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VRQ A MINISTER'S CONFESSION i No i It ig almcst fascinating to watch the pro- gress of influence of the moneyed inter- ests inthe United States. This article was taken from the August number of Srccess, and slows how difficult itis for a minister to preach justly when the powers that, be détermine otherwise. No foreign enemy is half so davgerous to the national welface of the United Slates as these saliess moneyed iuter- ests, " RHE VILLAGE of my phstorate is the suburb of a New | England city. - The main strect of the community ruus along beside the river like the track of a wormon a wet sidewalk. There are ahout three hundred families in the place. The people have so intermarned that fully two-thirds of them are related hy ties of blood. Hult a century ago the comunity was the centre of a thriving industry. The cen- tre has moved along since, but scores of small shops may still be seeu along the edge of the river. The Secoud Congregaijonal church includes the wealth and whatever prominence there is. It came into being as the result of a 8plit iu the First Congiegaticual church. "The his- tory of its pastorates has been told to me by men and women who lived through them all. Pastor Number One stayed four years and then left to ac- cept a call elsewhere. He left of his own accord, but hc was the ouly pastor in half a century of whom that could be said. The other six were all forced out --some more gently than others, I know this to be tr@ie becatice the men who forced them out described to me liosv it was cone. It was the year after the departiic of Number Seven before I appeared on the scene. The brethren of the church enjofed the candidating. 'They told me so. "It was funny to see the domines doing their best to make a hit "It was both amusing and pathetic to hear these men teil what impressed them in a minister. If he had a good clapper to his bell it counted for him seventy-five per cent. of the total points required; if a man passed muster all 'but one, that onc was sure to be Num- ber Seven's friend. I was Number Ihight My predecessor's friend had beef objecting to all candidates in general, but he objected to me in particular and left shortly after I came. It was evident that the headsof the corporatious were the heads of the churches. -Factories'in this dity were like big jails, and the slums equalled in wretchedness anything in great cities. IT asked a teacher if he knew. wbat George Frederic - He did not. He was not interested. Nobody else seeaned to be. As I stood there Sunday after Sunday before the leading people of the community, I learned to know them as well as I kuew my owu family. Sowe of the sweetest lives I have ever known were there ; tliere were hidden disciples and those who were the salt of the earth : but the community as a whole were steeped in a moral stagnation. What dynamic could raise the tone of a dead community ? The few religious people in the church took no part in church affairs. They never mterfered with church business. Ministers came and went--these people just attended, took what was given and made no comment. Let mc gather a group of the men who formed whatever public opinion there was in the place during my pastorate. They were, as far as | know, kind husbands and fathers. Mr. A was chairman of the society's committee when I became pastor His estate is probably three-quarters of a million. Fidm the night on which he butchered his first cow --his wife holding a candle to light up the operation--his pro- gress so he says was unimpeded. He was an elderly, ignor- ant, good natured man, generous, comparatively speaking, an excellent neighbor and a liberal giver to the church. ~ Mr. B was about Mr. A's age, lived next door, and it js said, could draw his cheque for half a million, Mr. A and Mr. B were lifelong friends. It was their custom of late years to decide the policy of the church and to convey their collective opinion through the medium of a son or a son-iu- law. The seat of church government changed after the men- tal collapse of Mr. A. At the annual auction of seats these men bid the highest and got the best. Mr. C. was rich, too, and he had the name of being the meanest. man in the community. At home he was kind, a good husband and an indulgent father, He was one of those r rich mien engaged in a lifelong struggle to keep the wolf rom the door. He attended the furnace, ran errands, and made all the purchases for the house, He owned an old horse that had the respect and pity of the community. It was said "to be an heirloom and was kept by tender hearted people till he dropped dead. When Mr. C was under oath he swore that his belongings, real and personal amounted to $6480. The probate record said in the same year that he left property to the value of $341,000. ! December 13, 1601 was the annual meeting night of the * church. A rich corporation had applied for the renewal of its charter and the people were in revolt: A hearing was held on "the 13th. The trad trades council of the city had challenged the ministers to deliver themselves on the ethics of charging an of bananas for his pushcart and allowing a six- orporation go free. The clergy were silent. I of our prominent members at the church meeting, , I. made my way to the city hall and spoke for justice, My church. officers were there on behalf of the corporation, - We looked at each other as men might when t on forbidden ground. Here we were on the battle- the community and lined up on different sides. I he fact that my personal interests and the onimun ¥ as aw ole were now struggling {he hil to arson- ig > il on the he arn: ; = DAVID J. & DOUGLAS ADAMS BANKERS AND BROKERS MONEY TO LOAN AT 4, 4: and 5 PER CENT. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. 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