The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-09
REV. J. D. HUFHAM, D. D.
The Richest Tlan in North Carolina-
He is Not the Man Who has Gained
the Greatest Wealth but Who has
Wrought Best for His Fellowmen.

On the occasion of his recent pres
ence in Raleigh to preach the bac-
calaureate sermon before the stud
ents OF the A. and NJ College, the
News and Observer said this editori-
ally of DR.. Hufham:
Raleigh was hOnored on Sunday by
q visit from the richest man in North
Carolina.
Who is the richest man in North
Carolina? He is the man blessed with
the greatest wealth. In this age OF
commercialism, when "What is he
worth?'' is the first question asked
has arisen n jaundiced view of what
wealth is and in what it consists. This
narrow and sOrdid view has caused
the dollar mark to be regarded AS
the only wealth, when, as every
thoughtful man knows, mere money
is the poorest standard for measur-
ing true wealth.
The richest man in North Carolina,
Che visited Raleig oh Sunday has
passed the three score and ten al
lotted to the human race, and is rich
in years and in ripe experience. Wis
dom comes only with length of days,
though young men vainly persuade
themselves that it is found in the
strength Of the arm or tieetness OF
the foot. "Young men for war, old
men for COUNSEL is Il maxim that is
based upon the experience of the
world, and to the truth of which all
observant men give their testimony.
The richest man in North Carolina
knows that all wealth grows by the
compound interest rule. Riches grow
by leaps and bounds "a mortgage
works on Sundays and holidays.
Early in life Mr.. Rockefeller found
out that he could get us much inter-
est for $50 loaned out at Z per cent.
as he could earn by digging potatoes
ten days. That marked the change
to all his plans. and he became the
master money man in the world. The
richest man in North Carolina quite
as early found out that good deeds
and loving service multiplied more
rapidly than any arithmetical pro-
gressiOn could Indicate. He has de-
voted his long life to doing good
and, so, now that he is seventy his
bank account in Love and Respect is
a thousand times greater than the
money credit upon which Rockefeller
can draw And the best part OF that
bank account is that the larger the
checks he draws upon it, the bigger
the surplus grows. 1t is as ineXhaust-
| l., = I> I 10 h nf h
Carolina manhood and wOmanhood.
The richest man in North Carolina
has never troubled himself about
stocks and bonds. He has kept no
books no bank carries his name as
director and no corporation asks his
advice about issuing watered stock.
But he has been saving andinvestlng
all his life in those things which per-
ish not with the using, until his ac-
cumulatiOns are as great as those
summed up by Paul when the
shadows of life were falling upon him.
The richest man in North Carolina
has not spared himself when the
good of his fellows demanded his
service. He has gone from mountain
to seashOre, in perils by land and
sea, in physical weakness to preach
the:everlasting Gospel OF Grace. He
has poured himself and His Master
into the hearts of thousands, enrich
ing their lives and strengthening
their good resolutions, and in all his
giving has himself grown richer anC
richer until today he is easily the
richest man in North Carolina.
Who is the richest man i'll Nortl
Carolina? He is. OF course the maj
who has done most in the best ways
to serve North Carolina. That maj
is the venerable Rev j. d. Hufham
d. d., who preached the baccalau
reate sermon at the \. and Nj. college
on Sunday morning 1t was a ser
mon that cannot be reported, TO
what reporter could fifty give th'
depth and heighth and the fullnes
of illustration, incident, and exhorta
ton that touched every heart ant
kindled the fire of faith in ever,
| young man of that splendid studen
body? 1t took seventy years Q
mourning himself in the lives of his fel
| iowmen to produce that sermon;
sermon that touched only upon tn
| things that are elemental and great
Long many this richest man il
North Carolina" live to bless his fe
lows. to encourage its youth, to di
out and dpreserve its history. to teac
political wisdom, and to iliustrat
| the truths of Christianity in his Goo
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