The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
The BEST USE FOR WEALTH.
THE REV. DR. SAVAGE WOULD SEE
MORE MONEY BETTER SPENT.
No single Rich Man. lie says. Gives More
Than Few Crumbs brushed or Ills
IOsf-The Poor the Most Generous
--Self.Induigcnce the Banc Of Mankind.

The Rev. DR.. Minot J. Savage preached
in the Church of the Messiah yesterday on
.What Shall We Do with Our Money" and
appealed to his congregation TO devote "a
larger share of theirs 10 projects Tor the
advancement of humanity
Il do no, like 10 beli,tle the generosity
of the rich" he said, but do not know OF
a single man. no matter how much ne mas
given, who has given any more IMAM
few crumbs brushed of of the LOAF Oh his
wealth. Poor people down on inc fAN'
Side, in tho country, all over the world
are, after ALL the generous givers; they
give a thousand times more compared 70
their ability than do the rich.
Or. Savage argued that the ideal man ID
he who wakes up to the thought that he IL
a child of God and who subordinatcs al
these other things TO that. The best thing
any one can do il not TO he intellectual,
not TO b. artistic, poetical. literary, musical
II that is to subordinate and dominate US
The best thing any one OF us can be II 10
b. a man, "A woman and subordinate and
use all these other things. lie went on
TO say:
If YOU can find out what man spends Ills
money for YOU Will find out the gradr OF
INtllZitlOn lie mas itutltu A' N''h'N '''
particularlv cares for indicates what h" Is
or course we need to supply our bodily hun
ger; We need clothing But let me hiht mere
In passing: the man who Is perfectly vel
notice or think q II find myself looking
the second time at mans CLOTHES II l. pro-
Nded he Is wcll-to-do, ana me tio'i $50 ni. az
expression of what the man Is pecausa i
think there IL something wrong about MN
Clothes are utterly subordinate 10 the man,
There l. more a pt to be fau, here In regard
to the women than the men IL Is the nus
bands fault; perhapss,; nn' bs sur IiFe WWei-
and no, Of her clothes. When you md your
sell th rsaga, 81 her @S To the POSITION OF
dressma ker's or a milliner's dummy for the
display OF goods: .
room she should be I'D of her grace and
beauty; for a woman otS1t 20 he lust as
beautiful as shs ear. o, Lrr ln'nlnranfe o.
But proud OF her c!ot that Is degradation;
house ought TO be beautiful as beautiful
EXPRESSION M of his finest taste and his noblest
life. but | venture TO say that large part
OF the houses OF Mhat wonid Ge Sairu VIZ mrs
are not the expression Of good taste. while
they are an expression OF extravaganza ana
Then there is the matter of social display
Surely human society means the getting
together OF congeniai persons 20 enjoy mutual
something more il represented all tine time
and ridiculed in the witty journals has some
Then people accumulate money for the
sake OF the power Il puts into their hands
/ do not wonder. | can quite UNDERSTAND
this enjoyment. but Is IL quite the highest and
nobIest? Men waste money OH books |
cry "Peccari' here; book store is the most
serious, temptation OF my NE always ~
waste money on books while forgetting the
higher things of the world AN SHINING lust
as much as one who wastes his money on
There are musicians among us who devote
themselves to Cultivating this high and mn
taste: II IL very selfish There are lovers OF
art concerning whom the same may be- said
I have n friend who has spent a fortune on
S bd oTas bH ys f rugs
beautiful rug IL all very well. but Is that quite
49, quit" right
Tier ar" men who accumulate money Tor
the sake of the family; they wish 70 found "A
house. t. hc reCkoued one Oft be wealthy people
OF the great city, Il this wise, best nobI"stt
Nou merely make your daughters bait for
fortune hunters; you make " dInlcuN ior
them TO meet on the basis OF simple humanlfy
and love and so win for themselves the chanc"
risk OF running your sons.
In England the son Of one OF the nohl"s IL
horn. not into condition of wealth simply,
hut one OF responsibility 20 that noble w
England Is eNreCted 10 do some fin" and
sweet thing apd he Is not Looked p Rron r. VIZ
country the chances are nine times In ten
that the son OF rich man makes II merely
an excuse for idleness and sen-indulG'nt
Injury.
So might run on and make the schedule
NJ long rs please; the point wish TO help
YOU to feel is that along these lines is not
the way 70 real human happiness, not the way
10 a high and fine success, not the best use
you can make OF your accumulated means
There are sweeter, better things And tn"
great truth Of it ia that. most of these peopl"
| have been speaking about rarely ind that
they have any money for III. highest and
best things II a poor man saw that a rich
man subordinated his money to his man
hood and cared for the highest and best
things. and WAS trying TO hclD th" world
along. do you think there would h. as much
bitterness and discomfort as there is'
| rejoice in the Kind of work that Or Rains
ford Is engaged in in st Georges parish;
he has classes and schools mothers meetings
md teaching Of every kind going on in ms
own parish We are doing the same kind
OF work and doing IL Oh quite extensive
scale
Remember the finest and nohlost thing
YOU can do is to hc n man. y woman. to live
y manly. womanlv life. and let all these other
thincs serve AID minister 10 that life. But
give yourself to God, and everything else
viii follow.