Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-12-06

itpM dfe YOU NtueINnl from lne man
or the world In his social intercourse
with his fellow men?
Leaving the sui ject, let me ask how
we differ from the world i'm our finan-
cial relations. There is an old proverb
which says, when YOU touch a
mans pocketbooh, then you find that.
mans heart is turned to stone" SO,
TOO often, when You touch n mans
pocketbook then you find his love for
God is turned TO stone. The Bible
represents Satan rs saying that a man
will give everything for his life. That
Is true In one sense, but false In an
other, for too often a man will sur
render not only his earthly life. but
bis spiritual life, for gold.
Here, for instance. Is merchant
down Ia his store. For years he has
beer slave to business. He always
talks poor because he is always put
ting his money back into the business.
The store grows larger aud larger.
Now ii takes mp half block. "What
are you working for, merchant? To
make n larger business? What Is the
good OF that? Have you not enough
money saved up to live uponY' "0h,
yes. l can nevcr spend all I have.
But have n pride In my work. I must
keep on increasing the size of my bust
ness" SO year by year he works. He
never thinks OF the spiritual welfare
OF his c,:"!o-c2s. lie never thinks of
the good lie coUld Go with his money.
He never Identifies himself with any
philanthrcpic movement. for which his
business training has so marvelously
fitted him. Eut ne works on piling up
his gold u3til his health begins TO
break. One day he goes to the doctor,
and the physician says, my friend if
you Go not stop working you will die"
'sThen die | must" he answers, "for
my business is my life" Are you to-
| day In your devotion to business doing
any differently from the PhRrisees and
the publlcans? In what way have you
ever let your money rebound to the
cause OF Christi Show me any differ
ence IL you can between yourself and
the selfish. mercenary man OF the
world. There is absolutely none.
You say that your love for gold does
not diminish your love for God. Well,
we will grant this II you will answer
Alright two or three questions. For
some years have heard you denounce
some of the leading financiers of our
great trusts or business monopolies as
collection of thieves and robbers.
You say these men have done more to
| debauch our legislatures ard Judiciary
and to undermine the moral and spir-
itual life of our country than any other
single means during the last century.
Suppose you had grounds for your
statement and that what you said was
true. The highwayman who places
the pistol TO the forehead OF the pedes-
TRAN and demands that he surrender
his all is not more of n scoundrel than
/ Is the man at the head of n monopoly
| who brushes the opposition OF his rival,
but now that he Is -between the mill
stones himself who has your SYM
patty?
The Sin of the Monopolist.
But though the evils of these trust
monopolies may be all that you depict,
answer me this question: Suppose that
today one of these trust magnates
should offer 10 give you stock I'm his
company worth 100000. would you
take it? Then suppose this stock paid
an annual dividend of 80 per cent.
would ycu at once dispose OF Il he
cause il was made out of the wreck of
other fortunes? Or take anothei. illus.
| tration: Suppose next Sunday morning
| by breaking the laws OF the Sabbath
day you could sell piece of real es-
tate and make 81, 800 on the deal, would
you stay away from the house OF God
In order to 90 il? How Is your life
| different in Il financial way from
| that of the man OF the world? If you
could make enough money thereby
would YOU not lie willing to compro.
mise your public pledges TO your Lord
Jesus Christ?
But there Is another question I wish
to ask: What are you doing as a Chris
tian patrioti How are you Different
from the men OF the world in this re
spect? Are you thinking OF your coun,
try only ms social organism whose
business II is TO protect you and care
for you and benefit you, or are yor
thinking of II and planning for It as O
great Christian government which car
| protect all Its own and be a mighty In
ternational power which can help draw
all the human race to Christ?
The Asiatie Question.
Even from the standpoint OF the M
tion you can honor or dishonor the
cross OF Christ. Take, for Instance. thu
Asiatic immigration question, which (.
upheaving the Pacific coast. And
mark you, ] am not today simply nj
iuding to the Asiatic immigration int
the United Statrs only. for Canada 4
in the same crisis. "Stop those Japa
nese and Cinnamon and Hindoos com
ing into Vancouver cry the British
colonists. "Stop those Japanese ant
Cinnamon coming into the Colder
Gate" cry Washington and Oregon
and California. Why, why, why, stoI
them? oh" answers the Caucasian
race, they SKILL overrun us like rats
They will crowd our Iaborers to tn,
wall This Is n white mans country
to be Inhabited only by white men,
But Is this white mans country I,
be saved only for white men? wha
do you think Jesus Christ would sa,
II he were asked about this immigra Ito,
problem: Do you believe he woult
say: Send your merchantmen and sol
oilers to foreign lands, England ans
Germany and France and America
Fight among yourselves for the Asiati
trade, but keep all the yellow skinned
and the black skinned Asiatics out O.
your own lands?"
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