The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-08

now than it was when the poet said
1t that the wCrld is too much with us.
Late and soon, getting and spending,
we lay waste our powers A few days
ago Mr.. ChOate lamented in the life of
your country the pace that kills
could wish to associate myself with
what he said so eloquently and to en-
brace my own country in the range Of
his criticism.
But want TO go step farther than
Mr.. ChOate. He lamented 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 a camel to pass through
the eye of a needle than for rich man
to inherit the kingdom of heaven No
one with any knowledge of the sym
bolism of the east will understand that
to mean that, according to the teach
ing of Christ, it is impossible for man
to be rich and yet live the Christ life.
But any one may see that it was the
intention of Christ to say that it is
harder for rich man to be good than
for poor man to be good. The world
illness of wealth, the temptations Of
wealth, the heavy load and responsible
ity Of wealth, the dangers of the
wrongful exercise of the power which
aIynI
wealth very doubtful blessing, and
it is as true now as it ever was that
to be at once a rich man and Il good
man is to have virtue and sincerity and
generosity and brotherliness and all
other Christian qualities taxed to the
uttermost.
But if it is hard for the rich man
to inherit the kingdom of heaven, what
about the position of the rich nation?
Does not the same principle apply?
President Roosevelt is one of the
very few men in the sphere of public
affairs since Mr.. Gladstone who bring
public questions first of all to the touch
stone of principle, telling you in Amer
lea that your great republic, your great
democracy, can only live on the fOunda-
ton of justice; that i'll gotten power or
i'll gotten property, whether in the indi-
vidual or the nation, can only lead to
ruin and bankruptcy and shame We
want such man in England at this
moment. There never was Il time when
in the struggle for national welfare
such men with such principles were
more wanted in all the nations.
But it is not merely in our interna-
tional relations of trade that the temp
tation to ignore and violate the Chris
tian principles is apparent. There is
trade which all civilized countries
frankly recognize as dangerous. Won
en- and children are the chief sufferers
by the trade of drink and by the false
and un- Christian attitude of the nation
with regard to it. and l look to the
coming enfranchisement Of women as
the most powerful help toward remoY-
ing the wrongs that attach to it.
1t is a shortsighted policy. as well
as an un-Christian one. to fan the pop
ular fever which leads to war, but II
is one of many temptations WHICH colhe
to the rich nation. and other tempta-
tons are the desire for increased terri
tory and power Your President Roose-
Welt has lately done noble service for
humanity in helping to put an end TO
the bloody conflict in the east. All the
world honors him for it, and it is a
proud thing for America that one of its
citizens. a man of the people. although
the head of your executive, mas Deen
able TO do a work which was impossl-
BILE to any crowned head in the world.
THE great nations are going at the
mace that kills the soul and are not tax
ing time to reflect that they may grow
rich at the cost of nearly every public
and private virtue"