Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-05-03
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Tho Uses of Charity.

Tho Uses of Charity.
The Rev. DR.. Rails of New Haven,
Conn.,, has been having quite novel !
experience with certain plutocrats.
Not long since he preached sermon
on stealing which has created some
what of a ruction. In his latest SER
mon, published in the New Haven
Palladium, commenting on several
commentators of his original sermon
on stealing, he said:
Let US illustrate this. A few months ago
preached In this place a sermon against
stealing. I pointed out some of Its modest
forms and showed that some things that
passed for high finance were simply rob-
berry on q large scale. cited several in
stances. The report of the sermon came
to one of these men, one of the most
prominent Of these modern financers. He
made his complaint to me in two letters.
He denied nothing. He simply asserted
two things. One was that should have
been silent. fer the chief Christian virtue
was charity. The other was this sentence:
Although have given several million
dollars to the churches, since your attack
upon me ! have decided to make no fur
ther contributions in that direction"
Now, that 10 what some men call the old,
orthodox idea Of the gospel. The gospel
Of Christ means the forgiveness of sins
and charity for all. Let the preacher pro-
claim this and be silent on all else Let
the Morgans and Rockefellers and
schwabs float their watered stock and
then bring their gifts to church and col
lsge and say, 1--WE are delivered to do
these things" Charity is not the chief
Christian virtue but love. And Christian
passion of the cross. clear Of vision, loving
men, hating iniquity. with eternal cnmity
for all evil. And 1t is that preaching of
the cross applied to all life, rebuking sin
and warning and inviting the sinner. con-
demning the wickedness Of men and lift
Ing up the broken heartfelt is that that
we need today. The dangerous heresy
today is not theory about the person Of
Christ. but the opinion that there is any
part Of life or Of the world from which
Christ may be shut out as the king and
the rule Of life.
The reverend doctor seems to have
the courage Of his convictions. Whether
he will long retain his position as pas
It will be remembered that New Eng
land public opinion is not very tolerant
Of those who happen to differ from It,
II DR.. Rails needs any evidence on
that proposition he can probably get
all he wants from President E. Benja-
min Andrews, once president of Brown
university.
One Of the best newspapers in my
district, the Montgomery City Stand
ard, proposes new combinati In
the Democratic ticket-namely, General
Francis Marion Cockrell for president
and Hon. William Randolph Hearst for
vice president. If Mr.. Hearst would
consent to take second place, that
ticket ought to receive at least 1oO,o 600
majority in Missouri, for General
Cockrell Is the most popular man In the
| state, and Mr.. Hearst's father and
mother were both born in that imperial
commonwealth. What's more, that
combination would win in the country
at large. The Standards suggestion is
worthy Of the profound consideration
Of statesmen and delegates. l do not
| mean by this that man may not be
both statesman and delegate, but there
| are statesmen who will not be dele
gates and delegates who are not states
men.
The Republicans are not only CON
aidering ex-Mayor Cyrus P. Walbridge
Of St Louis as vice presidential pos.
sibility, but also appear to be warming
up to the conspicuous e1-Missourian
Senator Stephen B. Elkins Of West
Virginia, MS vice presidential candi.
date. Senator Elkins has had varied
career. He has been soldier, delegate
from New Mexico in congress and sec.
retary Of war. He is now serving his
second term as United States senator
1 from West Virginia.
II Colonel Roosevelt has any opposi.
don for the nomination he would dc
well to keep his eye-in fact, both eyes
lon his big four from New York
That quartet is composed Of Governor
Odell and Ex-Governor Black, together
with Senators Plat and Dcpew That
they would dish his political wagon
with promptness and dispatch If they
had chance is the opinion of all well
informed persons.
The latest addition to the list of
probable Republican vice presidential
candidates is Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw,
twice governor Of Iowa, now secretary
II the treasury. He is to be run as
the farmers friend" Wonder what
the farmers will think Of q statesman
who has decided for tariff purposes
that frog legs are dressed poultry, that
q live rooster Is not an animal and
that pony is household goods?
England is now thinking Of disci.
plining Nicarauga. What has become
Of the Monroe doctrine? It seems that
that great doctrine is being Whitfield
down to the little end Of nothing
Wherefor? The Philippine grab did It.
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