Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, May 15, 1914, Page 20, Image 20
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WHOLEWORLOSDIES POVERTY KND WEM.TH "Rich Man and Lazarus" Is Topic of International Sunday School Lesson NO DAY FOR PESSIMISM Ellis Says Talk of Violent Revolu tion Is to Be Taken With Grain of Salt Tlu* International Sunday School Les son For May t7 Is "The Rich Man and Lazarus."—Luke 1«: 11, 15 19-31. (By William T. Ellis) With deepening anxiety, thought ful men and women, the whole world around, are studying the problem of poverty and wealth. It is our day's gravest perplexity. In it lurks more of menace than in any other present issue. Selfish and foolish partisans of l»oth sides are daily making blunders which increase the dangers of the situation. Careless words are flying about, like sparks in a powder maga zine. Beyond question, it is the clear social, patriotic and religious duty of every sober-minded man and woman to give the most serious thought of which ho or' she is capable to this question, especially with a view to its application to personal duty. No lesson could be more timely than this one upon the rich man and Laza rus, for that parable, related by Jesus in answer to the sneers of the rich churchmen of His day, is the world's best known and most powerful por trayal of the dramatic contrast be tween wealth and poverty. No orator, poet, painter or author has drawn the ever-present problem in such gripping power as this parable of Dives and Lazarus. The story itself should first be reread with carefulness, as told by Dr. Luke:— The Haron and tlio liefrgar "And the Pharisees, who were lov ers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. And lie said unto them, Ye .are they that jus tify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth jour hearts; for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and tine linen, faring sumptuously every day: and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his Kate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the. beggar died, and that he was car ried away by the angels unto Abra ham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. And in Hades lie lifted up his eyes, being in tor ments. and seeth Abraham afar off. iiind Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and saith, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. Brit Abra ham said. Son. remember that thou in thy lifetime recelvest thy good things, and Lazarus in like mannerl levil things: but now here he is com-I forted, and thou art in anguish. And I besides all this, between us and you [there is a great gulf fixed, that they 'that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may ero»s over from thence to us. And he said. I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house; for I have five breth ren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. But Abraham saith, They have Hoses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: hut if one go to them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead." An Oriental Picture We have to know something of the Orient, in order to appreciate the high colors in this picture, for, thank God, the Occident has got beyond the ac tual conditions here described, and the East is on the way to more Chris tian usages. Open, flaunting, boastful nnd lavish display of wealth and power is typical of the East. Dives is true to type. Even more character istic is .he beggar. I have seen ab solutely naked men, diseased and twisted, grovelling on the bare high ways In the winter of North China. Words fail to describe the awful con ditions, which I myself have witnessed among these creatures, worse oft than Lazarus in balmy Palestine; even worse off than a stray cur would be permitted to remain in this land. Let us take what comfort we can out of a bad situation by remembering that the Christian world has' made and is making immense progress be yond the conditions of this parable. Consider the "lazar-houses" and "lazarettoes," which take their name from this one poor leper <as he prob ably was), and the multitude of other forms of public and private ministry USE "TIZ" IF FEET AjHE, BURN, PUFF UP Can't beat "TIZ" for sore, tired, sweaty, calloused feet or corns. M? "Sure! 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Also should we bear in mind the truth that we have reached a stage wherein Dives (for the word is merely the Latin for "a rich man") must justify to the world his stewardship; a well-advertised multi-millionaire hav ing given currency to the proposition that "it is a disgrace to die rich.'' The inequity of social conditions should not blind us to the tremendous strides that are being made in our own time toward social justice. It would be less than fair to forget the host of men and women of wealth who are genuine lovers of mankind, and whose deepest passion, and con stant endeavor, is to administer their possessions as a trust for their fellow men. This is no day for pessimism, even in contemplating so grave a sit uation as the present status of wealth and poverty. Shall Dives and Lazarus Change Places? Many persons are predicting a vio lent revolution in our own land and time, a bloody struggle to overthrow King Plutos and to install King Demos in his stead. Ido not fear this. There is a saving sense of sanity in this western world, due largely to long exercise of the power of self-govern ment, which looks askance at extrem ists and preachers of violence. Our Anglo-Saxon regard for personal and property rights acts as a brake upon precipitate action. There are no such dearly-marked class lines as created the revolutions of Europe. And un der the present form of government, it is proving possible for society to correct ages-old evils by the orderly processes of law. On every side, the present horizon shows huge portents, which indicate that Dives is to be retained and lim ited, and made to act In a juster and more brotherly fashion; and that Lazarus Is to bo given a fairer oppor tunity. It does not comport with the twentteth century's conception of manhood that any man, however poor, should lie suffering as a beggar at an other's gate, dependent upon the lat ter's whim for sustenance. Our com mon sense tells us, however, that to reverse the relative positions of Dives and Lazarus is no permanent way out of the difficulty; for Lazarus, Jr., often becomes a very offensive Dives, and Dives, Jr., a poor type of medicant. The noisily exploited program for a looting of those who have, to the en richment of those who have not, is not sound, by economic, social or Scrip tural standards. Taking Two Worlds Into Account I The wonderful story told by Jesus, I in the race of the powerful party who were turning up their aristocratic noses at Him and His followers, be cause of their poverty—quite as the 'idle rich sneer at the poor as if lack iof money wero a sufficient evidence lof their unfitness —brought to bear a mighty factor in the problem of social inequality. Jesus condemned Dives, of course; unbrotherly wealth cannot stand for a moment In the clear light of Christ's truth. But Jesus said, in effect: "Take a li»ng look. Nothing Is settled until it id settled finally; and In all questions between man and man (which are also questions between man and God) another life than this must be taken into account. Two worlds figure in all of God's reckonings. Dives has a mo- 'mentarv advantage and Lazarus a mo lmentary advantage, but let me draw aside the curtain and show you the next act." . ! Here we have the principle, often perverted by wealth in an attempt to avoid present duty, but a vital prin ciple, none the less, that heaven en ters into earth's affairs. The eternal God is going to square all accounts, and he has a long time in which to do it. The offenses of time must be reck oned with in eternity. Dives, without any advantage from his wealth or so cial position, must stand before the judgment seat of God. As Henry Martyn said of the rich man in the parable, "Had he remembered on earth, he would not have been called to remember in hell." | If the parable teaches anything, it teaches the existence of a hereafter, with an ultimate reward or punish ment for the deeds done in the flesh. Definitions may differ; but the fact of a conscious eterntty for mortal spirits is inwrought in the teachings of Jesus. It makes for philosophical breadth and patience to contemplate ..his earthly span as only an infinitesimal arc of the circle of our real life. Is Poverty a Passjiort to Heaven? Because Dives went to hell and Lazarus to heaven, some shallow in terpreters havo assumed that the rich are doomed to perdition and the poor destined to paradise. God is no snob. He does not award men's future ac cording to their rating in earth's so cial registers. It was not because of his beggary and sores that Lazarus found rest in tho bosom of Abraham, who in life \tas a wealthy sheikh. Lazarus %\ on to glory because of his faith in God: he stored up his riches in heaven. The miseries of earth had but led him to prize more dearly the spiritual Inheritance. The doom of Dives was due to his disregard of his fellow man and of God. lie had been false to both. Like millions of kindred fools, he had trusted to his wealth and power and earthly state to provide him a high place in two worlds. He has failed to be a helper of men. Therefore the keenest suffering in his eternal punishment was to learn that his sense of values had been all wrong; and that those whom he had despised on earth sat high in heaven. As Thomas Hood sang: "The blind and the cripple were there. And the babe that pined for bread; And the homeless man, and the widow poor » Who begged to bury her dead, — The naked, alas! that I might have clad, The famished I might have fed." Tho Present Warning I If there be any thick-headed pluto crat who thinks that before real harm can come to him and his money bags ho will receive some special warning, he has but to read this parable of Jesus. Its clear closing teaching Is that there is law and light enough now to lead men to do right. No special ! emissaries from heaven or hell could CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Um For Over 30 Years accomplish more than the present gospel, not a specially accredited teacher that this sinning old world needs to-day, but a new spiritual sense, a new open-mindedness, a new attention to the clear truth of God. The men who will not heed the pres ent signs of the times, and the pres ent explicit teachings of social justice and of human brotherhood, will not harken if the angel Gabriel and his cohorts come flying from heaven. We already have truth enough to save— or condemn—the world. Dives in hell had a thought for his brother. But his social service idea came too late. God gives no second chance in the next world, although He H Here's a pure food movement! H Make the refrigerator sweet and clean, "gold DUST i)| Grease, dirt and germs vanish before it. , * | It cleans everything. j 5c and larger package*. [thin.K. CHICAGO & | "Lmi thm BOLD DUST TWINS da yotii- work" PUBLIC SALE OF LOCAL STOCKS Saturday, May 16, 1914, 10:30 A,M. In Front of Courthouse FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Harrisburg, Pa. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, Harrisburg, Pa. Opportunity will be given to purchase above stocks in j odd lots. Right is reserved to reject any bid, and to withdraw any of said securities from sale. Terms, cash; but, where desired by purchasers, the ven dor will arrange for loans upon securities purchased to the extent of 75 per cent, of the purchase money; or, if preferred for the entire purchase money, upon approval additioncd security. || COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, Executor. is unbelievably patient in this. In the counsels of heaven, evidently "n -w" and "opportunity" are s.vnonoy mous. This is our last chance to make things right with God and man. One ominous last thought, for con sideration in our present social crises. Jesus told His immortal story from the angle of the man who was poor and oppressed. It was directed straight at the affluent, supercilious, snobbish Pharisees. He took the side of tho poor man. Evidently He thought that, in the relationship between wealth and poverty; it is wealth that needs the more such a tremendous lesson as the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.