The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-27
MONEY And RELIGION.
REV. THOS. DIxON'S THIRD
SERMON ON THESUBJECT.
Black Friday Was and the Pres
ent Panic Is the Result Of VOilat-
ing Gods Revealed Law as to
Trade---Can a Christian Sue
coed In Wall Street?

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/ their courses fought against 7!sera
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In no way does money Slo" lis IRE
mrndous power 50 clearly a. ID IN" want
| Of IT, Man never 1uIiyrcaiiZ"S lie power
I OF money until he j. absolutely without
it. 1t Is this shade" that opprrS@ei IN
these days Our own great n4tIon- 1t
Is the shadow oi thc pane. IT IS the
ghost Of the conlnerc.aI "oF1d that 1oE-
ever hauntS even the prosperous IL Is
the skeleton III Tn" closet OF the hatioh
whose treasury gr"aH5 WIN codiitle77
millions. ne darkest days o. ~" history
OF our nation nave hp' peer! IN" tiIHS 81
war, o. great STORM OF 81 HoDi vi VI
1amihe. neg nave D"aH Ia|" oi money
pane. lhrE nave been days III Wii!cl
thousands hung breallII'~s0Fti theDiiilh
| Oh rum, ana bDuhu up WIN lHeHl we're
countless other thousands whose lives
were lnEoIFe'i-
Inc da|S o. our rear lrIaI are JiIt5e
DAYS When III" Diack shado"S Hall@ oyer
me money markets. OF our great CT ''I,
"hci' cunning h'hd2 iuFk III every ""'L,
corner fcil!E 10 Slfin% upon lh' 'hFoIt
OF tn" helpless ana XII and destroy with
out merrT. IlnS speaking on a large
| seal" Of he prgh"m which coniornts the
poor ir their daily life Wall street in
New York ana state street i'll Boston
and the centres Oi commerce in our great
western cites nave their Back fridays,
bat they come on rare occasions ana at
long intervals, and 1t Is blessed rcIIc1
rarely. But it .;a sad fact that Black
| Friday is II day with which the great
| masses oi our people ar" only too ia
miliar.
one OF The tiiry-t curses OF our age is
the want OF money. mean want do
| dot mean ii rc4pa.taJIr poverty. mean
IL want that cuts. One OF the CHIEF causes
| Of the Doycrtv uf our ace is un0upstiOn-
ably found in the results OF the day Of
! darkness and l;1niciitbcfinanc;aIW world
| Thi, black Friday is not Il tbing that
comes BIZ chance. 1t is the evidence Of
| y vital ii,ra.n-2 disease that strikes to
| the very heart OF The body polite. The
Old Dronhct told Us that The stars in
their courses fouobt arainst Sisara WAS
the captain Of lie hosts Of .Iabin. the
| OpprcssOr Of Israel, He rncamprl in
| the plains with his maouiti.nDt army.
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| The river rose and overwhelmed his
chnriots and = woman slow Sisaro driy-
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