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"What has happened now?" Said he, "I heard you say at the Academy, at the Peirce School commencement, that you thought it was an honorable ambition for a young man to desire to have wealth, and that you thought it made him temperate, made him anxious to have a good name, and made him industrious. WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW SAID HE I HEARD YOU SAY AT THE ACADEMY THAT THE PEER SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS AN HONORABLE AMBITION FOR A YOUNG MAN TO DESIRE TO HAVE WEALTH AND THAT YOU THOUGHT IT MADE HIM TEMPERATE MADE HIM ANXIOUS TO HAVE A GOOD NAME AND MADE HIM INDUSTRIOUS
e 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. 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. He came into my office one evening and sat down by my desk, and said to me: “Mr. President, I think it is my duty sir, to come in and labor with you.” G 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 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 HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE ONE EVENING AND SAT DOWN BY MY DESK AND TOLD ME MISTER PRESIDENT I THINK IT IS MY DUTY SIR TO COME IN AND LABOUR WITH YOU
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