The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
THE MONEY or THE RICE.
Shall u He Taken - . GIFT when Its Source
Ia Retarded 90 Morally Questionable

THE MONEY or THE RICE.
Shall " he Taken as . CIT when Its Source
Ia Regarded - Morally Questionsblef
To rHk EpIToR OF TEE suN-Siy: The
Money OF the Rch.- In your editorial page
this morning. quotes this limo from the ab.
stract Of an address issued by tho Consrssa-
tional churches OF New Hampshire: An
pnscrupulou. man cannot wipe out his wrong
memory ny ao e't the sSbjoined stan1as Of Verse,
written lc7 years ago. IN tho London haoo-
e CO.. Tul,auas q; 81 sins - ''' ''' oA'
Crosus! With leave, why 20 pervetSe.
10 lavish in an hour
Tue plumber OF the poorf
Think you. this pomp Of CHARITIES
Or win il silence the just c1,es
OF many you've undonsf
Can In the pound farthins gtvm
Repay the sums you stolcf
%lll save your baukrup. souli
No. no; such Graf. win ne'er sun,os
yo To e s,sa, yGs 81 Su yGat v Es!i'
II not on Justice built.
TIL you your pllfe,'d bag. rus.ore
And robbery at the best,
The charity you ought = express
Fin, those whom you have wrons'd redra.
And pay the sums you owe.
Then you yourself perhAps may wan,
And they. who crave It, then may sraa.
To help your Indulgence.
Then great (howe'er the sum b. smarD
None ' viii INTO 10 Goa ia Tor venseanos oau.
But pray you 10 the skies.
Then INST, then truly opuleut.
Your hands and Ses AT more ess innocent
An humble mite will please.
Every age, IT seems. has had. ~ oressus,
money and jealousy that u 1 Gusc-
good motive which actuated man OF sreas
broadminded and liberal views the tainted
iaudable motives Of the eiSer than to eensurs
the purely modern lie legitimate method Of &C.
Ssr That sv vsSt s fee s1 f a
great necessity. Of the sensitive. Intellectual
NEW YonK. May Is, REX.
To TIE EpITos OF The svN-Str: oushs
Mr.. Rockefellsr's money to DO burned Of paid
only to the wicked? II 1t 10 good for trade
with Christian men. why not for mlsslonsi
In case Of desolatinR famine In India or
China, or elsewhere, ought a Christian board
Of relief to let thousands and tens Of thousands
R nonsy FOR sheT deyeranees %oald any
Christian COMMITTEES dare tS take that costly
to ssa N thu the s s on told
harm In giving Mr.. Rock efeller due @honors
a difference between good and evil In him q
well as In other menp
II we can formulate and enforce wise and
YEA suoh methods q as they found before y
Ses the mater sam s'o wshoss
: @ssSltoas |noivIty TSe sheriff shake: hand:
With hs charge under The ,E galh[o sT v without
Should pastors and churches refuse bensv-
client contributions from all men, who carry
far as sFbbsRs ~ viii aov them 81 does
rule apply only to those who haye been ae1-
sp!cuously successful in that way?
new t Test 'ft for Apfs S to the cSurohs
present Mr. Rockefeller Ia in the Church, and
there 9 % bm in the land
We are told that TO arouse the moral repro
It against specific ofrenses and offenders Is
the supreme need OF the hour. When our
social NE Is me W o sqf en-
conscience would seem to be at least as neces-
sary. A., ...
ceptins Mr., Rockefeier's, much needed gift
to ,snsn sGe Ssy
W1LKEsBARRE. May 20. H. j. NJ.
To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir: These
parsons who object to taking tainted money
would have condemned st. Paul for eating
meat offered unto idols as tainted" gifts,
the cheapness Of which did not excuse their
origin.
ical some OF this talk about throttlng COM
petition Isl. The very gist OF competition 10
tSan all the rest sya e and ths
puts them out Of business We hold up com.
petition as the only honest basis Of business.
test. one competitor only lie left we at once
denounce him as the concentrated essence OF
The early Christians were ordered to sell
Common fund, There must have been = Let
Probaby as anapas tre s f 70 Feep back
2 sSs2$ I r!sSEs e. %b.s e
did pay into the fund having been returned
ATLANTIC CITY, May 2a
To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun min
lister refused money personal to himself and
coming from Mr. Rockefeller. multitude
Of the reverend gentlemen sternly Il hurled .hsd
Of the heather that rage: Perhaps The pagasHs
they held n iro '1 for the missionaries In
the meantime the heather are hustllnF
Mystical Notes Of the Rail.
From ne Erie Railroad Employees Magazine.
We understand PIX and oflces in Pc yard arc
to be abandoned. and the work Of these ofices