, 1905-11-23
HALL CAME ON WEALTH
A Menace to Individuals and
Nations, Says the Novelist.
LAMEKTS PACE THAT KILLS SOULS


Thc May Gov Eic;i Dcnounccs
Evil OF Liquor Tr;iic and hooks TO
Women TO Corrcct IL.
The pace that kills." not the body,
but Ike soul, the mcnacc Of great pri-
vate and national wealth, with its con
comltauts OF luxury and self in
diligence and the great necessity for
the application OF the principles OF
life formed the subjects of Il forciblc
address by Hall Caine, the novelist,
before the young men of John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr.'s, Bible class the other
afternoon i'll the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church OF New York, says the New
York Herald.
Il understand hat this is Il Baptist
church, aid Mr.. Caine after being
introduced to he class by the Rev.
MIR. Richardson. My father and moth
cr We're BaptiStS, and | was myself
brought up in the Baptist denomina-
ton. / am afraid, however, HAT that
does not exactly mean that l am Il
Baptist at his oment | trust you
will forgive me for saying that l be-
long perhaps to Il much larger church
than the Baptist. the Episcopal or the
Catholic ~church-the real church, l
mean, the big church. the church that
stands perhaps above all churches.
That is my position and my eXcus for
standing here today.
AS understand the object of Mr..
Rockefeller's Bible class. it is TO help
to apply the teaching of the Bible and
the principles of Christianity TO tho
practical life of our WI time. No OBJ
. iect coul! he better than this and none
more timely.
Il doubt if there has been a time
when it was more desirable TO apply
the principles of Christianity t. the
life Of the world. 1t is even more true
now than it was when the poet said
ii tina the world is too much with us.
Late and soon. getting and spending.
we lay waste our powers y few days
ago Mr.. Choate lamentcd in the life of
yoIr country the pace that kills l
could wish to associate myself with
what lie said so c~loQuently and to en-
brace my own country in the range OF
his criticism.
But L want to 60 Il step farther than
Mr.. Clloate. lie lamcnted the pace
that kills The body. l lament the pace
that kills the soul.
When l think of the application Of
the principles OF christianity to the prac-
teal life of the time | am instantly
made to reflect on the hard saying, 1t
is easier for Il camel 10 pass through
the eye of Il needle than fora rich man
to inherit the kingdom of heaven No
one with any knowledge of the sym
bolisIn of the east will understand that
to mean that, according to the teach
ing of Christ. it is Impossible for IL man
to be rich ana yet live the Christ life.
But any II may see that it was the
intention Of Christ to say that ii is
harder for II rich man to be good than
for 81 poor man to be good. Tho world
liness of wealth, the temptations of
wealth, the heavy load and responsible
ity Of wealth, the danger of tho
wrongful exercise of the power which
wealth gives are forces which make
wealth u very doubtful blessing, and
it is as true now us it ever was that
to lie at once Il rich man and IL good
ma )" IN sincerity "hu
7,"t.'SI'! "4" "to.hcr'ileNS ana an
o,ne' 'n-'N'l"l QUANTITIES l'Aeu 10 Tic
",t[,llos.'
h'' II II Is haru Tor inc r-ch man
10 inherit inc k'hS"ona OF heaven What
about the position OF the ricu nation?
Does not the same principle apply?
president Roosevelt Is II of the
.-Ar.,-f fnNy- t,Nat, "a. f1A .nl,n,., - ,,,,J,Ii,
aAalFH SlIc" MY. Gladstone who BRING
pu"Ilc questions irStot III tothc touch
stone 81 pr!hcIpl"' tell ; You in Amer
l,a lhat your great republic, Your great
democracy, can only live on the founda
/ ton of Justice. tnlt i'll Clltpu pDypr or