Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
CLERGYMAN RAPS
SNObS AND MONEY
CHASERS IN SERMON
REV. cHESSMAN, AT BAPTIST
CHURCH, ASSAiLS IDLE RlCp
AND woRsHiPERs OF GoLDEt
CALF IN DISCOURSE ON "WHAT
ARE YOU LIVING FOR?"

iHo Jusillldpiy SDcdIeu SHt DDS
American and the money chaser wer
strongly arraigned last night by Rev
w. Chessmann in his sermon at tn
Baptist Church, when he spoke on tn,
caption, What Are You Living For?
The service opened with the siugin
OF Miss Nettie Ellsworths song, "Th
Brook by the Way" by Miss Ma
Todd
Launching upon his subject, Re
Chessman said in part
On the stage of the world Tn
actors are ever changing, generado'
following generation. Men have on
earthly life TO live, and it is a VIII
question what to live for What i
most worth while? What shall
aim at? What shall we give our live
TO accomplish? 1t is an ntensel
vital and practical question.
Some are living to get 1t is tn
all-absorbing passion. eclipsing every
thing else. Many are completely in
mersed in the requirement of .hing
A shoe manufacturer ! knew was a.
vised by his physician to take a VI;
cation. AS he journey on the train I,
did not pass town without wonde
ing If his shoes We're sold their II
spent most of his time on his vaci
ton Keeping in touch with his bus
ness. He told his pastor afterwar
these things. and the pastor told m
this man was all business and none
making. IL ran away with him cor
pletely. 1t crowded out everythin
else. He lived to make money
'1Some are living for selfish enjD'
ment. Their wealth, earned or il
herited, is used 70 purchase plcasur,
They entertain no ideas OF Christia
stewardship; there is no sense Of a,
countability for the use of the
money. 1t is theirs to do as the
please with it, They are globe tro
ters, good livors and lovers Of luz
ries which they indulge to The ful
The idea of using their money
bless humanity is alien to their thin
Ing. Others lacking wealth are. ne,
ertheless. seekers of selfish pleasure
Many young people regard the end o
living to be good time, perpetua
whirl Of pleasure. We all like fun
the church does not taboo it. 81
when fun Is all 1t works disaster in
life. Young people who spend A
their marginal time auto riding, dan
ing, theater going and the like, witt
no idea of mind and soul improvement
with no desire for good books; VII
regard Sunday school and the churc
as bores, what have they left whe
the glow goes from their checks ant
the sparkle of youth from their eyes
There is left shallow mind and
shriveled soul
Some are living for the purpose {
achieving or maintaining social amh
tons. Nothing transcends being to
notchers in the socia! set, moving COZ
spicuously in the circle of the ci,
somebodies, hobnobhing with the elit.
and plutocrats. | know woman bac
east who married. a man of mean
and Immediately set her heart
being somebody She had the hOus
and furnishings and the clothes. Sh
paid cash to have an expert trace he
back to the revolution, which he die
Then she Joined the d. A. II. Her pas
sion was to lead the social set Sh'
enviea anyone with superior claims
She was jealous of other women
the city Her life was poisoned anC
spoiled by reason of her frenzied an
billions and artificial manners. Charlie.
Wagner's Simple Life was prompte
by such living.
1T borders on tragedy when mer
girls and boys are contaminated wit
the un-American aristocratic ambi
ton They ape their elders The,
have their select circles open only &
bluebloods and fat pocketbooks
Thank God. American sentiment is
against that thing. Only snobs refus,
to recognize as equals people in the
ranks who are clean and upright.
Some are living for others. They
are living to serve. They are inves:
ing their lives to make better world
The contagion of the Christ is eff
cacious in them. Like Christ. who
was in the midst of men as one VIII
serves, they seek to live fraternally.
helpfully and specifically with their
fellows. Having the Christ love in
their hearts they seek to ease the
worlds burdens, minister to the
worlds needs, share the words sor
rows and lead men from their sins.
God made us to be like Himself. to
live His life, to promote His empire
of love and brotherhood and we can.
not be truly happy unless we are liv-
ing for that. The three parallels in
Matthew % teach the calamity that
results when people miss out in the
end of existence, when life's divinely
appointed tasks are unfulflled. To
live for God and cooperation with
Him in making better world is the
summum bonum."
Speaks on League of Nations.
At the Congregational Church the