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Ay, my friends, these words, that kingdom, that King, witness this day against this land of England. Not merely against popery, the mote which we are trying to take out of the foreigner's eye, but against Mammon, the beam which we are overlooking in our own. Owe no man anything save love. "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
"Yes; Italian will suffice, father; such of the duties as you fail to perform I can easily fulfil. Now, Mariano," he said, taking his brother aside, and speaking in a low earnest tone, "see that you act wisely in the situation I have selected for you. The Jew is a kind, good man, despite what is said about his worship of Mammon.
O Gold accursed Mammon! is this the state of those who love thee deepest? is this their joy, who desire thee with all their heart and soul who serve thee with all their might who toil for thee plot for thee live for thee dare for thee die for thee?
"I should have liked to make a few friends with the mammon of unrighteousness before we were turned out naked!" "We shall have plenty," answered the mother, " God himself, and a few beside! If you could make friends with the mammon, you can make friends without it!"
"Troth, then, I was; and when the poor boy mentioned whose son he was, and when I saw his little delicate feet without shoes, and heard his story mammon of unrighteousness! devil a thing in life aiquil to it. It enables a man to do the practical good, and not satisfy himself or escape with empty words." "They say our neighbor here, Mr. Goodison, is very ill off."
If, on the other hand, you would live in the friendship of God, and be among the number of those for whom Christ has not died in vain; if, in a word, you value your eternal welfare, then give up the friendship of this world; of a surety you must make your choice between God and Mammon, for you cannot serve both.
In the years of their wanderings all over the West all her business affairs had been in the hands of a trusted agent at home, and it so often happens that in the prolonged absence of owners trusted agents follow the lead of the unjust steward of Holy Writ and make friends of the mammon of unrighteousness and ducks and drakes of their employers' assets.
But even Mammon failed to keep Ratty loyal; for that heathen god, Momus, claimed a superior allegiance; Ratty worshipped the "cap and bells" as the true crown, and "the bauble" as the sovereign sceptre. Besides, the secret became troublesome to him, and he determined to let the whole house know what "gran" and he were about, in a way of his own.
There may be a mania of this kind, in which men become enamored of Mammon for his own sake, and hug him to their breasts, and kiss his golden lips, with all the ardor of lovers. Still, I suspect that the genuine miser that is, one who loves money for itself alone is an exceptional man. But every man who is not absolutely inactive and useless in the world, is moved by some kind of passion.
I pray ye for Christ's sake be reconciled to God, for ye hae been servin' Mammon and no Him, and ye hae jist said we canna serve the twa, and what 'ill come o' 't God only can tell, but it maun be misery!" Words failed her. She rose, and left the room, with her apron to her eyes. The laird stood a moment or two like one lost, then went hurriedly into his "closet," and shut the door.
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