Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-14

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, Give 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 3O:s, o. 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 all special
thought Of a share in His redemptive
work, or a need of It. The pleasures
of this life crowd out all pleasure
in respect to future hopes and pros
poets.
There was a time when miserliness
and boarding seemed to have control
of all business men. But with the
growth of wealth have come saner and
more reasonable views Of justice. The
folly Of merely accumulating money
and leaving it to others to squander
has impressed men Of wealth The
rich of America and Europe are giving
themselves more leisure In the prime
of life. and giving room for others to
take their places in the commercial
world. However, especially in Amerl-
ca. there seems to be a restlessness
which, turned aside from business
leads into headlong pleasure-seeklng'
1t cannot be disputed that activity Is
life that inactivity spells death. None
could wish that our great business men
would become sluggards. Our wish
should rather be that their maturer
wears might be gratuitously devoted TO
tbe promotion Of phllanthropic plans
for the MD of the lower classes along
social and economic lines. 1t Is our
conviction that millions of money De-
sides their own would flow into sucn
hands for disbursement along broadly
economic lines. The motives would
no dlstrusted unless the projects were
conducted on the highest plane OF De-
nevolence. with open accounts
There Is room for such beneyolences
in every land. but nowhere Is 1t more
needed than in countries under BRUSH
and American control-where CONNER
ciolism has absorbed some Of the ablest
talent leaving comparatively little op-
nortunity for the less progressive All
over Great Britain and in nearly every
state of the Union there are splendid
onnortunities for such benencent
works When these civilized lands
have been blessed. there are the TEEN
inr millions in India, which merely
exist under conditions not 1T ior d
good dog
All these are our brethren OF the ont
blood. ST. Paul declares. No one VIII
dispute the necessities Of the case Inc I
sympathetlc are greatly appalled, WIN
tba Thought of the amount OF money
and labor that would be necessary tC
cone with the conditions. Methlnk'
that Heaven looks interestedly on tl
note how our showers Of blessings anc
riches are affecting our hearts, saiu tn'
Pastor.
The Responsibility Of knowledge an'
Riches.
I am not Judging the wealthy an
merely sounding a note OF warning, a.
the Apostle Paul urged, saying, war;
those who are rich in this world ina
they trust not in uncertain riches 4
T,motbv 817) believe that amongs
the rich there are many noble. benevo
lent Christian hearts which are In per
plexity as to what to do or not 10 90
with their time and their riches an
merely Offering suggestions based upol
nv observation in all parts OF tn
world The need Is tremendous.
II seems to me that the LORD, Il
nourinr upon the professed Christian
people so great wealth as has come .
them in recent years, is proving then
testing them. Inasmuch AZ they o
or do not do according to their oppol
tunitIes and judgment, they wiz hea
or not hear the Masters We'll don'
thou good and faithful servanH Ia
us make no mistake. The poor an
less prosperous and less educated al
fast following the example Get by u
satisfied. Pieasure-seeking Is the uen
Of the whole world God is being 10
gotten by the poorer, as wen as BY q
Wealtbier. and the end Of the lane