The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-03
MEAN MONEY AND
HOW MADE MEAN
DISCUSSED IN SERMON
BY REV. DIR. A. VI. WILLIAMS Al
TRINITY CHURCH LAST NIGHT.

Money from the Commercial stand
pOint-Praise for Famous Gold
Telegram of Judge Parker-MOney
from the Moral standpOint-iII-
Gotten Money Is Mean Money
History of the Whiskey Dollar.
wealth Must BE Used, for 1t Is
Sordid 20 Hoard.
From the subject, Mean Money,
Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Williams in a sermon
at Trinity Methodist Church last night
discussed money from both the COM
mercial and the moral standpoint. The
text was taken from Ecclesiastes 1913:
But money answereth all things" BY
way of introduction the speaker said;
THE text states the truth. Men
sneer at it. Men moralize against
it. In the end all seek it and all use
it. Never rail against nature. When
God makes a thing it is our duty to
study, properly place and utilize 1t.
Money may be said to be the axle
of civilized life. Around it everything
is made to revolve. Money is the med
ium of exchange. Through it's use men
GANudtlk6 AdDOl anu eAlCuu AliN PAS'o
ure and power of living. That would
be a very narrow and meagre life
which depended on what it could alone
produce for Its support. 1t would be
bachelor barbarism. The idea OF ex-
change of service is at the bottom OF
primary domestic life, at the bottom
of all civilized life"
Then followed a short discussion OF
money from the commercial stand
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how it is determined was brought out,
and then the reasons for the adoption
of the gold standard clearly shown.
In closing this part OF the sermon,
Or. Williams said:
To-day the universal money is
rightly gold. Any nation seeking an
other standard really gives its peo-
pie a mean money. a deprecated
money. Our government was wise in
adopting the gold standard and Judge
Parker deserves the high commenda-
ton he has almost universally receiv-
ed in his declaration that he would
maintain that standard if elected.
Earning Mean Money.
The speaker then took up mean
money from the moral standpoint and
in discussing this question said. among
other things:
"All money secured dishonesty is
mean. This is an age of rascals. This
is not to charge that general business
is debauched. or that there are not
many millions of successful business
men who are true and worthy 1t is
however, an age in which thousands
are living on their wits. Meanness is
bold. Thieves break through and steal
in ways not dreamed Of by our fore
fathers
Direct thieving is all too common.
No business can be done without trust,
so the hundreds of embezzlers all over
the country tells a sad story of mans
wickedness. Savannah is better in its
commercial life than most cities, but
if every story of defalcation here dur
ing the last two years was told, many
ears would tingle at the sensation. Old
fashioned simple, honesty needs to be
more frequently preached and prac-
ticed.
Let young men know an enjoyment
paid for with another persons dollar
has around it the serpents coil. A
dollar made on another mans unloaned
dollar is a calamity unrecognized per-
haps, but nevertheless real.
An Age of ISnavery.
while direct dishonesty is much
more prevalent than a Christian coun-
try should know, yelled knavery is
more common. This is an age of wits.
Schemes, devices, projects for getting
money abound. Every line of legit-
mate business is covered with these
barnacles. Every grade of life has
been its victim
Study the small ads of the metropo-
Titan dailies and the sign of the ne
farious purveyor is seen. Mean money
is the truthful picture of all such sue
cess. All money made by extortion
belongs to this class. Legitimate bust
ness gives due benefits to both sides Of
transaction.
Money made in the promotion OF
vice is mean. The drunkenness of this
land, with all its sorrows, makes money
but the dollars are stained with blood.
The true history of a drunkard, his
degradation, his physical wreck, his
ruined home, his wretched wife, his
children disadvantaged in the battles of
life, traced step by step. would find
dollars in the bar till dyed with gore,
dollars in the wholesalers safe allay-
ed with wrecked hearts and homes;
dollars in the distiller's pocket with
miserable history; dollars in the public
treasury tinged with blood from the
very heart of human life.
Spending Mean Money.
MEAN money appears in the method
of spending it. Idle money belongs to
this class. Wealth must be used 1t
is sordid to hoard. The beauties OF
Savannah and the fact that America
has become the richest country on
the globe illustrate this fact.
MEAN money is extravagantly spent
money. Waste hurts the waster as
well as hinders the progress of society.
Another way OF making money mean
is to throw it away and character
after il. The gamblers money is the
meanest type. Still another way to
make mean money is to withhold II
from helpful offices. There are causes
that need assistance. there are wrongs
that need resistance. There is good
to be done.
MY friend. what are you doing with
that dollar? Where is It carrying
you? What history is It forging for
you? What character will you have
after you have used it?"
O'QUIN-BUFFF<IN REAuFORT.