The greatest wheat speculator of the era, Arthur Cutton, died abroad insolvent. The president of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, had just been recently released from Sing Sing Penitentiary. The member of the President's cabinet, Albert Fall, was pardoned from prison so he could die at home. The head of the world's greatest monopoly, Ivan Krueger, died of suicide. President of the Bank of International Settlements Leon Fraser, died of suicide.
Happiness is contentment.
Even some of the poorest people on earth have learned this. Remember godliness with contentment is gain from our last study. As I was preparing this study I was on the internet and ran across an item that stood out in stark contrast to the listing above. It was a listing of accomplishments of a man of God that had recently gone to be with the Lord. He died doing what he had focused his life on, while the men in the list died doing what they attempted to avoid all their life - lack of money.