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The prejudice is so universal and the years are far enough back, I think, for me to safely mention that years ago up at Temple University there was a young man in our theological school who thought he was the only pious student in that department. THE PREJUDICE IS SO UNIVERSAL AND THE YEARS ARE FAR ENOUGH BACK I THINK FOR ME TO SAFELY MENTION THAT YEARS AGO AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN OUR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL WHO THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY PIOUS STUDENT IN THAT DEPARTMENT
 are some things higher and grander than gold. Love is the grandest thing on God’s earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money. Money is power, money is force, money will do good as well as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good. I hate to leave that behind me. I heard a man get up in a prayer-meeting in our city and thank the Lord he was “one of God’s poor.” Well, I wonder what his wife thinks about that? She earns all the money that comes into that house, and he smokes a part of that on the veranda. I don’t want to see any more of the Lord’s poor of that kind, and I don’t believe the Lord does. And yet there are some people who think in order to be pious you must be awfully poor and awfully dirty. That does not follow at all. While we sympathize with the poor, let us not teach a doctrine like that. Yet the age is prejudiced against advising a Christian man (or, as a Jew would say, a godly man) from attaining unto wealth.  THAN MONEY WELL I DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS HIGHER AND GRANDER THAN GOLD LOVE IS THE GRANDEST THING ON GOD'S EARTH BUT FORTUNATE THE LOVER WHO HAS PLENTY OF MONEY MONEY IS POWER MONEY IS FORCE MONEY WILL DO GOOD AS WELL AS HARM IN THE HANDS OF GOOD MEN AND WOMEN IT COULD ACCOMPLISH AND IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED GOOD I HATE TO LEAVE THAT BEHIND ME I HEARD A MAN GET UP IN A PRAYER MEETING IN OUR CITY AND THANK THE LORD FOR HE WAS ONE OF GOD'S POOR WELL I WONDER WHAT HIS WIFE THINKS ABOUT THAT HE EARNS ALL THE MONEY THAT COMES INTO THIS HOUSE AND HE SMOKES A PART OF IT ON THE VERANDA I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANY MORE THE LORD'S POOR OF THAT KIND AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE LORD DOES AND YET THERE IS SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK IN ORDER TO BE PIOUS YOU MUST BE AWFULLY POOR AND AWFULLY DIRTY THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW AT ALL WHILE WE SYMPATHIZE WITH THE POOR LET US NOT TEACH A DOCTRINE LIKE THAT YET THE AGE IS PREJUDICE AGAINST ADVISING A CHRISTIAN MAN OR AS A JEW WOULD SAY A GODLY MAN FROM ATTAINING UNTO WEALTH
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