The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-28

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lie one. The Pastor is in the sixties.
white-haired. and of kindly. earnest
speech which convinces the hearer Of
his sincerity. He said:
One of old prayed. "Glve me neither
poverty nor riches: - lest be full.
and deny Thee. and say. Who is the
Lord? or lest be poor. and steal. and
take the name Of the Lord my God In
VAIN proverbs 30:S, % Great riches
have come to the world within the
past sixty years, especially in Europe
and America. Instead Of the hearts Of
the prosperous uplifting with gratitude
to God. the tendency seems to be away
from God. and especially AWAY from
His Son. and away from nil special
thought Of share in His redemptive
work. or need Of It. The pleasures
of this life crowd out all pleasure
In respect to future hopes and pros
poets.
There was time when niserlineSs
and boarding seemed to have control
Of all business men. But with the
growth OF wealth have come snner and
more reasonable views Of justice. The
folly Of merely. accommodating money
and leaving It to others to sluander
has impressed men OF wealth The
rich Of America md Europe are giving
themselves more leisure in the prime
Of life. aud giving room for others to
take their places In the commercial
world. However. especially In ;Ameri.
ca. there seems 10 be u reStleSsnrsS
which. turned aside from business.
leads into headlong pleasure.secklng.
1t cannot be disputed that activity Is
life. that inactivity spells death. None
could wish that our great business men
would become sluggarlS. Our wish
should rather be that their maturcr
years might be gratuitOusly devoted to
the promotion Of phitnnthropic plans
for the aid of the lower classes. along
social and economic lines. 1t Is our
conviction that millions OF money he.
sides their own would flow into such
hands for disbursement along broadly
economic lines. The motives would
be distrusted unless the projects were
conducted on the highest plane Of be.
nevoience. with open accounts.
There is room for such benevolences
In every land. but nowhere IN It more
needed thun in countries under British
and American control-wbere CONNER.
cinlism has absorbed some Of the ahlcst
talent. leaving comparatively little op.
portunity for the less progressive. All
over Great Britain and Ia nearly every
state of the Union there are splendid
opportunities for such benefcent
works. When these civilized lands
have been blessed. there are the teem-
ing millions in India. which merely
exist under conditions not At for n
good dog.
All these arc our brethren Of the one
blood. St Paul declares. No one will
dispute the necessities Of the case. The
sympathetic are greatly appalled, with
the thought of the amount of money
and labor that would be necessary to
cope with the conditions. Methinks
that Heaven looks interestedly on to
note how our showers OF blessings and
riches are affecting our hearts, said the
Pastor.
The Responsibility Of knowledge and
Riches.
I am not Judging the wealthy. l am
merely sounding note of warning. ny
the Apostle Paul urged, saying, Warn
those who are rich In this world that
they trust not In uncertain riches. q
Timothy G:1T.) believe that amongst
the rich there are many noble. bcnevo.
lent Christian hearts which are in per.
plexity rs to what to do or not to do.
with their time and their riches. ] am
merely Offering suggestions 5lsed upon
my observation In all parts Of the
world. The need is tremendous
1t seems to me that the Lord. In
pouring upon the professed Christian
people SO great wealth us has come to
them in recent years. is proving them.
testing them. Inasmuch as they do
or do not do according TO their oppor.
tunities and Judgment. they will hear
or not hear the Masters well done.
thou good and raithful servant" Let
us make no B!stake. The poor and
less prosperous and less educated are
fast following the example set by the
satisfied, Pleasure.sceklng is the trend
If the whole world. God IL being for.
gotten by the poorer, MS well Ms by the
Weather. and the end OF tie lane II