Show from the lie waverly IV averly Al magazine agazine WEALTH AND I 1 BY BT PROF GRO U S lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven A celebrated man says ays s it is curious to look back on the fatal and universal prevalence of 9 gold old worship recorded in our races I 1 i history from froin the period when midas became its victim and th the boy chased the rainbow to find the pot of treasure buried it at its i ts foot to the days when the aleby mist offered his all a sacrifice on the altar of mammon until antil we reach the present time when altho the manner of 0 its worship 11 has changed the old idolatry remains in spirit the same another writer says the majority in 0 r ity in every community hold the I 1 almighty 1 h ty dollar I 1 in almost sacerdotal reverence it is nothing less than a universal passion pasion an american leprosy it is vile ft degrading rading 0 and loathsome money aloney rules church and state money brings votes and influence and also office 0 and wives money ioney A has stepped into the shoes of the old monarchy aristocracy des money aloney is the heroic tyrant of america there is no telling what money is is not it is everywhere in in i everything above everybody a grand mogul a terrible juggernaut 0 ger a cruel cominiti m NI moloch satan himself all in one and all at once parker exclaims money is gov verily wealth is notable and a nd money is i s a king among the princes of the earth Is a mn man rich he is evory every inch a man Is he poor woe unto him how dare he to show his diminished head when lacre is dominant over the world Is anything good and beautiful produced and submitted to the inspection of may m an what think ye is the most natural enquiry concerning 0 it iti why 1 cwi I 1 i x ax t ABL ax L h haw n w ganv ma nv dollars production of art and genius its delicacy and perfection are looked upon only in an abstract light its ita elegance and usefulness are of no no account unless it will pay does one man become another what question is usually first asked concerning each not enot how bright i is s h his 18 character how exalted his benevolence how noble his hia manhood or how bow much influence for the great and g od he be is exciting in behalf of his f fellow ellow creatures 0 I 1 nol no not these but how much is he be worth it how many idolla dollars rs will ball buy him in street or society business or pleasure tb the e usual topic is money wit with hits its borki workings in one shape or another it is something ng in in I 1 which all are interested it fosters and keeps up display ani shows off the innate vanity of the human heart its fictions and dazzling splendor compensates for the want and lack of everything else a and n d in direct ratio with the length 0 of a mans purse purse esthe is the respect awarded him I 1 la Is a marriage contemplated or consummated between a soia SOB and daughter of man I 1 I 1 the affair is commented upon in in accordance I 1 with the amount of wealth involved in it if plenty of eburne course it is a good match 1 if nt it is is a poor one scarcely is a thought I 1 adventure j as to whether they have the ability I 1 and disposition to make each other hap y or or labit habit is theirs theia no these the seare are but minor min or considers con considerations sidera eions and ana all the small talk is of money Is a professing If christian Jh ristian a stumbling block to thousands who witness his doings no matter if he pays liberally to the church and his name heads conspicuously divers religious and charitable papers followed by a good fat sum his transgressions are winked inked at his misdemeanors overlooked because he is a 1 prominent nt man 9 prominent really not because of his christian humility or general benevolence but bec because the cash bos is heavy or light as he wills it to be who among us but but can test testify fy to such facts as these who but will be compelled to acknowledge 0 that wealth is the great moving g spirit oi of the aie age gigantic powerful and domineering domin bering ee ring gold it seems as if there thera were some hidden magic in the trea treasure surd when in the ordinary course of lif life 0 we behold not only the sacrifice fearful f abfal and painful made for its attainment att ailment but the court cart paid p aid t the c homage I 1 matre rendered to its possessors by th those wh who 0 ave ho hope of i gaining bui g anything by their reverence for the mere name oi of wealth wea A I 1 AS soon as i plan a inco J begins begin to teel feel the importance of wealth abad the f future attire looms up bea before ore hini bun imposing and commanding or r unimportant and valueless ii ueless eless ai as in indis his vis vision ion wealth takes part in it theres nothing tj ta which man holds with as wealth there is I 1 which he will andu endure re go greaff phy physical sibel I 1 aau and I 1 ta mental hardship from north tp to south from east to west best he barges for lits I 1 its anis ignis light and when heskes he sees I 1 it i he is lind joau ellse I 1 5 wealth is power bower bublie ulio and I 1 private interests and enters ent erg largely into evi i ery scheme of man the rich man holds aloof ador abe and says I 1 1 i waja ami blittle and i the joer man mah with the instinctive derence ke reverence rence I 1 is often ate foiled force db b y I 1 to admit e iti it while his m manhood ki rises es find anda 1 1 within ham Par phantom itom of it ft 11 liea i I 1 1 fa I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 the love of gold is such a base passion that not a ichta bat will vill deny its presence within himself while li he blushes to know that what he be says is faue false while perhaps he is gloating silently over its gratification men prate dramatically 0 of their indi indifference I 1 ier to r money of g genius e and high big h gifts 1 instead i n of it and every heartthrob heart throb tells th that at their indifference ii is assumed and let genius fail to meet me et its As payments and have its notes protested a and aad ad you will soon see how highly they value it beside gold I 1 the pastor lectures his flook a upon on t the j he worthlessness and baseness olf of the love dve of gold saying it is the root of all evil and straightway leaves leates his pulpit to asso ciata with the w wealthiest of hib brethren breth renand jand sinks his voice in servile deference to the money kings Z among them while the brethren m may a stand aside is in the highway too happy i if f he e gets only a passing coldly studied nod or an imperious g gesture ealure merit and genius are tinkling 0 brass and sounding 0 cymbals in ill the world world at this daic compared with yellow dust I 1 alas that it should be so that greatness of goodness of heart and high imaginings ining a be held at so cheap a rate alas that the love of money should eat it up and destroy every lovely thing and aad sap away all the foundations of all that is glorious and godlike god like yet sd so it is the root of all the evil in the possession of cormoney money lies in the fact that it is loved for itself and the importance it brin brings ga not for the good it does or the tastes and aims it mill ministers aisters to this it is that makes the passion for it the most grovelling gro velling in existe existence nee were money valued as an adjunct to na tures gifts band blessings only and made the assistant assis tanti of and operator cooperator co with their and requirements it would then fill its appropriate sphere and perform the part of a benefactor to mankind but bat no not they must be wrapped and misused inis used that it may be supreme and paramount the world sings one song ever get money by fair means means or foul honest or dishonest only get it thank god there are some things that wealth with all its omnipotence cannot buy there are possessions which cannot be put on change 2 or lid bid off dent cent D per r cent honor genius goodness or br heart and benevolence the few noble and lion hearts of the world reverence these and fight man manfully ful against the mountains of prejudice rais raised by the god mammon humanity bestons bestows her sweetest smiles upon their manhood and angels will gladly own companionship with them true bravery and courage courage are not found at the cannons fire belt belching e ang mouth but among other places in combating an and exposing those errors of society chica retard our republicanism and which the divinity of man can find no sympathy with mans inner senise sense knows nothing in common with gold abstractedly considered but his physical i calben being ink is bound by the shackles of society jocys it Y so strongly and surely that it takes an almost superhuman e effort affo rt to burst the bonds and become free 1 all honor then to thoss those heroes of humanity who knowing and appreciating the right and the true fearlessly do it homage and cast from them tho the false arid and the 06 untrue I 1 mans godliness refuses anything fig 0 below the highest and nature cl Quickly falls into revolt when gold becomes her object MOMENT by different nations every day i in n the week is set apart for public worship sunday by the he christians monday by the grecian tuesday by the persians wednesday by the assyrians As syrians thursday by the egyptians friday by the turks saturday by th attio 1 E va t cl C l 1 a berent different hour and it becomes apparent N ii at every moment is is sunday somewhere di da a S su arg igeon eoll says thal hal I 1 lie die amp simple le elevation of a persons pe sotis arm arin will wiil stop the bleeding at the nose H HJ explains the fact physically aid ai d declares it a positive tive remedy it is cellai aly easy of trial |