The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-07
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greatly to reduce the cost of manu-
Gacture. The RUE worked out by Mr.. !
Carnegie is thought by many to be one
OF the best proofs OF his genius as !
manufacturer And il has been tho
roughly adopted by the men who, with
the Carnegie Steel Company as the
basis, created the United States Steel
Corporation.
For twenty years before David II.
Greer was elected bishop coadjutor of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
eastern New York he had a national
reputation as a pulpit orator, both in
Providence, II. l., which was one of
his earlier charges after his gradua
ton from an Ohio college, and at St
Bartholomew Church, New York,
which is the church of the Vanderbilts.
Doctor Greer never faced empty pews.
When it was known that he was to
preach every seat was taken, and inn
provised seats we're frequently neces-
sary.
Doctor Greer" It was once asked,
how do you explain the great hold
you have upon church-going people?
What rule, if any, have you adopted
as the basis for your sermons, to
which every one listens so attentively
and earnestly?"
There is one simple rule that have
endeavored to follow in all of my
speaking" was the rector's reply. by
observing it at all times, and by my
sincere belief in it's efficacy, l have
been able, l feel, to preach to the un-
derstanding Of my congregation, and
because of This rule always feel also
that l am reaching the hearts of my
hearers. l care very little for theologi
cal discussion, as you know, and the
reason is to be found in this simple
one of the new commandments Love
to God and love to man.. That simple
and eternal truth of Christianity
which is embodied in the new com
, mandments proclaimed by Jesus,
preach always and as effectively as
can"
The greatest banking institution il
the New World was, seventeen years
ago, a comparatively little nationa
bank, having only ten millions of de
posits. Out of that institution James
Stillman developed in fifteen years {
, bank which sometimes carried three
l hundred millions OF deposits and haC
r sixty millions of capital and surplus
3 In accomplishing this achievement MI
> StilIman who, before he became presi
I dent of the bank, had been not bank
: er but a cotton merchant, held to thi
G. fundamental rule of conduct, Organ
p cation, perfect organization, will az
complish all things" His rule is e1
- emplified in the career of his bank.
= ''Know the people, know the countr!
= know the markets." is the rule which
= faithfully followed finally made W
: c. Brown president of one of Amer
!. cas- great trunk lines. Mr.. Brow
y. was trained for his career as presider
/, of the New York Central in the Yves
especially in Iowa and contiguou
:. states, and there, even when he ws
in lowly positions, he began unco
sciously practising the rule which he
led to his acquiring probably a create
body Of information, statistical an
general, respecting people, what the
produce and what the markets are fl
= their products, than any other railros
president of the United States, excep
;. ing, possibly, James J. Hill. 1t wf
the possession of this encycloped
knowledge that caused the decision
= be made in his favor when the Va