Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08

UllEli not Df ~ uilu W you cOulu como
TO greed aud say. Here. greed. here
Is my soul. here is my love Of God
Now eat aud bc filled" But greed Is
glutton. Greed is gorInand. Greed
IN Il huge monster with n voraclous ap.
petite. and the more you feed him the
larger he will grow. and the greater
will become his desire for food. lie
vii! swallow down Il mans religion.
He will keep on swallowing down
souScs AMI banks and lands, and still
Mis- demoniac monster greed will keep
Tryin@: Il am hungry: give me more
10 eat. More to eat. / say. Give me
more. Aye. give me more than you
have and still can eat IL and not be
satisfied. am growing bigger all the
time. Food. food. must have more
food for my oinnivorous appetite"
That Is only another way OF illustrating
the Biblical truth Of my text. which
says. lie that lovcth silver shall not
be satisfied with silver. nor he that
lovcth abundance with increase"
You never saw Il person who selfish
~ lived for what he could get who was
satisfied with what he had. More.
more" Is always the slogan Of greed.
"Givc me more. Give me more" DO
you see that sofa:" said gentleman
some years ago Ia friend We'll,
that one sofa almost ruined me II
took me years aud years To- recover my
self. have always kept that sofa as
an object lesson for my children When
| was IL young man we were living In
a humble street and In small but
comfortably furnished house was
working my way along and would in
time have come out all right But one
day my wife was ut an auction sale,
and she was able TO buy that sofa very
cheap. She bought II. but no sooner
did she put IL in our parior than II
made all the rest OF the furniture look
shabby. Then we decided 10 get new
parlor set 10 match the sofa No soon
ar did we fix up the parlor than we had
10 buy now furniture for the dining
room. and So we went on fixing the
house Then. after we had refurnished
the house we decided that the house
itself was not good enough for the fur
niturc. so we moved into Il larger house
Oh better street Then. when we
moved into the better street. we found
ont that we had To have better clothes.
Thus we went on increasing our ex-
penScs and our outgo. while our Income
remained the same Then the first
thing | knew the bills kept plling up.
aud | was financial wreck" "Ah.
yes" | said to myself when heard
that story. how true that Is about the
unsntislyng result OF selfishly living
for what we can get. When we live
for self the more we have the more we
want Greed has an omnivorous appe-
titc. Greed is II glutton. Greed keeps
must have more" My friend liz not
this the personal history Of your greedy
life:
Growing Rich but selfish.
My brother. how old are you? For
~" How are you getting along In
business? oh" you say. "splendidly,
splend'diy. My business was never
better tan now Are you making
any u!cncy outside Of your business
YES" you say Il do not tell this TO
everybody. but will to you. Last
week closed one deal alone whereby
/ made on one piece of land net
profit of $4,000" Indeed. suppose
you inherited good deal OF money
from your father 10 start In business?
"Inheritcd Indeed. did not Why.
father never had anything TO speak of.
| was brought up on farm. | made
my own way nlonc- Why, when first
came 10 this city my wife and used
TO live IN two rooms. Then | often
said to her. III the time ever comes
when we have an annual income OF
81 800 and little home of our own
we will lie satisfied. Then you laugh
10 yourself and say. Thank God. we
have q good deal more than our little
home now and 81 800 II year income"
Is that so. my friend? Then | sup
pose. as your money is increasing, you
are giving more ana more 10 God and
To your fellow men. suppose, as your
capital cnnrges. you do not grind your
clerks down to mere pittance and
that you give them more time off for
rest. suppose TINT every year, as
your financial income enlarges. your
benevolcnces enlarge also. You look
ut me moment Then you drop your
ewes MS you slowly say NO; ! ought 10
do this. hut | do not give AS much now
rs did twenty years ago. The strange
fact Is that financial success inevitably
encourages sclhshncss. The more | get
the mere want and the less ] give In
proportion TO my success. This is a
selfish world. and | am each year like
most rich men, becoming more and
more selfish God pity you, Q Chris
tian migrate. God pity you. say
again. because as you grow weather
YOU do less and less FOR others |
know one fact is true the more you
get the less enjoyment you derive out
Of your own selfish successes. He
that lnveth silver Shnll not he satisfied
with silver nor he that loyeth album
dance with increase.
But take step further In my sub