The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-20
BRYAN'S SERMON
Money, Morals, Taxes and Gov
eminent the Text
Of a Contribution to the New
York Journal.
FINANCE THE MASTER.
Standard Oil and Waters of Life
Will Not Mix.
Attitude of a Christian Towards
the Trust.
FINANCE THE MASTER

New York, June 2o.-The Journal pub
fishes the following article by William j.
Bryan, under the caption, christianity
Applied to Government
Standard Oil and the Waters of 1,lte
and hate his brother he is a liar, for he
that loveth not his brother, whom he main
seen. how can he love God, whom he hath
Thus does John in his first epistle de-
nounce those who pretend TO rove Inc Inc
Christ condensed the Ten Command L,
shalt love the Lord, thy God. with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
Commandment And the second is like un-
to it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
The first defines mans duty toward the
Almighty the second his duty t3 3Cd ms nus
the brotherhood of man are parts of the
same gospel and cannot pc sepa,ra{{ea, we
ward the Creator, except by the good VIII
which he manifests toward his fellow
There is a wide zone between the affirm
T nd and f6a gectnde wSicR
ment compels. The Christian cannot CON
ness ness the fruits of the spirit must mani
fest themselves in positive helpIulness.
to point out ways in which the Christian
may aid his brother, but rather to 1ndl-
may be doing justice to him. The sub
ject of taxation is an ever present one.
ton, like Tennyson's brook, goes on for
ever.
Speaking of Mr.. Cleveland's hostility to
silver, he said:
He was determined to contract the cir
culating medium and demonetlze one 81 %
the coins of commerce, limit the volume
of money among the people, make money
and thefS ref dear Of d9eT and
diminished the value of everything else
money the master, everything else the
If legislation intended to make money
scarce and, therefore, dear, makes money
the master and everything else the serv-
ant, Christians ignore the moral queS-
G 6r fa1ght IL that a the cares of this
world and the deceitfulness of riches
teaehings. Reforms come from those who
suffer, not from those who are benefited
those who were perverting the ends of
government and reducing favoritiSm to
ruptcy if deprived of control. If the
prophet Amos We're to revisit the earth
and witness the increase in tenancy upon
the one hand and the piling up OF i'm
mense fortunes upon the other, he might
We that swallow up the needy, even to
make the poor of the land to fail,
great, and falsifying the balances by de-
ceit. Shall not the lanq treIn d9I
for this, and every one mourn that dwell
e' WHAT nat IS the attitude of the Christian
list? Can he run a corner on leaves and
fishes without breaking , the Gold E5 Rpi if
mix? If a trusts magnate can purchase
religious Responsibility by liberal contri-
buttons to church expenditures, what pro-
portion of his ill-gotten gains should he
surrender in order to atone for the viola
ton of laws human and divine? No church
would extend the hand of fellowship to
physical giant who occupied a mountain
pass and enforced tribute from all who
fell into his hands.
A monopoly does not differ greatly from
the giant in method and may be infinite
ly potent for evil. Monopoly is
bondage; it unbridles greed and furnishes
to aVarice a destructive weapon. Human
nature has not changed much since the
days ofPharaOah; the industrial monarch is
as tyrannical the political monarch.
Give to strength an opportunity and OPP
preston will be the result whenever a
selfish interest is to be SubSerVed. Can
the spirit of the meek and lOwly NaZar-
enc be diScerned in those who water stock,
issue bonds in excess of the value of the
plant, drive rivals into bankruptcy by
trust methods and then prey upon society
at large?
CONDITIONS BECOMING ALARMING.
Conditions have become so alarming
that church organizations are beginning
to sound note of warning At the
general synod of the Reformed church
held at Tiffin, O., last month the commit
tee on, the state of the church reported
the following resolution
THE danger to be apprehended from
certain agencies, which are slowly but
surely revolutionizing the entire social