The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-08
SENIOR ROckEFElLER
AMONG the SAINTS
The Chimes.

The Chimes.
A new saint awaits canonization.
Let all men take heart. For in these
days of consuming workllaness one
man has escaped the worlds slow
stain. and lives in all the purity Of
heaven And that man, as the Denver
Post in a very sunburst Of simple and
moving eloquence has recently noti-
fed US. is ''the blessed old John d.
Rockefeller. Who can but admire
tho ripe old saint. yea, who can but
be moved to do him reverence. as the
paper with = heart and soul SO deftly
crowna him with an aureoAe OF holy
light! "He is ever listening for the
Masters Voice and to 1t and doing
the Masters Work. i. in spite
of every unkind, untrue thing said
about him. he remains the same quiet.
peaceful, amiable, forgivin9, Chris
tian gentleman. and Gods best stew
ard in all the world"
Let all mocking. envious, villifying
tongues be silenced in the presence
of this saintllness. So commands the
Post. and SO says the writer with =
profound Amen II Mr.. Rockefeller
has ripened into such crystal fault
lessness. II his private life is so
bhmeAess. his motives so pure. his
heart so generous, his spirit so chaste.
as the Post represents. then the
writer is ready to say with tho ut
most sincerity, that no less truly than
in the case Of the blessed Francis and
the devout Thomas. he does exhale
the very odor Of sanctity. and only
the mean and spiteful will protest
his cancellation.
But the writer. much as he adznirss
the Posts generous appreciation, can
not allow the conclusions Of the
Posts reasoning. In the first place.
he suspects = fault in the theology.
which explains Mr. Rockefellers mil.
lions as the deliberate beatowal OF
Heaven. The ono man God found in
His wisdom who would mako tho best
steward to handle his millions was
John D. Rockefeller. and 1t was no
doubt for this reason that he made
him the richest man who ever lived"
Now. It is "A matter of rather COM
mon knowledge that Mr.. Rockefeller:
millions, at least in the earlier years.
were accumulated by methods. which
the God of even-handed justice is not
ordinarily thought to employ. Con-
sequently. 1t seems unfair to charge
the Lord with the responsibility OF
putting all this wealth in the keeping
Of the great money-king. If He has
done this. how. for instance in the
Day Of Judgment can He look upon
the faces Of Mr.. Rockefellers weaker
rivals, who through the unfair man
ipuhtion Of railroad rates were
crowded TO the wall7 No. this theol-
ogy seems open to serious exceptions.
A second exception. which should
be filed. is to the doctrine that
mans goodness Is to be measured by
the amounts he gives away with no
regard to the methods by which he
came into possession of his gifts.
After triumphantly declaring that
the great oil-magnate has given away
at least half Of his fortune. with
withering disdain the Post turns to
inauire: I've wonder if any Of his
critics have proportionately done SC
much! Have you given away half Of
YOUR fortune whatever it may be, lit
tie or big? Robin Hood and Little
John. who in the merry days OF Ole
used to take ton of travellers in Sher'
wood Forest. enjoyed famous repu
tatfon for generosity to the poor
Many a hungry peasant family. tina
could not venture to get deer fo
itself. on account of the severe law
against poaching, found a deer
dressed and ready. on its doorstep
and the grateful peasants knew tina
the good Robin was about. Yet II
spite of their admirable generosit!
It has been the misfortune of Robil
and Little John not to outlive tn
memory that they were highwaymen
II General Villa, after living oil tn
Mexican countryside for . series o
wears, should yet turn philAnthropist