Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-09
Seattle PreacherReadS
Riot Act to the
Rich
Says the Wild Worship OF
MammOn Eliminates
All Thoughts of Spir-
itual Things


greatness Of our state, and the per
manency of our population rest en-.
tlrely upon the business triumphs OF
the future. In other words, they have
coveted the dollar, and have boarded
the coins. and have desired wealth |
until they have lost sight Of every
thing except the business idea and
side Of life. The pretend to believe
that money, or business is the back
bone of our city They forget that 1t
would be absolutely impossible for
business TO be transacted, or for great
wealth to be accumulated, were 1t
not for spiritual. or religious power,
behind all schemes Of life, producing
integrity. honesty and manhood. Every
irrellgious and unreligious man is In
debted to the religious and moral
forces ar work in the community for
every dollar he has accumulated, and
for every degree Of success he has
attained. II he would only stop to
admit that fact, his callous, ayari.
cious heart would grow, to some eX-
tent, sympathetic and reyerentiaL If
the pesslmistic laborer would stop to
think, he would admit that even the
success Of the wicked man is due to
the great moral forces at work, and
that have impregnated the atmos
phere he breathes. The future of this
city. and all other cities, must de-
pend upon moral religious and spirit
ual powers for growth and perman.
ency.
Our city cannot he built on coin,
out OF gold, or by the hands of lech.
erous, licentious, avaricous men. The
future will demand that the man OF
wealth presents character as pure
as the gold he attempts to hoard; the
future will scorn and condemn the
man who attempts to fiaunt his wick
edncss before tho public, and then de
mand recognition at the hands of so
clety and business. regardless OF his
character, solely because he controls
wealth. the future will demand that
our city be built upon integrity of
character purity OF personal life and
absolute righteousness. The world Is
weary, and honest men are disgusted
with the efforts Of immoral men try.
ing to build and conduct cities with.
out character, or solely with money.
The year 1904 will find the moral
forces OF Seattle aligned with but one
purpose, namely, to elevate the moral
tone of the business circles. The
past has been spent by shallow re,
formers upon the surface OF corrupt
political world, They have dealt in
municipal abuse and in personal de-
o nunciations. They have left un.
A touched the source OF all the crimes.
y and cause OF our city's immortality
G II you rob crime and immortality OF
4 its power to produce revenue. YOU
al once drive It's adherents To honest
3 toll, and you bury II In the grave OF
l. everlasting Oblivion. Therefore the
!. crime and immortality of our city has
hoen fostered and fed by ayarlcious.
@ money-loving, money-getting. money,
a grating business men. They have for.
d gotten God and homo. society and
4 common decency-all for the mighty
7, dollar Characters have been sacri,
feed principles have been surrend.
o cred, and compromises with he'll have
] been enecyed-au for the mighty
D dollar
The time has come tor such i'm.
+ morality 20 stop; the CRATER and
Ihdber must be branded: ths business
g man who has The least speck of in.
dec,ncy IN his lie. and who condones
wiekedness In his transactions. must
be made 10 understand that a decent
and righteous public demands refo,>
nation OF character and cleanliness of
hands, Il Is far easier TO be righteous
than unrighteous In business. The
, man who says that business is busi
ness and means by that statement
that he must condone crime. or prae.
! uee ehicanery, is unworthy Of the
I paol'e's confidence or patronage.
, The future will hnd the religions
lorces OF our city striving for the sal
! walton OF every soul; and an the
. churches, regardless Of Denomination
. standing as one body for the eyangel
'haiion Of the city. the publication ~
aer homes, the education OF her ehild.
ren, and the elevation Of her snh.
lmeFged masses No city has a pnra,
ministry a nobler ministry, or a more