The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-11-03
Copyright. 800 BY LouI. klODseA.l

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into a mold, not Of an eagle or a war
charger, but of a silly calf. The gold
cools down, the mold is taken away,
and the idol is set up on its four legs.
An altar is built in front Of the shin
ing calf. Then the people throw up
their arms and gyrate and shrieL and
dance vigorously and worship,
Moses has been six week. on Mount
Sinai, and he m back and hears
the bowling and ices tne dancing oil
these golden calf fanatics, and he loses
his patience, and he takes the two
plates Of stone or which were written
the Ten Commandments and filings
them SO hard against a rock that they
split all to pieces. When a mar gets
angry, he is apt to break all the Ten
Commandments Moses PUSHES In. and
he takes this calf god and throws 1t
into a hot fire until it Is melted all out
of shape and then pulverizes 1t, not
by the modern appliance Of nitromuri.
attic acid. but by rhe ancient appliance
Of inter or by the old-fashioned file.
He stirs for the people a most nauseat-
ing draft. He takes this pulverlzed
golden calf and throws II In the only
brook which Is accessible, and the peo-
pie are compelled to drink OF that
brook or not drink at all.
But they did not drink all the gilt
tering stuff thrown on the surface.
Some Of II flows on down the sur
face Of the brook 70 the river and then
flows on down the river 10 the sea, and
the sea takes IL up and bears II to the
mouth Of all the rivers, and when the
tides set back the remains Of this gold
en- calf are carried up into the Potomac
and the Hudson and the Thames and
the Clyde and the Tiber, and men go
out, and they skim the glittering sur
face, and they bring It ashore, and
they make another golden calf, and
California and Australia break of their
golden earrings TO augment the pile
and in the fires of financial excitement
and struggle all these things III melt
ed together, and while we stand hooking
and wondering what will come of IT
10 we find that the golden calf Of Is
raelitish worship has become the gold
en- calf Of European and American wor
ship.
Tru aside axis curtain, and you SCI
the golden calf Of modern idolatry
II is not. like other idols, made ou'
Of stocks or stone, but it has an ca
so sensitive that II a sear the ~tis
pers on Wall street. and Third street
and State street, and the footballs Ii
the Bank Of England, and the flute
of a Frenchman's heart on the bours'
II has an eye 20 keen that it can Sc
the rust on the farm OF Michigan whea
and the insect in the Maryland peac
y orchard and the trampled grain unde
the hoof of the Russian war charge
II is SO mighty that IT swings any wa
II will the worlds shipping. 1t has Il
te foot on all the merchantmen and tn
steamers. II started the American civ
. war and. under God, stopped it, an
II decided the Turko- Russian eontes
One broker In September, 1869, in Ne
York, shouted: "One hundred and El
!, ~ for a millionl" and the whole col
i, tinent shivered. The golden calf Of Il
text has, as far as America Is col
cerned, its right foot In New York, !
left foot in Chicago. its right back fot
n in Charleston, its left back foot In Ne
Y Orleans, and when It shakes itself
Z, shakes the world. Oh. this is a might
god-the golden calf of the world
" worship.
But every god must have its tempt
and this golden calf OF the text is I
exception. Its temple is vaster ths
81. Paul's cathedral in England, al
st. Peters in Italy, and the Alhambl
Of the Spaniards, and the Parthent
NJ Of the Greeks. and the Tai Mahal
the Hindoos and all the c%athedrals pl
together. lite pillars are grooyed al
n. futed with gold, and It's ribbed arch
le, are lowering gold. and its chandelie
H. are descending gold, and its floors a
.cr tassellated gold, and its vaults a
ms crowded heaps Of gold, and its spir
IN and domes are soaring gold, and !
'es organ pipes are resembling gold, al
r. il pedals are tramping gold, and !
~ stops pulled out are flashing gol
an while standing at the head Of the tel
=. pie, as the presiding deity, are L
hoofs and shoulders and eyes and ca
10 and nostrils Of the calf Of gold.
re- Further. every god must have n
III only its temple, but its altar Of sac
fee. and this golden calf Of the te
is no exception. Its altar Is not ma
es out Of stone, as other affairs, but 0
NJ Of counting-room desks and hrepro
n, safes, and il is a broad, a long, a hi
altar. The victims sacrificed on II a
the swartouts and the KetchamA al
the Fisks and 10000 other people vi
are slain before this golden calf. VIII
loes this god care about the groal
10 and struggles Of the victims before !
With cold, metallic eye 1t looks on al
yet lets them suffer. What an alta
What a sacrifice Of mind. body al
souli The physical health Of a gre
multitude is flung on to this s%aeriici
altar. They cannot sleep, and they tai
chloral and morphine and %intoxicani
= Some Of them struggle in a nightma
Of stocks and at one O'Clock In 4
Ia morning suddenly rise up, shoutiD.
M "A thousand shares Of New York CO
70. tral-lOsH-take III" until the who
a, family is affrighted, and the Epecul
torSsfall back on their pillow and Ne
no until they are awakened again by
10. corner" in Pacific Mail or a sudd
"rlse" Of Rock Island. Their nery
gone, their digestion gone, their bra
gone, they die. The gowned e~cclesii
tic comes in and reads the funeral sci
rs. ice: BLESSED are they who die In I
Lordl" Mistake. They did not q
lad 10 the Lord" The golden calf kick
theml
The trouble Is when men ncrif
themselves on this altar suggested
' the text they pot only sacrifc the.
selves, but they sacrifice their far
ngs lies. II a man by a wrong course Is
are termined 10 20 10 perdition, ] suppt
nd you will have to let him go. But
lea. puts his wife and children in an equ
nlv age that il the amazement Of the
enues, and the driver lasbes the hori
into two whirlwinds, and the spoil
are fash In the sun, and the golden he's
/ Of gear Of the harness CLEANS until bla
Ins- calamity takes the bits OF the hori
lete and stops them and shouts to the II
uriant occupants Of the equipal
Get outi" They get out. They |
down. That husband and father fu
his family 20 hard they never goi