Chicago eagle., 1903-05-09

social service to be weighed In the bal.
ance against his personal offenses. The
mosquito Is the exception. He carries
malaria and yellow fever. lie stings
Even his extraordinarily large family,
which might commend him to the pres.
idential clemency, does not seem to
most people to be IN argument I'm his
favor. There is unanimous senti.
ment for his exclusion from this coun.
| try. Even the liberty mongers of Bos.
ton will hardly venture to make quota.
tions from lincoln to prove that no man
Is good enough to hamper the
movements Of free born, Independent
insect which may belong to an infe.
rior race but Is nevertheless possessed
OF indefeaslble powers Of self.gOvern.
ment. Let the anti.mosquito immigra.
ton edIct be enforced as strictly as DOS.
siblc.
Not infrequently one hears remarks
upon the growing lack Of interest In
churches and In religion, and upon the
decreasing number Of men who attend
religious meetings. Two incidents,
widely separated geographically, show
how inadequate ana unjust such gen.
cralizatlOn may be. The Convention for
Religious and Moral Education met
lately In Chicago. Not only In mum.
bels and In the representative character
Of the attendance did the convention
surprise even those most interested, but
also In the number Of men who attend.
cd and listened and took IN active
part. Three thousand people Were
present when the convention opened,
and eight out ten of them were men.
Some. naturally, We're ministers, but
more were laymen--men engaged In
business. In teaching. In the practice Of
the professions. Many OF them had
come many miles to tell what was In
their hearts, ana to learn more about
the spiritual ana moral life. While this
convention was In session n course OF
lectures was In progress In Boston. The
| subject was the great religious lead.
ers of America. Men OF widely differ.
Ing beliefs set forth the story Of such
diverse personalities rs Edwards,
Charming, Bushnell, Beecher, william
Penn. The time of these lectures was
ut half past four, Of an afternoon IN
the middle of the week. Some one
asked one OF the sponsors for the course
why so unusual an hour had been ch0s-
en-. BECAUSE" he said, ~ great many
business men expressed desire to
hear the lectures, and that time was
convenient for them"
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4 Hugo or an lbsen could lind an
endless series of chapters In the Bur-
dick murder mystery. And raveling the
tangled threads, they could find the
cause Of It In one mans fall from grace,
How? Via Dollars. Arthur Pennell
was a defaulter to the extent of $780,
coo or 100000. This man who was the
evil genius of social circle handled
investments for Eastern people who
know his family and his wife's family
These Eastern friends sent him money
which he squandered In luxurious liv'
ing. Dollars! Dollars! Dollars! When
will men learn there Is something In
the world besides money? The desire
for money corrupted the life OF this
young man who came to the City OF
Buffalo fresh from Yale College with
a reputation to be envied. He wanted
money for what 1t would buy-ease,
comfort. hlgh-living. The desire bred
In him loose standard Of morals pro.
duclng greed, lust, embezzlement, mur-
der, suicide. He changed the Golden
Rule into Rule OF Gold. In the per,
sonal equation Of his life he eliminated
the soul OF things. He forgot that the
man who ceases striving to do right
begins to do wrong. On one side OF
his scale he balanced spiritual con-
sciousness; on the other Ease. Pleas
ure, Luxury. The scale tipped the
wrong way. Dollars! Dollars! Dol
lars! When will men stop to ask them
selves the question. what shall II
profit man II he gain the whole world
and lose his own s0ul?"
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