The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-26
LEAVE A GOOD NAME
Rev. DR.. Talmage Speaks Of Its
Value as an Inheritance.
The Bible says. - Good Name IL
Rather 10 he Chosen Than
Great Richcs"-'To BE Good
L. To BE Godlike.

Copyright 1905. by Louis Klopschl
LOS ANGELES, Cal. March 10. 80
What the whole world esteems, yet what
only the few strive for; what a mar
reverences and values as priceless, yet
often filings away. and what every one
wishes TO bequeath TO his children is
the subject Of today's sermon, the text
chosen being Proverbs xxi. /. "a good
name is rather to be chosen than great
riches"
What Is capital? Money, property
or stock employed I'm trade, manufac
turc, etc, the sum invested or lent as
distinguished from the income or in-
terest," is the definition given 10y the
photographer 1t IS wealth producing
wealth, not wealth being absorbed OF
being eaten up by expenses. When
Clarence Bowen, the New York editor
and multlmillionaire, was young man
he put his savings ia a bank for safe
keeping. When he went 10 draw that
money out he received a certain
amount Of extra money. WHAT is tina
forT asked the young man. This is
interest money" said the cashier This
is money earned by money Then -
said Bowen, IF money earns money,
the more l save the more / viii earn
The money Clarence Bowen put away
in bank at interest was his capital.
But capital, according TO the leXi-
cOgraphers definition, is not represent
ed in gold ingots OF coin only. l climb
with the miner a hillside in Colorado
OF Nevada. lie points to some rock
and says, "There are millions Of dol
lars worth Of gold buried here why
do you not get It outY Because he
answers, Il have no capital l must
have machinery to break the rocks; l
must have miners to burrOw into yon-
der depths; | must have money 10 cart
away my ore to the smelling furnace.
Money must be had before you can
produce money"
90 into a store and see at work the
busy manager Of a great mercantile
firm. l say to him: why are you
working for othersi Why do you not
work for yourself? If you are smart
enough to manage a business for other
men, certainly you are smart enough to
manage a business for yourself"
aye, aye" answers the manager;
that is true. But have not the mon
ey to start a business like this. l must
have hundreds of thousands Of dollars
TO sink before can make a cent. l
must buy my goods from the wholesale
dealer before l can sell them 10 my
customers. l must rent a store and
hire clerks and spend enormous sums
for advertising. All these outlays de
mand a large amount Of capital"
Capital represents the seed and the
land, to use an Illustration Of the farm.
Income represents the haryests. The
farmer must own or hire his farm and
plant his seed before he can get bis
haryests, or his income. Now, as the
farms and the miners machinery and
the merchants stock are nearly always
valued from the standpoint of money,
1t Is a common custom to give these
sentences as truisms: 1t takes money
to make money" Everything ami
mate as we'll as lnanimate will bow
before the scepter Of gold" midas
touch has in bis hand the grip Of iron"
But today the author Of my text en- !
says: "The best producing |
capital a man ever had in life is a good |
name. II Is better than all the silver /
Of the Leadville mines, than all the dia-
mOnds Of Golconda, than all the gold |
Of the Comstock bonanza, than all the |
pearls Of the Persian gulf. Pile up the /
gold lngOts Of the United States treas /
lry vaults on one side of the scale /
md put a good name on the other side
II the scale, and the good name will
the gold" II a good name is
iuch a priceless treasure let us begin
o study why its wealth Is Of such vast
Talue. Its producing capital must be
ind is enormous. If It were not so.
King Solomon, up to his time the
gealthiest as well as the wisest man
Who ever lived, would not have made
his inspired statement in his book Of
Proverbs.
A good name. In the first place, IS not
pauper Her mansion is not the
,OOrhouse. Her wardrobe is not filed
With rags. Her family plot is not a
,otter's field. As a rule. she has
comfortable house 10 live in. Her sit
ing room has a glowing fireplace. Her
library shelves are filed with books
She is not afraid Of the snow for her
for all her household are
lOthed with scarlet" "She is like the
merchant ships-she bringeth her food
rom afar." "Her husband Is known
n the gates when he sitteth among the
lders Of the land" For what her
and fndeth to do she docth with all
er might. She gathereth the rewards
f an earnest and practical industry.
NE inevitably giveth to the holder Of
er family name all the necessities for
happy competency and a healthful
hysical and mental existence.
You can see this fact demonstrated
u almost every department Of life.
Honesty Is the best policy whether
! is found within church walls or
own IN the busy commercial section
( a great city My text does not say.
BE good, and you will be financially
Oor." Oh, no. II It did that state
lent would not be true. II would not
e true IN professional LIE. in mer-
antile life or in domestic life. / 90
o you and say. "Why is Judge SO-and- /