The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-07
WORTH ALL THE REST
THE TESTIMONY OF THE
WORLDS RICHEST Man.

The Remarkable Statement Made il
His Will by j. Pierpont Morgan
the Great Financier.
It is doubtful if the will of any
man who has died in the last decade
has been so widely discussed as that
Of the late J. PierponE Morgan, says
The Greenville Piedmont. This Was
| not because of the disposition which
he made of his money and estate.
The partition was about as expected.
The amount left was not surprising
The portion Of the will which has
caused the discussion is this para
graph:
81 commit my soul into the kaads
of my Savior, in full confidence That
having redeemed it and washed it in
His precious blood, He will present it
faultless before the throne Of our
Heavenly Father; and I entreat my
children to maintain and defend at
all hazard and at any cost Of per-
sonal sacrifice the blessed doctrine of
complete atonement for sin through
the blood Of Jesus, once offered, and
through that alone"
Many sermons have been preach
ed over the country upon this will.
The view taken by all is that it is a
notable tribute to christianity and
that, coming from the man who
probably controlled more money
than any other one man In the world,
it is sure to do good. DR.. James l..
Vance, pastor Of the First Presbyte-
.rian church of NashVill e, Tenn,
spoke Of Mr.. Morgan's will last Sun
day. Reading the paragraph quoted
above, he said:
This is the way the greatest fnan-
cier of his age writes his last will and
testament. This is what a multi
millionaire has to say of values. This
is the statement of rich man who
was not owned by his money, but
whose money was owned by him.
This is the profound conviction OF
one who had all that the world
could offer, and who tells US what is
really worth while. So far, as have
been able to learn, MT. Morgan's life
and character were in harmony with
the terms of his will. He was deeply
religious. It was his custom to visit
the church every day, and spend
while there. Sometimes his pastor
would find him there in prayer, some
times walking up and down the aisle
singing an ole hymn. One OF the
bishops of his church says he was the
most religious man he ever knew.
"Mr. Morgan declares his estimate
Of the value of salvation, the prec-
iousness of a personal hope in Jesus.
He was just sinner saved by grace.
He had what money cannot buy,
what the world can neither give nor
take away. How rich was he five
seconds after he died? Was he not
as rich as before? He was Infinitely
richer. Through death he came into
his own. Money was nothing. I'M
mortality was everything.
1.-THE most precious thing in the
world Is salvation; not money, not
stocks and bonds, not financial influ-
ence, not money earning capacity, not
pictures and rare books and works Of
art, but eternal life through Christ.
Do you believe it? 'Wha: shall Il
profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul? Would
you be willing to go to hell for mil
lion dollars? Would you be willing to
20 for a billion? Would you give up
the little hope you have for all the
money of Carnegie, Morgan, Rookie
Teller and the rest? If so, the mon
insanity has made you crazy. Let US
reconstruct our ideas and shake OH
the spell of greed, and refuse to sell
out for that which never can salts
fy.
"The great financier also declares
his estimate Of the value of the
atonement. He entreats his children
not to regard the millions Of money
he leaves, not to care for his marVe-
lous art collection, not to sustain his
charities and philanthropies, so much
as to maintain and defend at every
hazard and cost the doctrine of the
complete atonement for sin through
the blood of Jesus Christ once offer
ed. That is the most remarkable
statement ever made.in a human Will.
And yet some people. think that the
atonement has played out. And yet
here is a man who had studied much,
seen much, owned much, and who
comes back to say that there is moth
ing more precious than the doctrine
of the atonement.
"His statement is all the more re-
markable because Of the atmosphere
of commercialism in which he lived
and because for years he had min
ister who held very lax views about
the atonement. Perhaps this may
help to explain the statement in his
will. At any rate, his own faith was
unshaken, and with his dying hand
he writes this charge bidding those
who take his place to make it their
chief concern in life to defend the
atoning spirit of the Savior's death.
This is the key to Mr.. Morgan's
life-not Wall street, but a corner
in a pew in Christian church. If
you want to know what made him
there it is. II you would explain
his philanthropy, it is there. He was
essentially religious. There is no
philanthropic or charitable or Soc
iological work that is not built on re-
ligious convictions. We have many