The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-06


v. e w. Moore. presiding elder q
Tallahassee district. reoenlIy
hsd 3 eelg practical sermon at
evnri church, trssn which We ags
Knitted 70 make ths following ez-
c,
The rieh fooI. eet forth Ga p1Eable, has
ntfrn bean dafounced fog hrIlaing larg
- hte But take pleasure ln DE-
fnd,nF HIM g thlaVoEy point where ne
rFoa comnendation. We notice
af 10 one ever diaparagea bis Indus
I and thrift Had ha been 3 ldxys M
at man he would have been IS
fandlv denounced Ger e e. be has been
M bui|ding larger barne; but ali the de-
nmo'ation hes been reserved for bis
success IA Accommodating wealth, AND
yet nothing Is more clearly Get forth ~
atBro than the fact that We are not
dnig % mako 80 We can but % save 81
make. Code HAT ~ enlargement u
forth ~ that industry which brings
th thirty, sixty, and hundred
told IN TIE face % this, however, We
have people sweeping down upon this
indog Ions man and al others whose
In5cslry and thrift have been rewarded
with 81 Increase % capital.
Nov, while there b such a thing as q
wealthy tyrant who may deserye our
rordamnatiOn, there ls no sucn thing 90
tgfannous wealth. We may den0unce .
tFrant, but we exceedingly err when We
danounco him because be has wealth.
10 gwoop downOn q syndicate because
e Is q syndicate, or 9 corporation be-
cause It Is q corporation, OF q million
aife because he is q millionaire, ie to
betray g lack Of sound reason and %
commit the most egregious blunder.
Wealth ID q modern necessity - wealth
in the hands Of individuals or corpora
tiona. Sec what corporations God has
formed Ia Nature. Nature gathers up
TIE rain-drops into springs, riyulets,
rivers, oceans and seas, that their az
preRate power may turn our shops,
ogF mills. our factories, snd fioot
fhe commerce Of the world. Deep down
"a TIE earth lie the primeyal forests Of
past ages, which become the fuel bed
for the present generation. God piles
- fte granite rocks into vast hima-
ye aod covers their sides with con
led dew far Future demands Rays
~ We san incorporated into foods Of
t and kfresulng down upon brute,
va fO and toIling man, Nature gatn-
ell fhe dust 81 the earth into vast bills
d raountain ranges that che may con.
eoal h their ample sides both silver anc
sold Tor the Inhabitants Of this world.
rtrgwhore We look Nature speaks Of
ha accumhlaiiong and agaregak ions.
HoW ahaII We cav 10 the sn0Wnakes
ttep ere cruel N they combine; to the
W drOps. they are e1ecrable II they
cbnrfal ln mesa oflce; % the coal beds,
fheV ahonId 90 back, oach tree, 70 sin
aIe Dle1eednosa. "a the corporate gold.
SHOULD b scattered abroad ia equai
ntrIhriion under every NAME foot;
of - the drops of water, they should
oI4a their ucoou-Wealth and leave
fna asIca Of commerce forever stranded.
haIl We cay alI thiaI Then farewell %
~ neillt6s of the prcaent sgtl Many Of
tie nuhlic utilities and e0nvenlcneee
wh'ch We regard e. Indispensable ere
t4e fruits 81 aecannulalIon8 ard aRgre-
hnioht o. Wealth. Suppose that ell
1,8 have "a eouaI number 81 coli1ras
81 ether N'Urfs. let che wealth 81 the
country - evonIQ Distributed, 90 that
,here niould IS 10 such thing 81
dbl then tto tuidlng Of q rail-
rlad. tie construction 81 3 steamboat
La. nnf ihs buil6ing og a0gpitala would
hee1nse every ran'o buaInee8, and We
Know that tswhetg every mana buBi-
n II nbh0fF'a b1GIneE1 and hence
so1a 81 these public utilities Uond egef
~ cart GO enjoy. 1hea welcome - The
oney niaeilaie ard he corporation.
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