Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-25
REV. EDDY ON THE
EVIL Of WEALTH
Interesting Discourse on Indus
tria! Conditions OF Pres.
ent Time.
GIVES WARNING TO RICH.
Men Of Might Are Those Who Weld
Ideas and Make Themselves Car
pcnicrs Of History.

"Men Of Might was The subject Of a
sermon preached by Rev Frank Fay
Eddy AZ the Unitarian church yester-
day. He spoke from the text II Cor,
X, 3, 4. For though we walk On the
flesh we do not walk after the flesh.
for the weapons Of our warfare are
not carnal, but mighty through God
10 the pulling down of nrongholds"
The sermon IN part was as follows;
THE real men of might are those
who WELD ideas and make themselves
carpenters Of history They are Of all
men most blessed ln their toll strive
as they viii all men who work ON The
ioarnal and material plane must either
build under the orders n the man with
ideas or else build something which
RUTHLESS fate viii undo OF all men
of might Jesus was perhaps the great
est There are at least only Few
comparable 20 Him such as Socrates
Gautauma and Confucius And Of all
these none welded any weapons cx.
loept those ~ the spirit Of truth.
1T Is 10 be- said. however, that there
IS no reason why men who seek the ac-
accomplishment " practical reforms
lshould disdaln the material or hold
4aloof from the use OF force. Yet AZ the
same time the lmpcrishable influence
Twill result rather from the intangible
Filings Of the spirit that inspire them 20
their task II has been thus with
hhe work ~ Washington. Lincoln and
all our great national WORTHLESS.
MONEY IS SUPREME.
In modern llfe money is supreme
ppn the plane Of force. IL IS the great
dool with which 20 accomplish imme-
ldiate ends, especially material ends
kings and governments no longer
smake war for caprice because they
must first consult the money changers
10 see II their wars can be financed.
III Is an Industrial age. and money
as the medium OF exchange is the fac
sfor OF chief Importance. In "a war
hike time the men Of might VIII be
great generals and war-lOrds IN an
age Of industrial feudaliSm our men
lof might I'm material things must BE-
sottOn kings insurance magnates oil
monopolists and beef barons
We appropriately Use the phrases
iof feudal age to describe them The
limited States has Of all countries APP
parently more of these men of carnal
might than 81 her just due. But the
hype is common 10 all counties with
Hn industrial civilization These are
The men Of the mighty dollar and the
modern crusade is against their tyran-
my"
In regard to the men and weapons OF
Democracy. Or Eddy said.
"In modern lifo money has come 10
he the emblem OF material power. But
with the industrialization OF life the
democratic spirit has waVCd quite as
great. Never was Il 80 easy TO wage a
battle FOR Ideals and In no country in
,1he world are these democratic pinci-
piles so universally accepted, We have
free speech and a free press. II Is true
the press IS sometimes subsidized and
100 often owned by great interests. but
go long as any man or set Of men can
start q paper Of their own and promul-
KAT their OWN views the press Is prac.
Iically free.
There are a great number Of pub
1cations az the present day having m
divldually small subscription lists
which give every crank and every re-
former and every Kind Of faddist
forum. And these papers and obscure
magazines an have their Influence. an
influence often uuduly large IN proper
tion TO their subscription lists. Besides
the average newspaper reader has dis.
cernment enough 90 take into account
the facts iu regard % the ownership
and editorial policy Of q paper he haO-
itually reads.
THE only safety Tor a newspaper big
or little Is in honesty in the coura- 10
has chosen. / believe there has been Il
decline IN influence among the latea
dailies since The policy has become any
thing 10 sell large editions The bus,
ness Office has dominated the paper ana
the editorial page has been CUT down
and worse than that has become COLI
orless Hut under our free ins,itu-
tons the freedom Of the press Is assured
from whatever radical sentiment of rt-
form swells in a strong current ~ pub
Dc opinion II VIII create press OF SIS
own.
Besides VIC have the ballot and how
ever machine politics may breed para
sites that feed upon the strong trunk
OF the tree of liberty their power is
only great In times ~ indifference and
apathy. Finally Wo have the immaas-
urahle power which resides bon numbers
The power N "a great mass of men once
aroused d. AS ungpyenable and resist
less as the tides of the sea. Come what
will they viii have their way in one
way or another.
The temper NJ mo public mind Is De.
coming such that % is a good time for
milllouait, trust-makcrs. Hul especially
the lit,le group OF men who from New
York assume the reht 90 rule the des-
iinics ~ the nation. o. turn righteous
and cease their piracy in interest of
their future
This rs oar nest battle 10 IS rs
holy o struggle ana az Important as
ever ergr gcd the attention ~ men. u
will draw to itself tho good and the
bad alike to uhirl in the maclstrom OF
strife But the end win show that as
~ old the men uf might ore those who
fight with The weapons 81 the spirit 90
truth. Tor such weapons are mighty
through God f0r t1e pulling down Of
ttronghOlos"