Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10

Who owned the money 70 TEht thhl
wrong. for Il lay In their power, not
With the poor man.
''He was followed by very clear
and intensely Interesting talk by Rev
Mr. Strong on the Christian teaching
concerning the wealth Of the world
Several times he was interrupted by
applause once with Misses. several
times with questions He was Kissed
Nhon he spoke Of the great selhshness'
OF labor Unions and trades orsaniza-
lions In TIER attempts 90 dictate 20
other men IN tho matter 81 work
With this one exception. Ia which the
reverend gentleman spoke with his
usual frailness the audience cheercd
his presentation Of the subject and
was evidently IN perfect sympathy
With his Views. Short extracts from
his talk VIII show the drift OF his en-
tire belief on this subject
Every dollar that a man has should
be speLt 10 the glory OF God
Tho teaching OF Christianity about
wealth l. the same as about anything
else. II all belongs TO God and should
be used By the man as God would use
II In the mans place.
The accumulation OF vast sums Of
money by individuals or classes OF men
has always been a bad thing for So
clety. A few very rich men and
great number OF very poor men are
what gave The world the French reyo.
luton and the guillotlne.
There ore certain conditions true
Of society at certain times when IL Is
the Christian duty OF the rich 10 use
every cent they possess TO relieve the
need Of society. Such condition faces
Us today.
THE foolish and unnecessary ex.
penditures of society on It's trivial
PLEASURES at a time when men and
women are out OF work and children
are crying for food Is cruel and I'M
Christian waste Of opportunity
IL Christ were here today, I be-
lleve He would tell the rich men OF MIL
ton that every cent they have belongs
10 Almighty God. and they are only
trustees OF His property.
The church that thinks more Of
fine architecture and paid choir than
o. opening It's doors to the people that
they may hear the gospel is a church
that Is mortgaged for all II Is worth
TO the devil, who will foreclose al the
first opportunity.
The first duty Of every man who
has money Is TO ask himself, What
would Christ have me do with III The
second duty Is to so and do 1t after
hearing The answer.
II the money owned by church
members were all spent to the glory
OF God. there would be- fewer hun
dred thousand dollar churches built
and more model tenements
II Christ had been a millionaire,
ne Would have used his money to build
up character In other people rather
Than build a magnificent brownstOne
palace FOR Himself, But we cannot
Imagine Christ as millionaire.
IL Is as true now as when Paul said
II nearly 20 centuries ago, The love OF
money Is the root OF all kinds OF eyil."
IL Is the curse Of our civilization. the
greatest god Of the human race today.
Our civilization Is only partly
Christian, for Christian civilization
means more comforts. ours means
more wants.
III mans p0cket-book is not con.
Verted with his soul, the man Will not
Bet into heaven with II.
There are certain things that mon
ey alone can secure, but among those
things II cannot buy is character.
An wealth from the Christian
standpoint is In the nature OF trust
funds, 10 be 80 used as the admins
traitor, God, shall direct. No man owns
the money for himself. The gold Is
Gods, the silver is Gods. That is the
pam and repeated teaching OF the b.
BILE.
III Ia not wrong for man 10 make
money. II is wrong for him to use il
selfshly or foollshly.
The eonsecrated wealth OF the
men OF Milton could provide work FOR
every idle man IN town. The Christian
use Of the wealth Of the world would
make Impossible the cry for bread
Most OF the evils Of our present
condition flow out OF the love OF mon.
ey The almighty dollar Is the god OF
Protestant America.
II men loved men as eagerly az
they love money, the millennium would
be just around the corner.
Wealth Is a curse unless the owner
Of II blesses the world with Il.
III any man hath the worlds
goods and seeth his broth have need.
and shutteth up bis COMPASSION from
him, how dwelletlBthe love OF God In
hlmg'
Christian socialism teaches a man
to bear other peoples burdens. The
very first principle Of Christian social
Ism is unselfshness
We shall never see n better condi-
tion Of affairs Ia this country untu the
men OF wealth realize their responsl.
bility and privilege,
90 tl'hrluf neVaf eaiH apN.fhfnv ar.tvrt
the poor, lie dld speak some tremen-
dous warnings In the face Of the selfish
rich.
The only safe thing for a man OF
wealth 20 do Is 10 ask himself. What
would Christ do with my money II lie
had itg'
II, would be impossible 10 describe
the effect Of the Rev Mr.. Strongs talk
upon the audience. Once the applause
was so long continued that II was a
| fun minute before he could go on.
When he finally closed with tremeu-
dous appeal 10 the wealth OF Milton TO
use Is power for the good OF the place.
for the teafing down and remodel
OF the tenements. for the solution Of
the problem OF work for thousands
OF desperate men. the audience rose to
It's feet and cheered again and again.
AT the close Of The meeting tho min.
lister was surrounded by a crowd OF
men. and an after meeting was held. at
which steps were taken TO form a com.
miltee composed OF prominent church
people and labor leaders 90 work, II
possible. together toward common
| end.
ut was rumored yesterday that sew
eral 81 the leading members OF CAL
vary church are very much dissatisfied
with the way things have been going
| during these Sunday evening maetlnrs
and are likely TO Withdraw n they
continue. They say that Mr. Strong s.
uueranccs are socIallstic and tend TO
inname the minds of the people TO
acts of violence Since the attack on
Mr. Winter nearly every mill owner
On town gots armed and takes extra
precautions. MIR strong was much
pleased with the result OF the Sunday
ulghi meetings and said they had done
much 10 bridge the guif between tho
church and nv people Tie refused %
credit the talk about disafeutlln In
Calyafy church"
In another column Of this same pa
per were i've separate accounts uf the
Naerafafa condition ~ nMafve ., "a.