The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-05

being Wealth si6uts! ct nave" but
poverty whispers, ~ am" Poverty comes
to know that only. spiritual appropriation
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 much of it
As he made his own. The supreme 10y of
his position was that through toll he was
able to look upon God and the good and
his heart with substitutes for God. and
thus shut Him out of his soul The return
to Eden is the return to simplicity and re.
ceptivty. 1t is the becoming sensitive
once more to the good and the taking in cf
truth, beauty, holiness.
II is a false theory which assumes that
the activity. of poverty is due to reckless.
ness, that the poor may choose anv 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 raiment." The
true cause for the. activity of poverty is
found in the rugged strength developed by
adversely. in the constant need for adapta.
tion to the demands of the passing days.
and. finally. in the undying belief cherished
that there is "a good time coming" in Tho
golden future.
1t is the tendency of wealth to bc sat.
isied with things as thev are. industraliy,
socially, morally. Truths cartoon. AN
English Board Meeting" is startlinglv sug.
gestive 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 tho
good of these Innovations"
The great labor saving ideas Of shc ago
have come into the minds of the moor; thev
have been. developed amid suffering and
eNr o.I tIa,, la,.
reluctant world by men who cared lrora
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 unrestngly eager to see them
enthroned in the heart of the race. They
are willing to fight seemingly hopeless bat
ties. to champion despised principles, IT,
advocate unwelcome truths. They know
what they have believed and their know,
edge gives them willingness to utilize tnei,
hard earned strength for the education and
advancement Of mankind. and these cham
pions of the principles of pietv have been
from the davs of Jesus and from the apos'
tolic times the sons OF poverty. When ir
the days Of primitive Christianity the Cos.
mel spread from Jerusalem. 1t was carried
by the poor; when it laid siege to hostile
lands. poverty fought for it: when it grew
corrupt. through the Vaccinations of
wicked priesthood. poor men purified 1t
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 piety has as 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 moor had the gospel preached tc
them. we have, as has been said. more thar
80 &c foo hat n
livered sermons to multitudes OF the
needy: we have the implied declaration o,
q condition of understanding of sympathy
between His soul and theirs. Men wht
were dominated by selfish principles did
not understand Him, for they were incapa
BILE of recognizing love as the supreme mo
tive OF soul. Action, for them, was al
wavs dictated by policy. and they suspected
a hidden motive behind the activity o.
Jesus.
The Master declared that for rich mar
TO enter the kingdom is difficult What
did He mean? He doubtless considered tn,
increasing dancer of basing action upor
false motive. He knew that it is the tend
ency of wealth to render action mechani
cal, careless. and. too frequently. heartess
that the rich mrn NAV give his gold tt
.'charity," while his heart is as flint: that
he NAV support the gospel with his money
while his heart feels no Joy in it's message
But he knew that poverty rightly. con
ceived tends to keep the life normal art
true to the true springs OF action H'
knew that the poor who heard Him wher
they gave their mites gave them hecaus,
OF love, for no other power could cause
that to be sacrificed which represented
bread, shelter, life. He knew that the,
were familiar with the ministry o
poverty to poverty. and that they
were able to grasp the signiicanc,
of ministry based upon simple. un
selfish love. So He preached to them
unfolding His convention Of the approach
ing Kingdom Of God, the kingdom of love
Calmly He revealed to them n life which
needed for its realization neither mig1r
nor money. Sweetlv He dsroursed 70 then
OF tac inward nature of the kingdom. q
the hunger, the thirst. the meekuess. .tht
poverty necessary in order that men nigh
possess it, and they understood.