The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
SER MON BY
REV. J. SHAPE

tist Church. Sunday evening, Sep
tembcr lst 1871.
Text: "Thou shalt not c,vet Thy
neiyhhor shouse, thou shaItnot cove .
thy neighbors wife, nor his man ser.
yanC nor his maid servant, nor his
px, nor his ass, nor anything that is
thy neighbors. = Exodus POLL.
The word covelous is used in the
dictionary aud in the Bible m both il
good sense and bad sense. In Il
good sense it means ITO wish for with
eagerness. - eager to obtain, very
DESTROYS " In Il bad sense it means
''eNcessiyeIy y eager t. obtain. ava
ricious. The scriptures very Gear,
y Illustrate both of these uses. Tn2
same book that toroids excessive de-
sire in the wIrl; "thuu shalt not
cOrct thy neighbor' 5 house, etc = al
50 enjoins an "eagernes, t. oStain'
in the words ''Covct earnestly the
best gifts.
1t may therefore be said at the 0 It,
set that all coyettng is MT forbidden
by the tenth commandment. 1t is
not wrong 10 covet house. lie who
haSn 7 ought to want one with de-
sire strong enough to be5et an eager
ness to obtain one. 1t is not wrong
to covet a wife. He is unworthy of
one who does not first coyct her. He
who with all base and low passion
eliminated, does not eagerly desire Il
wife. does not deserve one. 1t is not
wrong to covet q servant. A rich
man ought to desire servants lie is
sinful as a rich man If lie does not.
What right has a wea thy man to De
his own coacnman: What right has
Il rich woman to wash herCwn dishes:
They are morally bound to give such
employment to those who need the
money. which such work will earn.
and which the wealthy cln 50 eaS y
afford. For John ID. Rockefeller To
drive his own horses would be miicr-
lineSs and meAnncSS and sin For
Mira. Vanderbilt TO wash her own
dishes in order to save he wages Of Il
servant would lie morally wrong. 1t
is their duty To Covet servants.
1t is not wE'ng to cuyet an OK. bat
a perfectly legitimate, If Stran e, de-
sire. 1t i, not wrong 'ucDvet IN ass.
though what to d. with such an ami
mai might he Il greater dIiiiCnity.
1t is not wrong to cOvrL anything
that is not thy ncighhors.
IL is not cuycIolS in bad sense 80
he ambitious 1t is sinful not TO ne.
The man who is constantly V whining
about being u ''pour crawling worm
Of the dust, unworthy of advance.
u.cnL is probably the thing he calls
himself aud ought to he pushed aside
to give ambitious men a chance. lie
who places low estimate on him
self Will usually he taken at his own
estimate.
1t Is not cuyetous to be divinely
dissatisfied with one S present cundi-
ton We do not lind fault wilh the
man who never cuntes'rs to reaching
the climax Of business ambition. We
admire the man who does not stand
still,
lie may find no city big enough
to satisfy his ambition for hi 3 NAM
moth business and may go TO an
other great city 10 pursue his
chosen desire and eventually be
perfectly willing TO buy the fran
chiscs for the running Of cars all
over u city, but nobody finds fault
with his ambition. An uncoveted
stagnatIon is greater sin ttan
coveted ambition.
And who tiLds fault with the man
who covets increased culture. We
all agree that the name we give the
day that ends college course is
correctly applied commencement
day. For a college course simply
sharpens to0,s ihAt naturc has al
ready placed IN Young mans
hands and on bis graduation day
Dus him commence to use them
Wha> would DC thong It Of preacher
VINO on the day o! his graduation
;U5ls hlS arms with the Complacent
thuught 81 know II all. lie knows
iild, that day oil AL days is the dav
nl,GN he SHOWS nothing and that
1"en be begins to study on !nde-
yundcut lines, as he must do there
aztec Il ! his LIE, without a human
D-otM.r Is 1t wrong lor him to
,~al greater knowledge; We
,ril,t Aa,wcr No you
.,,. an.lt wou,dt think OF the man
.no ""> satisfied with MS religious
LNUrI,-ttc' With the man " no has
l,".ie the acme OF his religious
4.aul4Oa and who does not daily