Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-03-05

being. Wealth shouts: II nave, DuC
poverty whispers. 1T am" Poverty comes
to know that only spiritual appropriation ion
messages of the old Eden story of Genesis,
for God placed Adam in the garden as
poor worker. He was to till and to keen
the place and only to enjoy so mucl, OF IT
as he made his own. The supreme JOY OF
his position was that through toll he was
able to look Upon God and the good and
make them his own. In his sin he filled
his heXt with substitutes for God, ana
thus shut Him out of his soul. The return
to Eden is the return to simplicity and re-
captivity. 1t is the becoming sensitive
once more to the good and the taking i'll Of
truth beauty, holiness. :,
It is false theory which assumes that
the activity of poverty is due to reckless
ness, that the poor may choose any. course
of action, disregard any existing order, be-
cause they have nothing to lose" Even
for the poor it is true that "life is more
Than meat and the body than rament." The
true cause for the activity of poverty is
found in the rugged strength developed by
adversely. in the constant need for adapta-
ton to the demands of the passing days.
and. finally. in the undying belief cherished
that there is "a good time coming" IN The
golden future.
1t is the tendency of wealth to be sat
iSlled Win tnlngS DIS Ine! are h'o"oi 10y
socially, morally. Truth $ cartoon: An
English Board Meeting" is startlinglv ,ssug-
gestivc when applied to morals, as well as
when applied to money. "Why," the aged
and wealthy directors of the great railway
are made to ask, "why must the public in
terfere with our business? Why must in
ventors suggest new devices? What's the
good of these innovations?
The great labor saving ideas of The age
-, llo, dc IF thew
have been developed amid suffering and
stress, and they have been forced upon
reluctant world by men who cared lrorc
for progress than for ease. So it is with
the men and women who, hungering and
thirsting after Righteousness, have become
possessed of great moral ideas. The grasp
of these ideas upon their own souls rem
ders them unrestingly eager to see them
enthroned in the heart of the race. They
are willing to fight seemingly hopeless hat
ties, to champion despised principles, to
advocate unwelcome truths. They. know
what they have believed and their knowl-
edge gives them willingness to utilize their
hard earned strength for the education and
Advancement Of mankind and these cham
pions of the principles of piety have been
from the DAYS of Jesus and from the apos-
tolic times the sons Of poverty, When IN
the DAYS Of primitive Christianity the gos-
pel spread from Jerusalem, it was carried
bv the poor; when it laid siege to hostile
lands. poverty fought for it; when it grew
corrupt through the Vaccinations OF n
wicked priesthood. poor men purified IT.,
when in these last days it has become
ready for world conquest. humble servants
of the King have been called to carry 1T.
But we have said that pety has rs one
of its important elements the recognition
of love as the great animating and sustain
ing principle: this recognition poverty glad
" accords. When we are told in the text
that the poor had the gospel preached to
them. we have. as has been said. more than
a mere statement of fact that Jesus De-
liyered sermons to multtudes OF the,
needy: we have the implied declaration, OF
n condition of understanding OF svmpatl Nv,
between His soul and theirs. Men "hn
were dominated by selfish prlnclp:Hs dld
not understand Him, for they were incnpa-
BILE of recognizing love as the supreme mo-
tive of a soul Action. for them, was A..
wavs dictated by policy and they suspected
n hidden motive behind the activity OF
Jesus.
The Master declared that for rich man
to enter the kingdom is difficult. WHAT
did He mean? He doubtless considered the
increasing danger of hnsing action npo,r
false motive. lie knew that it is the tend
ency of wealth to render action mechanl-
cal. careless and. too frequently, heart,eS'.
that the rich man may give his god to
"charity." while his heart is as flint; that
he NAV support the gospel with his money
while his heart feels no Joy in its message
But he knew that poverty rightly con,
ceived tends TO keep the life normal a,m,d
true to the true springs OF acton. iia
knew that the poor who heard Him when
they gave their mites gave them because
OF love, for no other power could cause
that to be sacrificed which renrescn'cd
bread, shelter. life. He knew that they,
were familiar with the ministry OF
poverty to poverty, and that they
were able to grasp the significance
Of a ministry based upon simple. I'M
selfish love. So He preached to them,
unfolding His convention Of the approach
ing kingdom of Cod the kingdom of love.
Calmly He revealed to them life whTh
needed for its realization neither might
nor money. Swectly He discoursed to them
Of thc inward nature of the Kingdom .ot
the hunger. the thirst. the mcelness. the
poverty necessary in order that men might
possess it, and they understood,