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God divided the hands into fingers so that money could slip through. Martin Luther

There was once a square piece of paper put up into George Whitefield’s pulpit, by way of a notice, to this effect: “A young man who has lately inherited a large fortune requests the prayers of the congregation.” Right well was the prayer asked, for when we go up the hill we need prayer that we may be…

There were two brothers, one of whom had been diligently attentive to his worldly business, to the neglect of true religion. He succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth. The other brother was diligent in the service of the Master, and had learned both to distribute to the poor and for conscience’s…

Think of your dear little one at home. He cannot yet read a letter in a book; he knows nothing of the things that his elder brother studies; but he knows his father. He may not know very much about his father; he could not certainly speak to others about his father’s business or his father’s wealth,…

A switchman on the railway does not turn the switch the right way, and one train crashes into another, and a hundred lives are lost. He may say to himself, “What a crime I committed by my carelessness,” and everybody denounces him for it. But suppose he forgot to turn the switch, and by a sort of miracle…

There is a ship at sea, fully laden. It has a precious cargo of gold on board. Happy is the kingdom that shall receive the wealth that is contained within its hold. Would you not, if you were a possessor of such a vessel, long to be safe in port? When the ship is full of treasure, well may the captain…

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

Perhaps there is a wife whose husband has accepted an appointment in India. He has been long away, and the years of his forced absence have been weary to her. She has had loving messages from him and kind letters, but often has she sighed, and her heart has looked out of the windows toward the east,…

Seattle residents knew Alan Naiman for his thriftiness. He patched his shoes with duct tape, buying food at the end of the day at the supermarket, and taking his friends to lunch at fast-food restaurants. Friends said Naiman was not married and had no children. Though he was intensely private, he stockpiled…

Baseball card collectors saw several new record prices for the collectables in a short time during the pandemic. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, and then nearly a year, later a spotless edition of the rare T206 Honus Wagner card produced between 1909 and 1911 sold for…

Sri Lankan authorities reported workers digging a well in a man’s backyard unearthed what could be the world’s largest sapphire cluster. Local authorities said the person digging the well, alerted them about finding some rare stones before they stumbled on the huge specimen. They reported the cluster…

A copy of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64 in the original sealed package broke a world record by selling for $1.56 million at auction. Texas based Heritage Auctions said the Nintendo 64 game was the first game in the series to offer a 3-D world and set the new record two days after a copy of another…

A silver coin that may be among the first ever struck by the U.S. Mint in 1794 is headed for auction after selling for $10 million in 2013. The coin known as the “Flowing Hair” dollar has the image of Lady Liberty with long flowing hair on one side and an eagle on the other. It is one of 1,758 coins…

When the novel coronavirus caused business to plummet, Johnny Perri decided to close the jewelry store his father had founded decades before. Rather than offer the remaining inventory at reduced prices, Perri created a statewide treasure hunt. He and his wife buried items across the state and let searchers…

A real estate website is seeking a job applicant to fly to Dubai and spend a week in a luxury apartment. The site announced that it is offering one person the opportunity to travel to Dubai for a week of sunshine, luxury, and testing a high-end apartment. The applicant would also be a finalist for a…

I guess we all dream at times of receiving the gift of a large sum of money, thus putting an end to all our financial woes and worries. As Ruth Balloon of Dallas, TX. was finishing her shift at Roma Boots, she decided to check her bank account at Legacy Texas Bank online, having recently made a foreign…

It is easy to try to “fix our lives” by accumulating more stuff. However, things we buy can never solve our emotional and spiritual problems. In her book, Jesus over Everything, Lisa Whittle writes, “If I’d been honest with myself in so many of the moments I’d hid behind my swiped debit card, Jesus could…

Bruce McConville, a 55 year-old Canadian businessman, from Ottawa, Canada, used a very creative excuse to avoid paying his wife spousal and child support, as part of their divorce settlement—he burnt it! He told a judge in the Ottawa Supreme Court that he withdrew 1 Million Canadian Dollars ($750,000),…

Just because we believe a person is free to spend their wealth as they choose doesn’t mean they should. The fashion house Gucci recently debuted faded denim overalls with fake grass stains on the legs. The overalls sell for $1,400 a pair. The Week, October 2, 2020 p. 6 I believe the person with God eyes…

Shane Houston and a friend from New Hampshire were on a metal-detecting trip in New England and obtained permission to search the ground outside a church in Maine. Houston said they found several interesting items, but the most interesting discovery was a 222-year-old copper penny dating to the first…

Spanish runner Ivan Fernandez Anaya was trailing Kenyan runner Abel Mutai in a cross-country race at an event in Burlada, Navarre. 32 feet from the finish line Mutai mistakenly thought he had crossed the finish line. Anaya had the opportunity to win the race, but he did not. Instead, he caught up to…

No one is perfect. We all make mistakes. One motorist in England said he forgot that he was driving a van rather than piloting his boat and drove right into flood waters. The local flood warden sent out a tweet, “Why do I bother advising drivers when they think ‘I know better’?” World Magazine, November…

For years a priceless vase sat in a French family’s attic, hidden in a shoebox. The family had received the heirloom as part of an inheritance, but stashed the boxes in the attic planning to deal with them later. When the owner opened the box, they were stunned by the shades of green, blue, yellow, and…

The asking price of a New York City condo includes enough extras to allow the buyer to upgrade to a lavish lifestyle. The 15,000-square-foot duplex has an asking price of $85 million dollars, which is more than double the record for housing for the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan. The price…

An employee alerted Jitennda Singh about a possible shoplifter in his store. Singh went to the front and confronted the young man when he came to the register to check out. When asked to empty his pockets the boy took out one item, but Singh had seen him take more on the security cameras. When Singh…