Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-16
MONEY.
A Lay Sermon That Is Full of PHI
lOs0phy.

lOsOphy.
The great king propounded: Money
answers all things. 1t Is hardly safe to
assert that there's where brother Sol
omon made a mistake. But certainly.
there's where people misunderstood
him. His experience and general con-
clusion after using his money and
wealth to buy and build all that he set
his eyes and heart on and that his ge-
MUS and splendid imagination could
conceive, and that his artists could de-
wise; after gathering about him all that
was beautiful and delightful on earth.
his judicial balance sheet was: All Is
vanity and vexation Of spirit. His con-
clusion was that money could buy ev-
erything that was purchasable; but
that all that could be bought with mon
ey was utterly insufficient to satisfy
the cravings Of the soul. And so he
to work to moralize and preach.
No doubt his multitudinous offspring
followed their fathers practice and des-
spised his preaching, as many young
people do nowadays toward their late
converted fathers. And the old man.
after gratifying to the full the lust Of
the flesh, the lust Of the eyes, and the
pride of life, after sowing bountifully
to the flesh, reaped most abundant
harvest of reprobates. A big part Of
his studies was fools" and they were
largely of his own planting.
The lessons Of Solomon's life have
not been altogether lost on mankind.
They have not been fully laid to heart.
But they are working their way. And
the commonest observation Of life in
our generation Is confirming them and
impressing them. Those high society
men, Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord
Chesterfield, in their day echoed the
old sensualist's doleful dirge, in their
own words: "All hollow, hollow, hol-
low" and the dirty, greasy, vile, ugli-
ness behind the scenes. And Cardinal
Woolsey's full blown pride at length
breaking under him is only another IL
lustration. And our life and worldli-
ness all join the chorus with solemn
Amen.
The general world is now wiser than
Solomon, or even our society people.
The so-called common people do not
believe that money answers all things.
They do not believe that to accumu-
late a great fortune solves the prob
lem Of life. On the contrary they see,
in the open day and on all high places,
great millionaries and great financial
successes, when truly and honestly con-
sidered, standing as personally, moral
ly, socially, essentially, veritable bur-
lesques of life, Of happiness, Of honora-
BILE manhood; objects Of pity for their
utter misery and absolute failure; with
out a natural thought or feeling, with
out an honest affection, without gen.
uine Joy, fenced in by conventionali-
ties and social obligations, and inca
pable Of human happiness.
The light of the day that we live In
has made humanity, with it's nature,
its endowmennts and privileges to be
appreciated Mankind, at large, have
life; and they have it more abundant
Iy. Man is the gold. The raw material
of manhood Is the thing to be consid-
cred. And when that is we'll bred, well
worked, we'll toned, purified and refin-
ed, it matters little what form it takes.
II the gold Is pure and fine, 1t matters
little whether 1t be in the shape of a
mouse or a warrior; it is a thing for
royalty to be proud of. And when the
manhood is clear and honorable 1t mat
ters little whether he Is a bootblack or
a major general. With the aid of a
little time he is going to be measured
by the public for honor or shame.
John Bunyan, the tinker, is magni-
fled; Leicester and Chesterfield are de-
spised.
And money Is money to buy honor
and happiness just according to the
character of its getting. 1t can never
buy pure and high delight and honor
for a thief or a observation-disclosures
News.