The Delta independent., 1901-06-14
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
ARRAIots9 THE PRESENT. ERA
OF PROFIT SEEKING.
Condemns the Methods Of spse.l.sssn
That Has . Tendency to Mako Aan-
kiad Overlook the Real Purposes Of
Our Lives. I'LL

Copyright. 1901. by Louis Klopsch, N. "
Washington. June Sin this dis
course DIR. Talmage arraigns the spirit
Of wild speculation and gives some ac-
count of the financial ruin of other
days: Proverbs xiii. s. Riches GER
tainly make themselves wings; they ny
away as an eagle toward heaven"
Money is a golden breasted bird with
silver beak. 1t alights on the ONCE
desk or on the parlor center table. Men
and women stand and admire it. They
do not notice that 1t has wings larger
than a ravens. larger than a fiamin-
go's, larger than an eagles. One wave
Of the hand OF misfortune and 1t
spreads its beautiful plumage and is
gone-"as an eagle toward heaven"
my text says.though sometimes think
It goes in the other direction.
Wall Street Co.dsansd.
What q verincation we have had Of
the flying capacity Of riches in Wall
street! And Wall street is one Of the
longest streets In the world 1t does
not begin at the foot OF Trinity
church, New York, and end at the East
river. as many suppose. 1t reaches
through all our American cities and
across the sea. Encouraged by the
revival OF trade and by the fact that
Wall street disasters OF other years
were SO far back as to be forgotten.
speculstors run up the stocks from
point to point until innocent people on
the outside suppose that the stocks
would always continue to ascend. They
gather In from all parts of the coun-
try. Large sums Of money are taken
into Wall street and small sums of
money. The crash comes. Thank God
In time to warn on a great many who
who were on their way thither. for the
sadness Of the thing is that . great
mAny Of the young men OF our cities
Who save a little money for the pur-
pose OF starting themselves In business
and who have $500 or $1,000 or s2 900
or $40. 1000 go into Wall street and
lose all. And II there ever was . time
for the pulpit to speak out In regard TO
certain kinds OF nefsrious enterprises
now is the time.
Stocks rose and fell. and now they
begin TO rise again. and they will fall
again until thousands of young men
will be ruined unless the printing press
and the pulpit give emphatic utterance.
Ny counsel 10 to countrymen. so far
as they may hear OF this discourse.
II they have surplus to invest II in first
mortgages and In moneyed institutions
which. though paying comparatively
small interest. are sound and safe be-
yond dispute. and to stand clear OF the
Wall street vortex. where 10 many
have been swamped and swallowed.
What . compliment II is to the healthy
condition Of our country that these re-
cent disasters have In no way depress-
ed trade! thank God that Wall
Areet's capacity to blast this country
has gone forever.
a Street. With . Bissssy.
Across the island OF New York in
1856 q wall made Of stone and earth
and cannon mounted was built to keep
Oh the savages. Along by that wall
street was laid out, and as the street
followed the line Of the wall II was ap-
propriately called Wall street. II is
narrow. Il 10 unarchitectural. and yet
Its history Is unique. Excepting Lom-
bard street. London. II is the mightiest
street on this planet. There the gov
crnment OF the United States was born.
There Washington held his levees.
There Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Caldwell
and Mrs. Knox and other brilliant wo-
men OF the Revolution displayed their
charms. There witherspoon and Jona-
than Edwards and George whiteheld
sometimes preached. There DR.. Mason
chided Alexander Hamilton for writing
the constitution OF the United States
without any God In II. There negroes
were sold In the slave mart There
criminals were harnessed to wheelbar-
rows and. like beasts Of burden. COM
PEELED to draw or we're lashed through
the street behind carts to which they
werc fastened. Their fortunes have
come to coronation or burial since the
day when reckless spectators In pow
dered hair and silver shoe buckles
dodged Dugan, the governor general Of
his majesty, clear down to yesterday
at 8 O'Clock. The history Of Wall street
is to certain extent the financial.
commercial, agricultural. mining. lit
erary. artistic, moral and religious his
tory Of this country. They are the best
men In this country and there are the
worst. Everything from unswerving
integrity to tip-sop scoundrelism--
everything from heaven born charity
tc,. bloodless Shylockism. l want to put
the plow in at the curbstone Of Trinity
and drive 1t clear through to Wall
street ferry. And SO It shall go II the
horses are strong enough to draw the
plow.
Justinabis Speculation.
Again, l have to remark that Wall
street is type throughout the country
Of legitimate speculation on the one
hand and OF ruinous gambling on the
other. Almost every merchant Is to
some extent speculator. He depends
not only upon the difference between
tho Wholesale price at which he gets