Accumulation, the crucible of Autocrat of Russia, 128.
character, 19, 24, 37, 68, 71, 103, 178.
Activity in business enforced, 130, 131.
Africa, its hordes, 93. Age, the spirit of, 30. Aged, avarice of, 28, 30. Alchymists, their pursuits, 34. Alexander the Great, his con- quests, 25. Algiers, 101.
"Almes," Trapp on, quoted, 37, 57, 69, 89, 110, 224. Almoners, God's, 86, 89, 95, 136. Alms-deeds, 86, 88. Alpha and Omega, 139. Alps and Andes, 22, 98. Ambassador, British, 145. Ambition, 27.
Auto-da-fé of Spain, 76.
Avarice, 111, 162, 176, 209, 214, 223.
Bacon, Lord, his views of money, 29; took bribes, ibid., 222, 228. Balaam, his character, 52. Ballarat, gold-fields of, 248. Bankruptcy, its commonness, 68, 118, 128.
Baumgarten on Acts, referred to, 69.
Baxter, Richard, 178, 180. Beckford, William, 209-214. Behar, province of, 92, 93. Behmen, Jacob, 120.
Bendigo, gold-seekers there, 35, 248.
Beneficence divine, law of, 56, 90.
America, examples of covetous-Benevolence, Christian, 69, 148,
ness, 32; zeal of its churches, 41; example from, 73; South, 75, 82, 101, 168, 247. Apicius, M. G., 165. Arabians, tithe paid by, 55. Araunah, the Jebusite, 37. Arbiter, the Great, 18. Ardent spirits, cost of, 123. Arnold's Life, referred to, 115; his wish, 130.
Arts, the Fine, 203.
Athanasius, 168.
149, 182, 217, 228, 248, 258. Bentham, Jeremy, referred to, 80. Berbice, 101.
Bhagulpore, its population, 92. Bible, sum of all legislation, 22; its wisdom, 23, 24. Blunt, Rev. J., quoted, 55. Boardman, Rev. Dr, his "Bible in the Counting-House" referred to, 19, 35. See Counting-House, Boyle, Hon. Robert, 178. Brazil, its gold, Pref.
Australia, its gold, Pref., 77, Bread-fruit tree, 100.
effects, ibid., 119, 211.
Bribes to legislators, 26.
Bristol Orphanage, 193. British power, 97, 245, 247; Churches of, 255; Societies, 256.
Budgett, Samuel, 89, 132, 179, 180. Burdwan, Rajah of, 99. Butler, Samuel, quoted, 206, 207, 220, 241.
Calf-worship, 113.
California, sins of, 129; murders in, 207.
Cannibals, 164, 191, 250.
Cape of Good Hope, 101.
Corinth, Paul's instructions to, 59. Counting-House, Bible in, 19, 35, 126.
Covetousness, its fatal ascendancy, 25; illustrations of, ibid., 26, 29; its crimes, 35, 40, 42, 53, 97, 104, 111, 113, 141, 177, 213, 224, 233, 243, 248, 252, 257. Cowper, quoted, 76, 228.
Capital, the need of it, 19, 228- Cressy, battle of, 31.
Chandos, Marquis of, 62. Changes in lot, 145.
Charity, its blessings, 86, 90, 220, 234, 251.
Children to be provided for, 19, 20, 24; their greed, 31, 45, 72, 73, 235.
China, its millions, 93, 115, 166. Chivalry superseded by love of wealth, 31.
Christ, love of, 140, 143; see Mo- tives, 192, 218, 221, 223, 243, 252, 254. Christendom, Evangelical, Reli- gious Societies in, 38; their contributions, ibid., 39. Chrysostom, his flock, 100. Church, Mission of, 91; the Gilead of the world, ibid.; its work, ibid.; the Greek, 92, 93, 94, 96, 104, 110, 148, 239, 240, 242, 244, 257.
Claims, righteous, 49, 53, 61, 62, 66, 67, 74, 255, Clay, Henry, 175. Columbus, his feelings, 64. Cologne, its cathedral, 122. Commercial classes, follies of, 117, 215.
Commons, House of, 26.
Cross, its power, 138, 152, 227, 228.
Croesus, Hindoo, 99. Crusoe, Robinson, 211.
Dale, David, 186-188. Defalcation, 27. Despotism, 110.
Diamonds, their value, 33: their nature, 34; an emblem of wealth, ibid., their supposed virtues, 36. Dick, Dr Thomas, quoted, 105. Discretion in giving, 183. Dishonesty, 136. Distribution, 225, 228. Doddridge, Dr, 178. Doren, W. H. Van, his "Mercan- tile Morals," 27, 32, 35, 129. Draco, laws of, 158. Drunkenness, its victims, 82.
Eve, St Bartholemew's, 75. Example of Christ, 137; the right, 175.
Exchange, power of money there, 26, 108.
Excursion, Wordsworth's, quoted, 63.
Excuses for not giving, 250. Explanations, 18-24, 159.
Failures, London, 27. Faith, contending for, 79. Feejee cannibal, his greed, 26,
Felony in business, 27, 129, 214- 216.
Flocks and fields all tithed, 55. Fonthill Abbey, 210. Fool, the rich, 232–238. Fortune, goddess of, 246. Foster, John, quoted, 117. France, its manufactures, 247. Franke, Professor, 193. Franklin, Benjamin, 45, 138. Fraud, its commonness, 35; its degradations, 129, 216. Freedley on Money, 105, 106. Freedom, that of the gospel, 18, 22,
Gold and the gospel, quoted, 55, 157, 254, 258.
Goldsmid, Benjamin and Abra- ham, 127.
Good, the chief, man's view of, 27; goodness, 122.
Gospel, its place and power, 95, 96, 213, 240.
Gouge. See Thriving. Gravitation, law of, 17. Greece, Ancient, 62. Greenland, 101.
Haldane, Robert, 188–191. Hale, Sir Matthew, his opinions, 20, 30, 44, 61, 85, 178, 229. Halifax, Sir T., 85. Haman, his pride and fall, 64. Harvest, portion of devoted, 55. Heathendom, 134. Hebrew, his gifts, 56.
Herbert, George, quoted, 26, 191. Hervey, Rev. James, 180, 181-185. Hindostan, its superstitions, 99. Hoarding, passim. Hume, David, 138. Hungry, the hungered, 86, 88. Hypocrisy, 216.
Idolatry, sin of, 25, 26, 54, 115, 205, 213, 239.
Immanuel, his love, 184.
Imposition, its effects, 146.
Income of Great Britain, 123.
India, its superstitions, 93; its
millions, 97, 103, 152.
Gifts, substituted for God, 29, 30, Indian chief, saying of, 48; savage,
Girard, Stephen, 168.
Giving, passim.
Godliness, its profit, 88.
Gold and gold-seekers, Pref., 35; gold hunter, 64, 119, 124, 135, 152, 158, 185, 206, 207, 209. Gold-fields, the, 30.
Indian directors, 190. Insolvency, 129. Interest, money at, 199. Inquisition, the, 76.
Irving, Edward, his views of money, 20.
Jay, Rev. W., quoted, 117, 212, 214, 258.
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