The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-02

ten wears nave nrcn stcNneu w Nhe sffNh
ing cauldron Chorus Of voices rejoicing
over what they have made; chorus oi
voices wailing over what they have lost.
This temple OF which I speak stands open
day aud night. and there Is the glitterins
god with his four feet on broken hearts,
and there is the smoking altar of sacrifice,
new victims every moment ON a.. and
there are the kncelng devotecs, and the
doNoloy ot the worship rolls on, while
death stands with moldy and skeleton arm
beating time for the chorus-"More, more.
more"
Some people arc very much surprised at
the actions Of people in the Stock ES-
change. New York. Indeed It is scene
sousstlmes that paralyHcs description and
Is beyond the Imagination OF any one who
has never looked in. What swapping OF
hnGcr aud thumb and wild gcsticulation
and raving lie hyenas. aud stamping like
huilaloes. and swaying TO and fro, and
lostlng and running one upon another.
and deaiening uproar, until the president
Of the exchange strikes with his mallet
four or five times. crying, "orcer, order'
and the Gst,nishcd spectator goes out into
the fresh air feeling that he has escaped
from Haudemonium. What does II all
mean | will tell YOU what it meCn- The
devotecs Of every hoathcn tcwpls cut
themselves % pie $ and veil aal gvr'tc.
This voclfcration md gyration # the
Stock Exchange Is all anpropriate. This
is tic worship of the golden cali.
But my text suggests that this worship
has 10 he broken up, as the behavior OF
Moses on this occasion Indicated. There
are those who say that this golden calf
spoken ol IN the text was hollow and
merely plated with god. Otherwise
Moses could not have carried it. | do
not know t. But somehow, perhaps hy
the assistance Of he's friends. he taxes up
this golden calf. VIII ch Is an internal in
suit To God and man, and throws II into
the fire. and it IL melted And then II
comes out and is cooled off, and 10y some
chemical appliance or hy an old fashioned
h,c lt is pulvcrized aud Il is thrown into
the brook, az 4 as a punishment the people
are compelled Go drink the nausratng
stuff. 80 YOU may depend upon II that
God will burn aud lie will grind 90 pieces
the golden calf of modern idolatry, aud lie
will compel the people IN their agony tn
drink Il. II not before. II will be on the
last day | know not where the fire viii
begin, whether at the Battery or Lom.
bard street, whether at Shoredlteh or
West End. but It will be a very hot blaze.
All the Government securities OF the Unit.
ed States and Great Britain will curl up
~ the first blast. All the money safes and
deposit vaults viii melt under the first
touch The sea viii burn like tinder aud
the shipping will bc abandoned forever.
The melting gold IN the brokers window
will burst through the melted window
glass into the street. But the flying popu.
lace will not stop To scoop ~ up. The
cry of "ftrci' from the mountain will
bc answered by the cry of "Flrel' in the
plain The conhagration will burn out
from the continent toward the sea aud
then burn IN from the sea toward the
land New York aud London. with one
a 4 4.
go down. Twenty-Five thousand miles of
conilagrationl The earth will wrap itself
round and round IN shroud of flame and
lie down 10 perish. What then will become
of your golden calf Who then no poor
as To worship ~ Melted or between the
upper and neither mlllstones of falling
mountains ground TO powder. Dagon
down, Mploch down, Juggcrnaut down,
golden calf down'
But every day is a day of Judgment.
and God is all the time grinding TO pieces
the golden calf Some years ago, IN a
time OF panic. we learned "a never before
that iorgerics Will not pay. that the wat.
cring of stock viii not pay. that the
spending OF $50 900 on country seats and a
palatlal city residence when there Is only
$4,000 income will not pay; that the ap-
preparation of trust funds TO our own
private speculation will not pay. We had
fictitious prosperity We called IL nation
al enlargement. Instead OF calling u en-.
largement we might better have called II
a swelling. II was tumOr. and God cut
10 out, and the nation was sent back TO
the principles of our fathers and grand
fathers. when twice three made six instead
of sixty, and when the apples az the bot
tom OF the barrel were just a. good as
the apples on the top Of the barrel. and
silk handkerchief was not half cotton,
and man who wore - coat paid for
was more honored than "A man who wore
a so coat not paid for.
The judgments Of God, like Moses in
the text, will rush in and break up this
worship. and | gay let the work 20 on
until every man shall learn TO speak truth
with his neighbor, and those who make
engagements shall fell Themselves bound
90 keep them, and when a man who will
SJt repent OF his business iniqulty, but
goes on wishing 10 satiato his cannibnl ap.'
petite by devouring widows houses, shall.
by the law ol the land. be compelled 20
exchange the brownstone front for the
penitentiary. Let the golden calf perish
But II we have made this world our god,
when we come 70 die we shall sell our idol
demolished How much Of this world
are YOU going TO take with you into the
neXtg Will you have two pockets s-one
in each side of your shroudy VIII you
cushion your casket with bonds and mort
cages and certificates Of stock; All. no.
The ferryboat that crosses this Jordan
takes no baggage nothing heavier than
an rminaterIal spirit.
You may, perhaps. take 500 with you
two or three miles IN the shape Of fun
cral trappings 20 the cemetery, bat you
viii have % leave them there. II would
not be safe for YOU 90 he down there
with a gold watch or a diamond ring, II
would be a temptation 20 the plllagers.
II we have made this world our god,
we shall .ce our idol, when we die, ground
20 pieces by our pillow, and we shall have
90 drink u IN bitter regrets for the wasted
opportunities Of lifetime Soon We will
be gone.
Where are the men who tried War.
rem Hastings in Westminster hally Where
are the pilgrim fathers who put oct for
America Where are the veterans who on
the Fourth Of July, 1894. marched from
New York park 10 the Battery and fired
a salute and then marched back again
And the Society Of the Cincinnati who
dined that afternoon al JOntine Coffee
House, on Wall street. and Grant Thor.
burn, who that afternoon waited fifteen
minutes AZ the foot Of Maiden lane for the
Brooklyn ferryboat, then got ~ and was
rOwcd across by two men with oars, the
tide ~ strong that n was an hour and
ten minutes before they landed Where
are the veterans that fired the salute,
and the men Of the Cincinnati Society w.o
that afternoon drank to the patriotic
toast, and the Oarsmen that rOwcd the
boat. and the people who we're trans
ported? Cone Oh, this ~ hceting
world IL ~ dying world a man who
bad worEhped u AT bis days IA hIs dy-
ing moment described himself when be
said Fool, fool. fool''
When your parents have breathed their
lat aud the Old, wrlnklei and trembling
hands can no more b. pIt upon your head
Tor a blessing. God val be % you father