Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-03
A SERMON ON MONEY.
Causes 80 Great Financial Dfstsss-
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tcopyr,sAs. isn- by Louis Kiepseh. n. IL
Washington. July IL
In this discourse Dr. Talmage shows
ths csssss Of the great financial dis
turbanoes which take place every few
years and arraigns the people who live
beyond their means; text. Jeremiah
i7;ii; "As the partridge stitch on
eggs and hstchsth them not. so he that
getteth riches, and not by right. shall
leave them In the midst of his daysand
Ct his end shall be fool"
Aliusiop Is here made TO q well-known
fact IN natural history. II . partridge
or . quail or a robin brood the eggs OF
snothsr species. the young Will not
stay vita the one that happened 90
brood them. but at she hrst oPpor-
tunisy will assert with their own sps-
eies. Those OF Us who have been
brought up IN the country have seen
the dismay OF the fsrmyard hen. hsv-
ing oroOded aquatic fowls. when after
awhile they tumble into their natural
element. the water. So my text sug-
goats that a man may gather under his
wings the property Of others. but II
Will after awhile escape. II viii leave
The man In sorry prsoicament sna
make him feel very silly.
what has caused all the black days
[ Of Ane nieal disasters for the last 90
l ysars7 Some ssy 80 is the credit sys-
TEN. Something back of that. Some
say IL L. the spirit OF gambling ever and
anon becoming Epidemic Something
back Of that. Some say 81 10 the sud
Den shrinkage In the value Of seeuri-
ties, which even the most honest and
Intelligent men could not have fore
seen- Something back OF that will
give you the primal cause OF all these
disturbances II is the extravagsDce
of modern Eocistrswhich impels a man
20 spend more money than he can hon
sstly make. and hs goes into Wild spec
ulstion in order go get the means for
inordinats display. and sometimes the
man IL 20 blame and sometimes his wife
and oftener both Five thousand dol
lars ineoms. sic. 600. &c. 900 ineons. Ia
not enough for . maa 20 keep UP the
Styls OF living he proposss. and there
fore he steers his bark toward the
maelstrom. Other men have Euddsnly
srstshsd Mp CSC. 900 or 500. 900. Why
not hs7 The present ineome Of the
KAN noa being large enough, he must
move heaven and earth and he'll 20
catch up with kis nsighbOrG Others
have Q country sSEtI SO must he 9th
SPs have . palAitial residenosI so nust
lie.
Extr1vagsnee is the cause Of all the
esf&icAtions OF the Last 60 years. and II
| yOS Will go through the history OF al
che great psnies and the great hnAn-
c4ai disturbances. no sooner have you
found ths story thSn right back Of IL
you will fad the story Of how many
horses che man had. how many car
riages. how many banquets the man
Favs-aivays. and not one exception
for the last 90 years. either directly or
Indirectly sEtrGvARAncs the cause.
Now for the elegances and the re-
6nsmsnts and the decorations OF life.
east my vote. While ! am considering
this subject a basket Of flowers Is
handed in-howsrs pAradisiAeai IN
their beauty. white Gala with a greez
background Of bsgOnia. 4 cluster OF
hsnotTopes nesting Ia some geTanium
SspAl and psriAnth bearing on them
the marks Of Gods finger. when
zee that basket OF Aowsrs. they per
suAds me that God loves beauty and
! adornment and decoration. Coe
might have made the earth so IS X
supply the grosS demands Of sense. but
: lSft 10 without adornment or attras
r tion. Instead Of the varieRated color
OF the seasons the earth might hav,
worn an unehanGing dull brown. Tn,
. tree might have put fsrth its frui
without the prophecy Of issf or bios
sonu. NiseaFs might have come dowt
an gradual descent without thunds
and winged spray.
Lock out Of your window any morn
; ing after there has been a dew, ar,
see whether God lows Jewels. Put
= crystal Of snow under a microscope an
see what God thinks of architecture
God commanded the priest OF oidel
time TO have his robe adorned with
wreath of gold and the hem OF his gaI
ment TO be embroidered IN pomegrar
ates. The earth sleeps and God blank
cts 10 with the bTiIliants of the nigh
sky. The world wakes. and Go
washes 81 from the FURNISHED LAYER @
p the sunrise. So have not much pa
= tisnoe with a ma n who talks as thong
decoration and edornmsnt and the Ella
- gances Of life are sin when they az
Diyinsly recommended. But there
= line TO be drawn between adornmsr
and decorations that we can afor
a and those we cannot AFFORD, and whe
/, man crosses shat line he beooms
A euipa BILE. cannot tell you what il e.
{, sravagant for you. You cannot tell m
what il extravagant for me. What
right for q queen may be soua DARN
for q duchess. What may be econon
zeal for you. . man with larger incoa
will be wicked for me. with smaller 81