The Bible in the Counting-house: A Course of Lectures to MerchantsLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853 - 408 Seiten |
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... object of which was , not precisely to discuss , but by means of a fictitious narrative to illustrate , the question- " Is it possible , in the present state of things , to do a mercantile business successfully , on Christian principles ...
... object of which was , not precisely to discuss , but by means of a fictitious narrative to illustrate , the question- " Is it possible , in the present state of things , to do a mercantile business successfully , on Christian principles ...
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... object worthy of the best exertions of all who desire the prosperity of religion and the welfare of their fellow - men . The humblest effort in this cause may claim to be received with indulgence ; nor will it have been put forth in ...
... object worthy of the best exertions of all who desire the prosperity of religion and the welfare of their fellow - men . The humblest effort in this cause may claim to be received with indulgence ; nor will it have been put forth in ...
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... object . I would have you note the low , sordid , pitiful conception which these men must have of a mercantile life . They may , if you will , be rich men , successful men , men who have a potential influ- ence in bank - parlours , and ...
... object . I would have you note the low , sordid , pitiful conception which these men must have of a mercantile life . They may , if you will , be rich men , successful men , men who have a potential influ- ence in bank - parlours , and ...
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... object , it seem expedient to repudiate the recognized comities of trade , and to make open or secret war upon other houses , why the end will justify the means — for money must be made at all hazards ! Now it is not only compatible ...
... object , it seem expedient to repudiate the recognized comities of trade , and to make open or secret war upon other houses , why the end will justify the means — for money must be made at all hazards ! Now it is not only compatible ...
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... objects of trade to make money ? " and " Whether there is any more sin in clearing five hundred dollars a day , than fifty ? " But these are mere cavils . They are rarely uttered in good faith , and therefore they require no answer ...
... objects of trade to make money ? " and " Whether there is any more sin in clearing five hundred dollars a day , than fifty ? " But these are mere cavils . They are rarely uttered in good faith , and therefore they require no answer ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aholiabs bankruptcy banks Bible cantile capital casuistry character Christ Christian clerks commerce conscience consider contract Counting-Houses counting-room covenant-breakers creditors custom danger debts decalogue districts of England Divine dollars domestic duty endorsing engaged evil expediency faith favour feeling firm fortune habit hand hazardous game heart heaven Hoare & Co honesty honour human institutions integrity intel interest Isthmian games John Sergeant kind labour Lecture lence less live Lord Mammon ment mercantile merchant mind moral nation neighbours ness obligation opium parties passion practical principle profession profits proper pulpit question reason religion requires rich rience Roman mythology ruin Sabbath sanction scheme scrip Scripture sell social soul speculation spirit stocks things thousand tion topics trade traffic transactions true trust truth usages usurious virtue wealth whole wife wrong young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 287 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Seite 230 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Seite 351 - Wants not her hidden lustre, gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art, from whence to raise Magnificence...
Seite 139 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Seite 98 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Seite 216 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Seite 278 - Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Seite 405 - But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified : but He that judgeth me is the Lord.
Seite 120 - ... ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink into base downright lying ; for ' The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt...
Seite 130 - I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.