The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-23
ATHEISM IN
THE PULPIT
Continued from Fifth Page

forever the political social and com,
mercial life Of America
Touching the relation of the church
and the schools. he said:
THE church that hasn't a college is
already bedriddent It's as much our
business to educate as it is to convert
want to tell you Baptists here tonight
that You are absolutely dependent on
Wake Forest College Close it up and
I'll hitch UP the spanking ponies of
Methodism, cart away your effects and
auction them off at the cross roads.
THE weakness of Methodism is that
she's never had a great stalwart institu-
tion ON which she could rely. She has
been laundering along an some sort of
way, but thank God we are on the road
10 remedy the mistake. The trouble has
been we've spread our efforts over too
broad a field, and as result we've got
the finest school cemetery you ever saw.
don't know exactly what we've got bur-
led there-an accurate list has never
been made out.
I'VE had Asheville. It's buried now.
Peace to its ashes.
'"Then we had Greensboro, and that
got away from us.
"And Davenport That got sick, with
the consumption, / reckon.
And Floral Hall. The Presbyterians
are now cultivating the land around it.
"And Ansonville. That's like Moses
nobody knows where it's buried.
And Iouisburg-now in the hands or
the Trust
"And Warrenton. Now inhabited by
bats ct cetera.
"And Murfreesboro and Wilson and
Goldsboro and many more-all dead.
Blessed be their memory.
but the last conference marked out
new policy. Once if fellow had Il
broken down institution he would drive
it to our hospital, and it about bankrupt
ed us to supply bandages. Now we have
stopped that an decided we have schools
and colleges enugh."
DIR. kilgo then went on to say there
were "shysters in education" as in
everything else. He criticised the insti-
buttons that boast OF their numbers rath-
or than of the quality of the work they
do.
Bless your life, in this very city dur
ing the Christmas holidays, the high
school men brought against the colleges
that they were invading their province
with short courses, easy courses namby-
pamby courses
He said the defects in the educational
system couldn't be remedied by poll
tics that education ran by politics was a
failure.
Coming back to the UNCONVENTIONAL
college, he said:
IF there isn't some patron in the
South with money who will rise up TO
cur assistance we'll get $50 years be-
hind.
THE Grecian Age was marked by the
achievement of sculpture and art.
The Renaissance was characterized
by its different types of painting.
"The Elzabethan Age was noted for
| its literature.
This is the Golden Age, marked by
| its accumulation of wealth.
This has been century of money
| making. The millionaire is the com
monest sort of rich man today.
Now Pm going to preach a doctrine
that possibly some of you will not like.
es"Some call the accumulation of wealth
in the hands of few men dangerous.
look upon it as blessing. As long
never put it in great institutions. The
politician says it's dangerous. Perhaps
the politician thinks SO, but religion
looks upon it quite differently. Diplo-
macy and craftsmanship may not know
how to handle it, but God does.
There is no danger in millions only
as they get their danger from the man
behind them. You say they are dan
gerous. Then why has God piled this
danger on the church? If He has al
lowed it, He has been recreant therein.
" say it in all reverence.
N'Did Dewey who fought at Manila,
or Sampson and Schley who sunk the
Spanish fleet at Santiago love their coun-
try? No less does Carnegie love 1t,
who is giving his millions to build lib
raries for the benefit of poor boys and
girls. Did Washington, marching
through the SHOWS around Valley Forge
love his country more than does Wander
bilt who gave his money free to establish
great school for the education Of the
youth of the land? Carnegie has iron
furnaces, / know but he has a warm
heart in his breast Vanderbilt lives on
Fifth avenue, but his money and its
benign influence goes down into the
dens and Sums. to aid and uplift. Rock
effeller is a shrewd man on Wall street,
Lut he is pouring his millions into Chica-
20 University.
60 where You will the money making
men have hearts. They are not cold in
wealth and cold in heart. But they have
to rise against malice and criticism that
they may ever do good with their wealth
Thank God our church is not without
examples Of such men, North Carolina
Mcthodism has produced the richest
Methodist in the South, the Methodist
who is making the largest gifts known
Mo the Southern church"