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So out he went for the Bible, and soon he stalked into my office with the Bible open, with all the bigoted pride of the narrow sectarian, or of one who founds his Christianity on some misinterpretation of Scripture. SO OUT HE WENT FOR A BIBLE AND AS SOON AS HE STALKED INTO MY OFFICE WITH THE BIBLE OPEN WITH ALL THE BIGOTED PRIDE OF A NARROW SECTARIAN OR OF ONE WHO FOUNDS HIS CHRISTIANITY ON SOME MISINTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE
o 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.” “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. You spoke about man’s ambition to have money helping to make him a good man. Sir, I have come to tell you the Holy Bible says that ‘money is the root of all evil.’” I told him I had never seen it in the Bible, and advised him to go out into the chapel and get the Bible, and show me the place. 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 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 YOU SPOKE ABOUT MAN'S AMBITION TO HAVE MONEY HELPING TO MAKE HIM A GOOD MAN SIR I HAVE COME TO YOU TO TELL YOU THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS THAT MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL I TOLD HIM I HAD NEVER SEEN IT IN THE BIBLE AND ADVISED HIM TO GO OUT TO THE CHAPEL AND GET THE BIBLE AND SHOW ME THE PLACE
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