the first fruits,
the offerings of various kinds, the cor
ner OF the fields, left in reaping, every
seventh year idle fields and the cancel
ling of all debts, the sanctuary half
shekels and the tri-yearly visit to Jeru-
salem.
''The Christian giving is to be pro-
portionate and according to ability,
regular, systematic and not by accident
The early Christians seemed never to
have thought of giving less than a
tenth for worship. Such men as R. NJ
Colt, merchant of Boston, Samuel Bud
gett, merchant of Kingwood, England,
Amos Lawrence, manufacturer of Bos-
ton and many others of our own land
have followed the tithing system, and
by keeping strict account with the Lord
have risen from poverty to affiuence,
Mr. Lawrence having given 100000 for
benevolence."