El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Money Worshipping
Men Are Failures
when Men Sacrifice NObIer Amhf-
ton TO Greed for Gold They
Lose the Best in Life.
BY MADISON G. PETERS.
Copyright. 1917. By Madison G. Petss

~ OLOMON said Money auswereth
all things" It commands the
- Injuries Of life, it purchases g.
cisl distinction; it buys political hon
ors; it procures honorary degrees. Il
presides in great assemblies, IL is hon
ored with public ovations, it hires sIo-
quence paid to eulogize IT: the pens
OF ready writers run freely in It's
praise: it attains high position in So
ciety and in the church, Transforming
ounces into oracIes, clowns into gen
tlemen and scoundrels into santa
Is It strange that what Is so I'm
menseiy valued should be so intently
pursued?
A man nowadays IS doing welIs
when he is making money-money
gathering. money changing is our ever
beginning, never ending pursuit
When a mans ambition never rises
above making money. when the heart
beneath the Detrifying touch OF gold.
becomes hard as the trOdden way,
when by constant and long continued
suppression Of all his nobler emotions
and aspirations. the soul dwindles into
littleness and all that is left becomes
dry and shrivelled as a withered leaf.
when the man becomes merely a cash
register. he is lost
All honor to the man who tolls that
he may render TO every man his due
and keep himself and family from
want but the case is widely different
when the object Of his toll is lust TO
get rich and get there quick. by hook
or crook and either is far from being
straight
That a spectacle. witnessed on every
hand a man burdened with cares,
feverish with anxiety and leading
himself with burdens which bow him
10 the earth. feverish with anLieties,
taxes all his powers 10 the utmost. 50
absorbed in business he can never
read a book, OF think Of God. labOring
with body and mind until the brain
is racked and health shattered grind.
grind. grind. until death puts an end
TO the wear and tear
Becomes Human sponge
Necessity does not compel him. He
has enough and to spare but like the
horse leech, he cries More More
Like the sponge he just absorbs and
never gives Up anything unless he -
squeezed so hard he can't help him
self
Think OF his conduct. not in the
light Of eternity. just in that Of com
mon Eense--is he not a foOl7 He works
so hard he insists that he may sooner
enjoy ease But when he does retire
shattered health disqualifies him for
the enjoyment Of his leisure
Inactivity after such activity BE-
comes intolerant-With henevolence
he has no sympathy He can deal with
men only on commercial principles-
having had no time through the years
TO read books II is too late to COM
msnce now Worth a million dollars-
but his life is a failure Poor fool
He converted into a curse that labor
which III properly regulated would
have proved throughout life a sourcs
Of enjoyment and a discipline for the
higher duties and privileges OF the life
that is to come
Except for his own purposes this
devotee Of mammon might as vel
have had no mind There might
as well have been no God as he has no
time 20 give him thought
Worse Than a Defective.
He is worse than defective When
the noblest faculties Of a mans na-
ture are thus permitted 20 lie in dis
use he is a wreck He fails in the
highest Of all relations that which
qualify him for service TO society for
walking with and enjoying God. that
which lifts him from a creature bona
down with toll into a being allied with
the angels. capable OF realizing the
inirisible. OF dwelling In the Infinite.
Of holding communion with and being
inspired BY the divine-that which
fits him for Immortality, makes him
the heir Of all the ages and Of all the
worlds Can millions Of money com
peusate for this loss2