Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-07-13
THE USE OF RICHES.

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Then took Mary pound OF oint-
ment OF splkenard. very costly, and an
ointed the feet OF Jesus, and wiped
His feet with her hair, And the house
was tilled with the odor OF the olnt'
ment. John 1913.
II Is always to be remembered that
Jesus did not come into this world
upon an Industrial, but upon rellgi
lous mission. lie was concerned not
to secure bodily comfort for mems
bodies and to establish hread.and'
butter paradise. but TO secure salvation
for their souls and to make them par
takers Of the riches Of the kingdom OF
God, II He has been retormer OF
society, and as the ages 20 on It will
be seen more and more clearly that He
has been such a reformer. II Is because
lie has been a Saviour OF the soul. Ana
Christ's idea OF how to arrange the
great difference between man and man
Is so to possess men with the spirit
of the Father that they will treat their
fellow-men as brethren,
viii say word Of law TO which
great Importance should be attached.
and which illustrates the grace OF Je-
sus' teaching. Il Is the law OF beauty,
which was illustrated In that hour
when pious and devout woman,
touched with the romance which ever
clings round the person OF Christ and
the kingdom OF heaven. took that pre-
cious ointment, and instead OF dtstrib-
uting II In aims at the door, poured
1t forth on the person of our Lord; so
that although little later they struck
Him. they put Him to shame, and they
cruclfed Him, He died bearing the
fragrance OF that ointment upon His
body. Waste? All. glorious waste, the
fragrance OF which has flied not that
room alone, but the whole history. So
that II man, having discharged his
duties to his home and to his workmen.
shall hold In his hand a surplus, what
magnificent and beautiful things he
can do with II! He can purchase pic
lures and statuary, and lovely metal.
work, and specimens of the binders
art. and place them where the poorest
OF the people can have vision OF beau
ty. He can erect some great building
in his city. whereon shall be written
In stone the thoughts of ages; and In
that building can allow the poorest OF
the people to hear the greatest artists
In the subtlest of all arts--I mean
music-the great players and TIE great
singers. Tney are to-day the mOnop
oily OF the rich; they might be giver
for the service OF the poor. He car
secure open spaces In the crowded
districts of the city, by pulling down q
few houses and making there a llttl'
circle Of quietness, where working
women can go In the afternoons with
their children, away from the noise
and danger OF the streets. lie can
give great parks. as men are giving
where the people can go on Sunday.
and where the young men can have
their games; where public functions,
can be held. ANY man who gives an
art gallery, or gymnasium, or music
room. or an hospital, or school, or q
university, or park, or a playground
to his fellow citizens, has given that
which It honors him to give and which
they receive without dishonor. Riches
may be sordld thing, and used basely
they are the corruption Of character,
and they are the nurse of revolution.
Used christianity they are servants OF
peace and righteousness, and establish
the kingdom of God by laying the
foundation safe and strong of lnnum-
cradle homes, and brighten with the
Joy OF beauty the inevitable greyness
OF lnnumerable lives, all to the good
of human souls and the glory Of Jesus
Christ our Lord.