The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1906-09-06
Caln,age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Prank De Witt Tslmase. d. d.

Los Angeles, Gal, Sept. 2.-The temp
tations, burdens and responsibilities OF
great wealth form the theme Of this
timely sermon, the text for which is
taken from Ecclesiastes v. 10, HE that
loveth silver shall not be satisfied with
silver, nor he that loveth abundance
with increase"
have no sympathy with the dema-
gogues who are trying to antagonize
the masses against the classes. have
utter contempt for the false agitators
who preach the Infamous doctrine that
every person who dresses In broadclOth
or In silk is an enemy Of his race, and
that the insignia of ali human perfec-
tons can only be found in the laborer's
soiled garments and In the futtering
rags of a filthy, unkemp tramp. The
outward appearance of man does not
always portray his true character.
Thus we find some of the blacklist
sheep feeding among the flocks brows-
ing in all pasture lands. The wealth OF
a man or the poverty of a man cannot
be used as a criterion by which to Judge
whether the nature of that man is pure
or impure. There have been many rich
men with true hearts and noble i'm
pulses men Of simple lives and benefi-
cent deeds The world remembers with
reverence such men as Sir Moses
9Iontefiore, whose life was consecrated
to charity; Baron Hirsch, who built and
endowed homes for the shelter Of per-
secuted Jews; Peter Cooper. whose
splendid institution Is still developing
the genius of the poor, and William e.
Dodge, whose benefactions extended to
the poor and struggling Of his day.
Who would dream of placing the por
traits OF Robert Morris and Jay Cooke
In the rogues' gallery. The patriotic
banker who risked his fortune In the
support OF Washington and the million
aira who stood by the side of Secretary
Chase during the darkest days of the
civil war were true patriots. Robert
Morris money and Jay Cookies money
were Just as essential to American lib
erties az were the soldiers who carried
the muskets and fired the cannon.
Ali palaces are not the walled In cas-
ties OF buccaneers and thieves. l go
further than this. assert and have a
right to assert this from the highest
s0cialistic standards that men Of cap
itAl are as necessary to the develop
msnt OF the country and to the success
o6 an enterprise as are men of muscle
and brains. 1t is unadulterated nom
sense to say that the capital of this
country rests entirely In the brain and
muscles Of laborers and the mechan-
Acs. The laborers and the mechanics
Of this country could accomplish very
little for the true development Of this
country were 1t not organized and d.
rected by skilled engineers and by the
resources Of money. Some time ago
walked through miles and miles of
saaebrush and of desert This desert
extends from San Bernardino to Eta
wanda In all that desert there were
not any living creatures but snakes.
few birds and leaping jack rabbits.
Thsn climbed the San Bernardino
mountains and travelled into those
hills for many miles. There / came to
where the engineers and the financiers
were building a great dam which
would collect all the waters from an
immense area Of land into one great
lake. what are you going to do With
this wstexT / asked the chief engi-
neer After we csllect the water"
said he, Eve are kplng to send it By
tunnels under the mountains where II
will be scattered over the arid lands,
extending Atween Ettawanda and
San Refnakaipe, and that water will
make rat deeaFt blossom assthe rose.
Do Yea Raesp to tell me that the igno
rant Nax1can laborers who were dig
ging ~ tunnels and erecting the dams
of Little Bear valley could work that
miracle without the planning Of skilled
engineers and the reinforcement of
capital, any more than capital could
make that reservoir without the CO
operation Of labor. Oh, yes, even In
the widest dreams of the discontinued
classes there must be demarcations be-
tween man and man. There Is place
for capital as well. Capital and labor
are two strong arms of the social body.
4ue1l Two AduuS mubl I'LL tUSttucK ahu
work together and live together and
die together.
A Public Trust.
But 1t makes great deal of differ
ence whether the capitalist looks upon
his fortune as public trust or whether
he plots to make money and to squeeze
the last dollar he can out Of his suffer
ing employees. 1t makes great deal
Of difference whether capitalists are
Irving for others or whether they be-
newe that God has selected them as
his special fayorites and expects all
those with whom they come In contact
70 live for their benefit. And yet that
b the way many Of our moneyed po-
tentates act. They squeeze, they gouge, !
they do everything which, as misers,
they can to hoard their gold. And the
strange fact Is the more they get the
more they want and the more they are
d5ssetisfled with what they have. &c .