The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-26

what 1t going to happen to the rich
man. OF course there are preachers
and churches where the dough speaks
louder than anything else, but there
are in the minority and only empha.
size the equality and humility of the
rest.
| have never been an enemy to the
rich man, per so. AS a general rule
the man who has had the ability to
get rich is u nan of parts, and they
are not all bad. 1t is only when he has
handled p~nclean money that he is any
! different from the mechanic who works
like a slave to pay the freight. Even
then there is no need to worry about
his present or future state. II his veal.
I'll has been gained dishonesty 1t will
do him no good. lie will be subject to
infinite torture in holding ON to IL and
getting more, and when the old man
finally reaches out for him, he will
sicken aud die just the same as though
he had worn half.solcs on his pants
for years. When the principle we call
life fades from his carcass, his spirit
will slide gracefully down creased skids
10 the hottest corner of the trying ket.
ties. His money won Z save him, and
all his requests, whether made before
or after the change, won't lift n half
inch out of this particular section of
hell. lie is to be pitied when he shuts
out of his life all that il lea to the
plain old common man. who has TO rus
tie for his bacon, but who chews his
W. tobacco, pays his own debts aud
attends TO his own business. If he
yearns for it, aud wants to try to make
himself believe that he is all right
spiritually, his sO.called benefactors
may in some inscrutablc way do good
in other directions. II il makes him
feel better, let him buy his preachers,
annex his churches and steer around
generally, as 1t is really not worth while
worrying about his so.called "sinister
influence Also let the laboring man
stay away from prayer meetings and 90
fishing ii he wants to. II were better
for him TO do so if he really believes
that the church has no place for him.
If he keeps his heart clean, pays his
debts and attends TO his own business,
Il will tie all the same in the long run.
Speaking of what life holds for the
very rich, tine recent visit of Mrs. Rus.
sell Sage TO the Southwest, during
which she gave away "A few thousands
of the millions amassed by her husband.
The poor old woman il trying to do
some good with the treasure which was
amassed by her husband with no good
purpose whatever, and it is pathetic to
read of her c%agerness to do as much
good as il is possible with it before it
is too late. Perhaps il will square
things with the big judge. l don t
know. When it comes To solving the
purpose of the creation of such libels
of God masterpiece, you can search
me. | don sabe. All men are sup.
posed to be- created for some useful
purpose, but what useful purpose this
particular miser was meant for is not
recorded. There Was no sorrow when he
regretfully checked his last breath and
went to face the Judgment, if there is
any such thing. Unloved, unloving,
adding no smile to the face OF human.
ity, denying himself and others as well
the simplest comforts and pleasures of
life, he passed the portals unprepared,
unwept ana unsung. IL is ala very well
TO say that he was a long time Christ.
ian, and was ready for the translating
glory. You are not talking to me. God
Almighty never put any man or this
earth to be a hog. lie made four foot.
ed animals for that purpose. The pur.
pose of the human life is to be happy
and make others happy, two goals new.
er reached by Sage. Never in his wcaz'
ened distorted heart was there the mus.
zeal echo that follows the laugh of n
child, or the mellow glow hat comes
from the simplest effort to lift the other
fellows load. To my mind any state.
ment that such a travesty on the di.
vine plan is among the redeemed h
poppyeock of the sixty.fourth degree.
As age draws on, the conviction grows
with me that if u man attains salvation
granting there is such a thing, it must
be on account of the good he has done,
and the effort he has made TO make the
world better and filter to live In. No