T* The Christian Sun. IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY; IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY; - . . IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY. VOL. XLIII. RALEIGH, N. & THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1890. T NUMBER 19. The Christian sun. renms of subscription t (OAM III ADTAIOB.) One year, pontage Inoloded....O Slxmmtn*. • “ .... \ 0* re ima of aovbrtusns » Ojo square, ten line*, flnt Insertion ,$i o For each gj'weqnent Inaertlon.. One square three months..... ft One square six months.8 One square twelve months.16 Advertisers changing weekly mu t make a special agreement Yearly advertiser* will pay monthly or quarterly In advanee. Transient advertisements to be paid tor on fa 88 8 The Christian Sun. PUBLISHED EVBY THURSDAY BY R*v. J. PRESSLEY BARRET: OUR PRINCIPLES: t. The Lord .) esus Christ is the only Head of the Church. The name Christian, to the exclusion of all party or sectarian names. 3. The Holy Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, a sufficient ule of faith and p-actice. 4 Christian character, or vital piety, the i,nly test of fellowship or membership. S. The right of private judgment and tlie libtrty ,»f conscience, the privilege and duty o'. all. THE EDITORIAL CIRCLE. Dr. Schafft Dr. Philip Schaff, ot New York, is going over to Rome to spend three months in studying the library at the Vatican. This trip will be of great value to the cause ol sacred learning. Dr. Schaff is one of the beat and safest tcbolais living.— Wettem Recorder Drawing a Salary Only: A pries’ recently published in the Tribnna an article that attracted a gooff deal Ol attention He stated that there are in Rome no less than 500 prelates and monngnori, who did nothing but draw a monthly salary of 1,000 to 1,500 francs, and five hundred oilier ecclesiastics of the higher orders dotW nothing, who drew from 700 to 1,000 Irancs a month.—Independent. Brooks and Moody: Phillips Brooks, the distinguished Episcopal preacher < f Boston, recent ly spent a week in New York, where be preached a noon sermon each day to overflowing congregations. Mr. Moody was there at the same time, and so great was the pressure to hear him In another part of the city, even by ticket, \b*t a second service was held half an hour later in another church, Mr. Moody repeating his ser mon each day.—Exchange. And He is Open in Communion: Mr. Spurgeon returned, Feb. 3, from bia annual visit to Mentone. He says that while there be wrote com ments day by day on the Gospel of Matthew. Also that ‘ each Sabbath the gathering at the breaking ot bread consisted ot members of all theChurcb es, and of many nationalities.*’—Bap tint and Reflector. Mr. Spurgeon is the most distinguished and successful Baptist preacher in the world-and he is an open communionist. A Man’s Diet: The Roman soldiers who built such wonderful roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage that wouk) crush the average farm-hand,lived on coarse bread and sour wine. They were tem perate in diet, regular and constant in exercise. The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, yet eats only his black bread unions, and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives. He eats no beef, pork, or mutton, yet be walks off with his load of eight hundred pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more active, and can endure more than the Nrgro, fed on fat meat. —Philadelphia Record. Where the Danger is: ll is always beet to avoid danger if possible, therefore there is one rule which ought to be taught in every school in the United States, and that is, never lift a wire off the ground. As long as it is on the ground it is harmless, no matter what pressure may be on it. The moment it leaves the ground it may be dangerous. If . it is in the way of traffic you can safe ly pull it across the street with your foot, then put your foot on it and bold it on the ground and it cannot hurt yon, but do not lift it. Never touch a wire tied on a pole. It may not be dangerous, but it is like the unloaded gun, it may kill you'.—Xtw York Tele gram. **• A New School Idea: Chicago proposes a new feature in her public school system: .Vmairon is to be engaged tor every school building, to look after the physical welfare of the pupils in such matters as damp feet, insufficient clothing, and uncleanly ha hits, and to see that delicate children or those with con sumptive tendencies, are not seated where the draft from doors or windows will strike them. In view of the fact that a strong body is even more essen tial than education in the race for sue cess in life, and that it is a great aid to the working of a sound, healthy mind, this Chicago reform seems to be an important step in the right di rection.— Ventral Methodist. A Double Heait: The Mercer County Medical Society devoted the better part of its session in Trenton, N. J, to the examination of William King, a colored citizen, with two hearts.' He is about forty y" three years of age, snd the examina tion proved that he bad a double heart, like that found in some ot tbe lower animals. lie has wonderful control over tbe blooripumping organa, and, to sl>ow bis powers, caused bis heart and pulse to cease beating for sixty seconds. He claims that *•* discovered his double ht®taie ue was about six months old. Tbe doc tors consider it one of tbe nineteenth century wonders,—Louis Republic. The Longest Day: At London, England, and Bremen, Prussia, tbe longest day bas 10$ hours. Ai Stockholm, Sweden,It is 18$ hours in length At Hamburg, in Germany, a- d Dantzie, in Prussia, tbe longest day bas 17 hours. At Si. Peershurg, Russia, and Tobolsk, Siberia, tbe longest is 19 hours and the shortest 5 hours At Tornea, Finland, June 21 brings a day nearly 22 hours long,and Christmas one less than 3 hours in length. At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day lasts from May 21 to July 22,witboutinterruption,and in Spitzber gen the longest day is 3$montbs. At St. Louis tbe longest day is somewhat less than 15 hours, and at Montreal, Cana da, it is 16.—at. Loui* Republic. Self-Supporting: Various opinions have been express ed as to the wisdom of Bishop Wm. Taylor’s movement along the line of self supporting missionary effort. Different reports, some favorable and some unfavorable, have been circulat ed about it, but he has held on to his policy, aud now a ten years' experi ment is entitled tomueb consideration. The following suroirary of tbe work of the decade certainly speaks greatly to his credit: “During the past ten years about $120,000 have been invested in building colleges, schools,and church es, and furnishing them. During these ten years over twenty missionaries have been constantly at work, and there are now twenty eight or twenty nine in the field. All have had self support, and some of the stations have bad $20,000 surplus over selfsupport, a’l of which has been invested in the work. Hundreds have been converted Several of the converts are now mis sionary teachers in the mission school. Thousands are under the in fluence ol the missionaries.’ — Prrsby trrian Observer. The Lutherans. The Lutheran Almanac and Year Book for 1890 states that in fourteen leading cities in ths United States there are 154 Lutheran churches. The same authority, speaking of this Church, says: “She is by far the lar gest Protestant Church in the world. The very name Protestant’ originated with her. There are fifty millions or more bearing the name Lutheran. The people of our Church are found chiefly in Germany. Austria, Russia, Den mark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ice land, Holland, France, England, E >st and West Indies, European Turkey. South America, Abica, Madagascar. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and United States of America, while there are scattered congregations in nearly every other country in the world to which Christianity has extended."The American Baptist Year Book <or 1890 gives large figures lor the Regular Baptists in the United States. They have 21,175 ordained ministers, 33, 588 churches, and 1,079,047 members. These figures include white and color ed, Northern and Southern Baptists. The nnrnbor of baptisms last year wa9 144,575. The; have 17,096 .Sunday school, with 1.158,665 pupils; the value of their church property is $53 568,502, and the aggregate ol their contributions last year was $9,363,377. —Independent. Here is the test with every man, whether money is the principal object with him or not 11 in mid-lile he could pause and say: “Now I have enough to live upon, I'll live upon it, and having well earned it, I will aluo well spend it, and go out ot the world poor as 1 came into it," then money is nothe principal object with him; but if having enough to live upon in the manner befitting bis character and rank, he still wants to make more, and to die rich, then money is the princi pal object with him, and it hcuomos a curse to himself, and generally to those who spend it af'er him. For von know it must bt spent some day; the only question is whether the man who makes it shall spend it or some one else. And generti'ly H is hei'er! for the maker to spend it, lor he wdl know bed its value and use. This is the true law of life.—John Rusk-in. OUB LIGHT HOUSE. “Let th* lower lights le burning." How to Make People Good. To try too bard to make people good ia one way to make them worse; the only way to make good is to he good—remembering well the beam and the mote. The time for speaking comes rarely; the time for beiDg never departs. Georre Macdonald. When to say Grace. 1 own .that 1 am inclined to say graee upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. 1 want a lorm for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or lor a solved problem. Charles Lamb. Be Mot too Hasty. Be not, loo hasty in judging that things are unnecessary because thou hast not seen them; or else thou may esi condemn the living experience of many who have known far more ot the love of God, and ot bis requiring?, than tli\self. Job Smith. How Wesley and the Devil Agree. The devil does not like field-preach ing; neither do 1.1 love a commodious room, a soft cuslnoD,a handsome pul pit; but where is my zeal if 1 do not trample all these under foot, in order to save one more soul ? Three Parts. ‘•Mi dear young men, the humaD race may for practical purposes be divided into three parts: 1. Honest men, » ho mean to do right, and do it. 2. Knaves, who mean to do wrong, and doit. 3. Fools, who mean to do which ever of the two is pleasanter. And these last ma> be divided again into: Black fools, who would rather do wrong, but dare not, unless it is the fashion. Charles Kingsley. Better Than so Teacher. A leacher who comes late to the Sunday School may be better than no leacher at all; but such a teacher is not aa good a leacher as he ought to be, or a» he could be. The flf'eeD minutes before the school session be gins may be made the most impor'ftnt fifteen minutes of a teacher's work with and for his class. The teacher who loses these minutes loses a golden opportunity for the day; and, if in addition to those he loses the first fifteen minutes of the school hour, he is at a disadvantage that no word or skill of his will enable him to make good; H. (Ji.ay TauMBt i.t. Selfishness. Another force for evil is selfishness. Esau's selfishness was shorts’gl ted; he was hungry and tired,.and Ins appetite called for pottage. He thought little ofthe birthright, whose advantage* lay .in tin future. The present desire was bis only thought. Jacob, on »fie other hand, was longsighted m his selfishness, and took advantages of his brother’s weakness, but Jacob was as selfish a9 Esau. How many law suits come from this longsighted selfishness ? Brothers and sisters ought to guanl^iigainst this evil with care. Head the pa rub o of the rich fool, and you have a picture of the selfish man—the mau who pulls down his barns to build greater, that he may lay up for the future, though hundreds are perishing about him for lack of bread. A. 0. Dixon. “Stays Here Sundays.” A correspondent of the Watchman says: ‘‘We once received an anony mous letter from a woman, begging us to preach a sermon on the duty of fathers to speud some of their time at home. The good sister said: ‘My husband is off to bis business in the morning, before my children are up, and then comes home at night after they are in bed; so that be hardly haa a chance to become acquainted with 'i. ' bis own children.’ ’' And then apropos to bis point, he tells ibe following story: ‘ One of the business men of the kind described above, was passing a’ong the street, to bis Btore, when be saw one of bis little children, who bad risen very early to play ‘Hoops.' Ac costing the little one roughly, he said, ‘What are you doing bere? Go home.’ The little one being slow to obey, the father spanked him, and sent him into tbe house, - screaming indignantly. ‘Wbst is the matter ?’ said the mother, ‘Man bit me,’ rcpli* d the urchin. <Wbat man wai-it ?’ ‘That man that 8ta\s here Sundays.’” We know several business men who would be greally benefilled by reading and heed xnq that little story'. Backward Boys who Became Foremost Men. For the comfort of all parents ol “backward boys,’’ there is the story of one of the most illustrious men that ever lived, Sir Isaac Newton. We have bis own authority lor saying that he was extremely inattentive to his studies, and stood very low in bis school. At fifteen he was taken away from his books, and set by his mother to the useful work oi tilling the ground and disposing of its produce. But his love of study increased with the years; he returned to school, and was fitted for the university. “The history of science." says Sir David Brewster, trom whose biography of Newton these facts are taken, “affords many exam pips where tbe young aspirant had been early admitted into her mysteries, but he who was to give philosophy her laws did not exhibit such early laleut.’ “When Newton entered Trinity Col lege, Cauibiidge, he brought with him,'' continues the memoir, “a more slender portion of science than at his age falls to the lot of ordinary sehol ars. Cambridge was consequently the real birthplace of Newton's genius.' Sir Walter Scott was auother “hack ward boy.’' His autobiography tells us Hint he was behind the early classes in which he was placed, both in years and progress. “1 did not make any great figure at the high school in Edinburgh,’’ he says, “or at least any exertions 1 made were desultory, and little to be depended upon.'’ “Names, flates and oth r technicalities of his tory,” we are told, “escape! his memory in a most melancholy degree, but it seldom failed to preserve most tenaciously a favorite passage of poetry, a play house ditty, or, above ad a Border-raid ballad.'" - But when Scott came to the reading of Spenser anu Tasso, and, above all, Bishop Percy's Re! ques of Ancient Poetry, his imagination was quickened. Still. Gieek stood in his way, and his in structor. Professor Dalzell, pronounc' ed upon him the severe sentence, “D ince he was, and dunce he was to remain.’’ One ot the most hrdbant naturalists of this generation was Franci® Maitland Balfour, whose life was unfortunately terminated by a fall ?yhen he was ascending or'descer.ding an Alpine peak. At twenty seven years of age he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and three years later received a royal medal tor Ins discoveries. Oxford, Edinburgh and Cambridge all en deavored to secure him as a professor. Before he was thirty one years old he had accepted a professorship instituted for him in the University ofCam bridge. Darwin wrote to him: “I am proud lo receive a book from you who will some day be the chiel of the Eng lish biologists.” But Balfour, in com mon parlance, was a “backward boy.’’ He had great difficulty in learning to write, for he was uot only left-handed, but inapt in acquiring particular muscular movements. He also tound difficulty in learning to spell, anti in the ordinary school work he made but little progress. But alRarrow,as we are told by Professor Michael Foster, from whose memoir these statements are derived, one of the masters, Mr. Grif fith, in extra academical Hours, dis covered that the pale, earnest some what clumsy handed lad, though he gave no premise of beiug a scholar in the narrower sense of the word, had in him the makings of a man of science. All these hoys, be it observed, were “backward'* before they received the right kind of intellectual nourishment. When thev f.urd their proper intel, lectuul habitat.!hey became amciii" the most to:ward amt distinguished of men. Plksuiknt Gilman. The Importance of an Educated Min istry. Few men of this enligiiienco age will dispute the importance of an ed ucated ministry. If such are to be fonnd, I am sure they are ashamed to come to the front with a causesu un founded, and which comes so directly iu conflict with reason and comfnon eense. - I. 1 would urge the importance of an educated ministry, from the standpoint of my own personal experience. My ministry began when an educated ministry was very little appreciated by the masses, and by very few mem hers of the Christian Church. Prep,, aration for the pulpit was raMier re garded as an evidence of weakness, or want of talent on the part ol the min ister. Or rather it was an evidence that God had not called him to the woik. If God had called him, they argued, be fully qualified him for the work, without study, preparation or forethought, and that he ought to start out a full fledged minister. That he ought to be so full of the Holy Ghost, so endued with power from on high, that he only had to go up iu the sa cred stand, open his mouth and the Lord would fill it. My experience, however soon taught me that this was a mistake. That God promised only to help those who help themselves, that t.e are “workers together with him.” That 1 had not only to “study to show myself approved of God, a workman that needeth not to be' ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth;” but that I also had to go to God in humble prayer like Job, that he might “order my cause before him and fill my mouth with arguments.” But I would not be understood that God’s assisting grace is not necessary, 'hough we have a polished education and studiously prepare for the sacred desk. For without the gift of the Holy Spirit to se^l the truth our ef forts would be in vain. The a room panving influence of God’s Spirit has given'sueeess to the word iu the past and ‘.hat only will give success to tire word in the future. The disadvantages 1 had to undergo yi my early ministry for the want of belter education, were almost iusur mountable, and I would be sorry in deed it any young brother minister now, had to pass through the same experience. I was forced to devote nearly alt my time to study, to the great detriment of my secular business, upon which I was dependant for a support, my salary being very meagre, o learn what I should have studied before 1 entered the ministry. This placed me in a very embarrassing and in unenviable position, aud I almost feel glad to day 1 can say like Moses 'o the Israelites “we shall no more pass this way.” But when going around my circuit, of about one hundred miles in leDgtb, many miles from home, to the great sacrifice of ray secular busi ness and the pleasant family associa tions, aud so poorly prepared for the work, I found comfort in the promise of Jesus. “And every one that hath forsakeiy" houses, Or bretlnen, or sis ters, or spother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake shall re ceive a hundred fold, and shs'l n'-crit everlasting life.” Could my knowledge ol nooks and methods have been even what they now are, in the commencement of my mmi'try and had I received proper encouragement, I could have succeed ed far better. 1 should perhaps been closely as?oc;a'ed «itb all Ihe work of i he Eastern \ irgiuia Conference for the forty years past and my name a household word in every family. But unfortunately it has taken me all these years in private study to learn what should have been learned in the schools before I entered the ministry. Tuns, showing the great necessity of a prep aration for the ministry. 11. IIV argue the 'importance of .an educated ministry from the fact that the advanced thought vf the present age. de mands a hiqher ministerial education. All departments ol business, in pub lie as well as private life, call for greater culturg^jimd more . thorough preparation. This then makes it im perative on the part of the church to educate the ministry that they may keep pace with the professions. Great and radical changes have taken place since I entered the ministry. Then there were hut few indeed who reached their alirtnmi. Few regular graduates of college. Now there are many, not only among the professions, but many, both among the gentlemen and ladies in private life of education and culture. In the pale ol our church we have pro fessional men, doctors, lawyers, pro fessors in colleges and high schools. And as water Seeks its level, so does society. Or rather the educated and cultured seek associates among the best informed rniuds, aud are better edified and more interested in the discourse of the learned divine. Then, education is more generally diffused among the masses. With some exceptions we have a reading and thinking public. There is an interest manifested amoug all classes of socie ty on the great and grand subject of education. Even in the Sunday Schools, among the children, we see a growing evidence of cultur\ of thought end conceptions, even above their \ c-rs. Taeu in the Sunday School the International Lesson sysietu ha-. given man ami woman, anil e\ en child• ren 9ucb a general knowledge ol the Scriptures, there is a special demand on the ministerial students for theo logical training in the school of the prophets. HI An educated ministry is insepar ably connected with the highest and best interest of the church. To say we have an educated minis try is almost equivalent to saving we have a strong, progressive church An educated ministry gives the church prominence and wide commanding in fluence. It gives it character, dignity, attractiveness, and opens tor it a bright auspicious future The educated, .UkRIltl-JB t W ster has advantages for usefulness far above the weak, poorly educated minister. Education gives the minister of talent power in his church. He leads and gives di rection and impetus to all the great ar.d important enterprises. The min ts er of commanding talent and supe rior educational advantages, has the admiration and esteem o; the church and the world. They are the repre sentative men of every denorflination. They inaugurate and carry into exe cution the wisest plans for the spread ol truth. These are the men the Chris tian Church wants to-day, men if not in the run, the peer of those of s'ster denominations, who are capable by the magic of their superior gilts to at tract the thinking world. Such men we need as the siandard bearers ol our cherished principles, who we can with unfaltering trust send out to th^ cities and strong holds of sin. Then our little church would “go forwaid” with unprecedented success and spread into every conceivable direction like rays of light, into every land, till the “little one will become a thousand and the small one a great nation.’’ IV. We argue the necessity of ah ed ucated ministry, from the greatness of the work in which they are. engaged. The importance of a preparation for any work, from a logical standpoint, must be estimated bv the importance of the work itself. The work of the* minister of Christ is the grandest of al! work and demand a grand prepara tion. The magnitude of the prepara tiou may be best understood by that strong and forcible flgure given by Christ himself, “What king going to make war against another king, doth not sit down fiist and consult whether Le is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand.” The king then did not go to war unadvisedly—into such a gigantic work without preparation He did not go into the great conflict hastily, or was he moved by momen tary impulse. His preparation was cool and deliberate. He perhaps call ed in the wisest men of the kingdom as his counsel of war. He began al once to call into immediate service a grand army which was disciplined b> the most scientific officers- and the most modern and approved implements of war were provided. All the re s< urees of tLe whole kingdom were called in to requisition, ai d prepara tion for a great conflict on the grand est scale began. So the minister of JesuS is to engage in a fierce conflict with sin and satan. And it is a work »>l sui’ii ma^uiiuuc na iu uuu^ iuiu r< qsisuiou aTtho powers at Lis com tnand. Ami he is no! = -ffieient for the might \ ia-k without tlie in st careful preparation—the hest mental disoi-^ pline—heart culture, voice culture — indeed he must bring to ics help all t.be resources of nature ami science He must be a man of more than ordi nary ability t'o confront the combined powers of darkness, vice in its multi fareous forms, the sophistry of the skeptic and the taunting, scoffing infi del. lie must in the true and full senee of the word be a wise man. For “he that winnetb souls is wise.” And he that converteth a sinner from the error of his wav shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.' > ■ - The minister then is a watchman in the highest and grandest" conception They watch for souls as they that must give an account. “Ttiere is no higher destiny, no interest so nripor taut as that ot the soul. “What will it profit a man if lie shall gain the whole world and lose his own son I ? Or what will a man give in exchange tor bis soul?" The worth of the soul then.is beyond all conception. None can compute its eternal value. Yet the minister is watching for these im mortal spirits as one hat gives a a account.” As one whose work will pass the grand review of the scruti nizing gaze of the Judge of quick and dead in the great day ot final reconing. They watch for souls for which the Lord Did heaven'y bliss forego; For souls that must forever live, Xu raptures or in woe. What a grand work then, what a holy, responsible calling is that of a miuister of Jesus! Well might Paul have exclaimed, ‘‘How beautiful are The feet of them that preach the'gos pel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.” Au education is highly important then 10quahfv.them for the responsible work of preaching the word. To be pan pled with, the armor of Jesus, with a skillful use ot the ‘ sword of the spirit” rich trophies will be achieved under the leadership of Christ the Captain ot salvation. Yea, with holv. prayerful consecration and (tuly Cost posveir to wield the two edged sword of the spirit they can go on conquering and 'to conquer and Satan’s kingdom will be demolished. “One can chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight.” We notice V. In proportion us education in creases a ministers usefulness and poicer for good, it also increases his honors and joys in heaven. “They that turn many to righteous ness shall shine as the stars in the firmament forever and ever.” The abundant labors of the faithful, effi cient minister will be crowned with joyful satisfaction in heaven. Paul, the learned and eloquent divine, and prince of the apostles was honest with unexpressible bliss even whilst in the flesh, lie was caught up by the Spirit into the third heaven where he heard unspeakable words, and so great was his rapture, he knew not whether he was in the body or out of the body. Yet, lie gloried forty years after over that rich experience. And in view of his departure from earth, he joyfully exclaimed. I have fought a good fight, t have finished my course, 1 have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge shall give me at the last day.” The minis ter with five talents,, who has gained other five by education, culture ar.d full consecration of all to Christ, will not only have the applaudit of “well done good and faithful servant’’ but he v?ill be inducted into those raptur ous joys and tianscendant glories of the great pa’ace chamber of the Son of God. “He that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.” He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.’’' Therefore, we joyfully anticipate the dawn of the blessed morn of eternity when God shall come to gather up his jewels; when the redeemed from all lands, clad in robe3 of spotless white shall appear before God, the faithful minis ter shall come rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. When they that sow and they that reap shall rejoice to gether, and shout the harvest home. What a blessed re union of ministers and people ! Then next to Jesus the great central figure and joy of all hearts, will we want to see the man under God who has led us to Christ. What rapture then, what inexpressible bliss to the mtnisb rs to recognize the smiling, happy throng, who are count .ed as the saved, the trophies of their victorious labors, as they shall gather aro: nd them, applaud and bless them I And as the Master honors them with crowns and kingdoms, thrones and ceptres, anil they are made kings and priests unto God. When “the ran somed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs, and everlast ing joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” R. H. Holla xp. The Present Ownership of Property. Now in the present condition of the community,"" is the distribution of wealth issuing in such a state of the social organism, reasonable? Is it right ?' The two questions are really one. There are those who, more or less explicitly, contend that it is. Well does Mr. Henry George observe:— “There is a gospel of selfishness, soothing as soft flute3 to those who, having fared well themselves, think that everybody ought to be satisfied.” 1 am sorry to say that gospel is not unfrequently preached in Christian churches. Then,^ there is a sect of political economists for whom to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market ts the whole duty of man, and the payment of wages the sole link .. of-human society. This is that Benthamite doctrine which Mr. Carlyle denounced as a “wretched, unsympathetic, scraggy atheism and •egotism ' It is what George Sand called “the love of money erected into dogma of public morality.' The practical outcome is the declaration which we so often hear.tbat a man has a right to do wliathe will with his own This is indeed a contradiction in terms.’ A right is uot a tiling which can bo used by ihe mere arbitrariness of self will. If you so use it, you convert it into a wrong, for it ij> a moral entity conditioned by duties. Bights and duties can no more exist apart than can the three angles of a triangle. Speaking generally, all this seems to be hidden from the eyes of capitalists. It has been said by Victor Hugo, not too strongly. ‘The Paradise of the rich is made out of the Hell of the poor.' Taat the wealth of the world should increase so rapidly as it does increase, and that its benefits should be absorbed by a small class of capi talists, who grow richer, and withheld from the great mass of producers, who grow poorer, is surely sufficient proof that the world is out of joint upon this vital question The sophisms of selfishness, the platitudes of political economists, are opposed to those •moral laws of nature and of nations’ which rule supreme over property, commerce, industry, as elsewhere. ‘It is unjust, if cannot last,’ said the wise Duke of \Y einier when the first Napoleon's glory was at its height. We must say the same of the present distribution of property.— IT. S., Lilly. v

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