The sun., 1900-12-09
IHE QREED OK OAIN.
4 Universal sumuiu. Neces1v "a the
proEfe.. Of tI,IiIsstior.

Lazarus and ~ tho mn Inst steward and In tho
warning ~ the needles cyo for tho rich
Mammon Was wurshippcd then rot lrss than
II IL nov II IL "a natural and Inevitable
greed. but u breeds practical virtues " In
csumnble value to human society Thrift
prudence and tho foresight which Ike tho
beavers prepares for the winter of lifo and
tho care II the dependent
II bishop pottcr's assault was 10 bo made
reasonable he would hav" 10 carry IL farther
10y d"uour,ing all individual accumulation,
~ the early Christians did and ~ extreme
''ciui-t- do now. lie would have To- treat
w"llth as bar 10 admi sion to heaven and
adE""at" individual poverty aud tie com
inuntY Il possessions ~ Christian obliga-
uon, or ia" revival oi the sentiment whioh
one" drove mon IN multitud"s I" Withdraw
from Va" current OF CIVILIZATION 70 owen w
caves hk" savages' To DO logical no wouid
nave 10 dehy the right of individuai property
th" u'clMatioh OF which Is at the basis OF the
DeoaIosue und the recognition OF which
- .n' oasis OF al civiIlzatioh'
Inc greed OF gain" Is an ineradicaoie
instinct which man shares with the oruts
hhiha!s' without 1t the motive when I'M
Po's anu preserves cIViINhuoh "ouio Do
gone Accumulations heaped up by that
th"l progress Is iaster than ever oeiore
because as you say to-day the opportunities
eratlucatIon OF tho lust have Increased ana
are increasing as never before
Inc century which Is now drawing TO
ciose mas marked the beginning OF new
era In tho world. Tho world before and
the word hereafter VII! be separated by
this century In ali history. l question u the
nineteenth century VIII not be looked back
TO MS the Golden Ago, or at least as the century
usherirg In the Golden Age. of the poetic
dream OF mankind In all times Up TO TINS
century TIE world had continued with little
essential change since tho days OF Babylon.
Nineveh and Memphis. except so far as con-
cerncd the forms OF religious expression.
Transportation on land was by animal power
and on sea by sail power. as from the be-
ginning with the consequence that the move
meuts OF populations were slow and arduous
and the labor of society was performed with
difficulty. The material progress made In
a whole century was scarcely more than Is
possible now In a single year. steam gave
tho world new start and transformed the
distant countries multiplied and diversified
the products # Industry and brought the
most remote into speedy commercial asso-
citation which finally the telegraph and the
telephone have made instantaneous
That Is, q new era came in distinguished
radically from all antecedeut time and sepa-
rating the nineteenth century from the past
by q gulf so broad that IL must always remain
the period most notable In the history Of
mankind. Further and great development
will come In the centuries ahead, but II will
proceed along the lines laid down In the nine
teenth century, Discoveries yet remain to
be made. but they will be made by the
applloation OF the principles and the pursuit
of the, methods OF the science Of this century.
The human mind will be more and more
emancipated from restraints and reach
out to a wider and a deeper knowledge. but
Il will be because Its shackles we're first thrown
off In the nineteenth century Wealth will
increase and civilization will grow more
perfect un III social hardships now oppressive |
will be eliminated: but the road to the devel- |
opment will have been pointed out and made |
clear in the golden nineteenth century.
Whether this coming progress of tho world |
will make existence more Interesting than |
We have found Il I very much question We
have had the ze.t and hllaration OF the pioneer
Perhap, f. will be a more notopoua world. |
ANYWAY. Il will be a more prosperous world |
hecause Of what We have done and the lsssons |
wa have taught posterity
We'll now. what else I'M. been the inoentive
70 that rroeress of the nineteenth century |
e,cent the .creed Of cain or disoontent |
With conditions existing and str,esle IN |
,,onrovs them, With most man II IA a mer. |
lust for money: with the small minority IL |
ls ambition for distinction mart from nonev.
Though {. Is tho use %, money making Of the |
rn,ds nv science in In. Quest for |
scion,iso abstraction which has nade them |
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