Fahan Presbyterian Church

Jesus is Lord - Romans 10: 9

The Love of Money

 You may be interested in this story told during morning service by Rev. Jones to assist us in understanding the Bible's guidance on possessions. 

 “In 1928 a group of the world’s most successful financiers met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Present were:

·         The president of the largest utility company.

·         The greatest wheat speculator.

·         The president of the New York Stock Exchange.

·         A number of the President’s Cabinet.

·         The greatest “bear” in Wall Street.

·         The president of the Bank of International Settlements.
The head of the world’s greatest monopoly.

Collectively, these tycoons controlled more wealth than there was in the United States Treasury, and for years newspapers and magazines had been printing their success stories and urging the youth of the nation to follow their examples. Twenty-five years later, let’s see what happened to these men.

·         The president of the largest independent steel company, Charles Schwab, lived on borrowed money the last five years of his life, and died broke.

·         The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cutten, died abroad, insolvent.

·         The president of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was recently released from Sing Sing.

·         The member of the President’s Cabinet, Albert Fall, was pardoned from prison so he could die at home.

·         The greatest “bear” in Wall Street, Jesse Livermore, committed suicide.

·         The president of the Bank of International Settlements, Leon Fraser, committed suicide.

·         The head of the world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide.

 

All of these men had learned how to make money, but not one of them had learned how to live. Over 80 years later, things are not so different.

We daily see famous people who seem to “have it all”  ruin their lives and often take their lives. They have money, which many believe brings one happiness.