The Moral Influence, Dangers And Duties, Connected With Great Cities
The Moral Influence, Dangers And Duties, Connected With Great Cities
Todd, John, 1800-1873
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This, too, is bringing the religion of Jesus as an auxiliary to aid me in climbing into notice. It ought to be kept in mind, that it is moral character alone, which entitles a man to influence in the Church of God, and that Paul, while making tents, was as much to be respected, as when he was travelling with two hundred spearmen, to guard him from the conspirators. Wealth gives almost unlimited power in the great city ; and the temptation is very strong, to feel that it ought to have equal infl...uence in the Church of Christ. But just turn to the Epistle of James, and you will see this demand rebuked with terrible severity. This mingling of mam- mon with the leaven of the Gospel, places our Church in a situation like that of the Samari- tans, when they went up from their homes, GREAT CITIES. 87 and took the place of the ten tribes of Israel, who had been carried away captive. They professed to worship God, and yet kept their idols, and the wild beasts devoured them while doing it. If the churches of the living God look round to see whom to elect for officers, and look, first, to see who is entitled to office, because he is rich, and wealth is almost the sole recommendation, they may be assured, they dishonor their God, and, like Judas, be- tray their Master for money.
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