| 单词 | Mammon |
| 例句 | I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In the Bible, Christ frequently warns that it is not possible to serve both God and Mammon. Crooked preachers and sexy priests: has TV got a problem with Christianity? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Most of the religious enthusiasts I observed during my tenure on the Hill seemed to have little reluctance to mix God and Mammon. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z Perhaps the Age of Mammon might be a better term. Earth has entered a new era, new Smithsonian book says. That is not a good thing. 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “Ye cannot serve God and Mammon,” Scott says, having made his decision. Review: In ‘The Price of Thomas Scott,’ Puritanism Prevails 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z High standards in business practice, service to our country, a truly useful life — can such ideals, he wonders, be reawakened in a culture that so zealously worships Mammon and grotesquely rewards cheats and scam artists? ‘Fixers’: A financial thriller with cameos by Hillary Clinton and Obama 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Sir Mammon’s appetites are boundless, and he is bewitched by the suggestion that a single mystery word can trigger the comely Dol into a carnal frenzy. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Of all the songs here, If in Money We Trust – a mantra-like rumination on the love of Mammon over God – most deserves to join his pantheon of classics. Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B – review 2012-09-27T21:18:01Z Though his name is never directly mentioned, Mammon, he who is worshiped by lucre lovers, might be considered the tutelary deity of “Hard Feelings,” staged by James Hillier at the Finborough Theater. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Trapped 2013-07-01T15:07:20Z Some interviewees saw God and Mammon as beautifully united in the Stateside vision of the good society; others regarded this as the canker that poisoned the American Dream. Last Night's TV: The Making of the Duchess of Malfi and American Dream 2010-12-06T08:00:00Z Americans have formed a cult around Mammon, the demon of wealth. Is America a death cult? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Similarly, bankers worshipped Mammon, who had no homeland. "Woke communism”: How corporate America became the bogeyman of today's anti-communist crusaders 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z “So Warnock believes the U.S. military is ‘Mammon’ & military service is incompatible with being a Christian?” ‘Disqualifying’: Past remarks haunt Raphael Warnock in crucial Georgia Senate contest 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z And then, that spring morning, the mist cleared and Mammon’s HQ appeared. Big bang theory: how blowing up a Transit van wiped out £1m of debt 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z I tried to talk to him about the church’s loosening standards, but he was having none of it, saying a choice had to be made between God and Mammon. Dying the Christian Science way: the horror of my father’s last days 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It owes more to Calvin than to Mammon, more to Wittenberg than to Vegas. Pomp and protest as Trump visit stokes UK culture war 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Dethroning Mammon is a book about gaining through losing. Justin Welby: Putting money in its proper place - BBC News 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z England continues to produce quite-good players who arrive at tournaments tired, insular and incurious, whose careers are consumed instead by the unceasing Mammon of English club football. Gareth Southgate: no star power, no magic bullet, but a man for the times | Barney Ronay 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Albee’s play embraces not only history and science but even religion in that Nick’s father-in-law was a travelling preacher who managed to reconcile God and Mammon. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a misunderstood masterpiece 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Needless to say, the forces of Mammon are winning. The Corporate Fight for Social Justice 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z How many lives in the name of commerce must be run over on the way to the altar of Mammon? Long-Haul Sweatshops 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z As idols go, Moloch is, perhaps, second only to Mammon, though we all know that the two have a rather cozy relationship. These nuts really do dream of revolution: The right’s frightening fantasy that blocks any action on guns 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “An identity which here, as in other countries, some powers are committed to erasing, at times because our faith is revolutionary, because our faith challenges the tyranny of Mammon,” he said. In Bolivia, Pope Francis Apologizes for Church’s ‘Grave Sins’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Mammon have mercy on us - they even put the price of cigarettes up. Purity at heart of Mayweather-Pacquiao 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z And not surprisingly, there are those who find Mayweather's slavish devotion to Mammon somewhat distasteful. Mayweather v Pacquiao - the lowdown 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In the West the holiday is a commercialised legacy of Christian culture; in China it is almost entirely a product of Mammon. Oh what fun 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But Prince Albert decreed it too risky, all too aware of the negative publicity a chopper crash atop this temple to Mammon would bring. Strictly for the super-rich: the world’s most expensive penthouse 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z He is in turn outdone by Brent Harris, preposterously attired and delightfully over the top as Sir Epicure Mammon, who dresses in gold and craves it, too. A Review of ‘The Alchemist’ in Madison 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z A hedge-fund huckster might sweep up the property, tear down the house and erect an angular glass temple to Mammon. John Cheever's Ossining House for Sale “The main point is that we need to synthesize Christianity and capitalism,” he concludes in “God and Advanced Mammon.” David Brat's Biblical Views Shape His Tea Party Politics 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Incentives are the key to performance, whether it is getting them right for all those bankers who might have lost their way following Mammon, or anyone else. Women In Europe: Mind The Pay Gap, Where Is The Corporate Leadership? 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Mammon had good reason to be pleased overall: Triple Play: Final softball notes for 2014 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Politics comes into the picture, as well as Mammon. Religious investigation services: The Lord’s outsourced work 2014-01-23T15:59:50Z The debacle at the world’s largest carbon-trading scheme therefore embarrassed all its backers and left responsible NGOs under attack for consorting with Mammon. Schumpeter: The butterfly effect 2013-10-31T15:59:22Z I'm not suggesting we should be worshipping anything, neither God nor Mammon. Solstice and the lack of symbolism in Britain 2013-06-21T16:53:07Z This is to be expected of ideologically driven globalists and Mammon worshippers. Corporate tax: our mainstream parties all fawned over multinationals 2013-05-25T23:02:06Z Mammon alone does not necessarily drive out God. Viewpoint: New Shepherd, Same Wondering Flock 2013-03-14T18:31:37Z Museums of Mammon FOR a city that prides itself on putting its past behind it, Atlanta has rather a lot of first-rate museums. Schumpeter: Museums of Mammon 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z We lay our scene at Westfield Stratford City, the Temple of Mammon through which all Olympic visitors disgorged from Stratford tube station are required to pass before proceeding to the military checkpoints. London 2012: even Beijing didn't put an army on the gates 2012-07-05T18:04:19Z When Mammon fights the ghosts of Watergate, who wins? Washington Post's sad decline raises tricky questions in US 2012-06-09T23:06:24Z “Mammon is probably the dedication, but by a legal fiction the titular god is suppressed.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Academia and Mammon in Silicon Valley The rise of DVRs allows us to reinvent shows on our own terms -- and it's changing the way series are assembled. Bits: Companies Raise Concerns Over Google Drive's Privacy Protections 2012-04-25T19:57:23Z Now, when to Mammon Mars must bow his crest, King-errantry seems a Quixotic quest, And "unfulfilled renown" finds only—early rest! Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z Mammon is after him, ambition follows, philosophy follows, and the theology of the day is joining the cry. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Jehovah is not the God of that Institution, but Mammon. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z He prohibits the oath, as the Esseneans also did, enjoined non-resistance to violent assault and forgiveness of injuries, and exhorted to take no thought for the morrow, which he described as serving Mammon. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z But Christian lips are cleansed from the service both of Belial and of Mammon. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z To abide by them, and abide by him, were as inconsistent as to serve God and Mammon. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Thanks to George Thompson, these words are becoming more and more familiar in that temple of Mammon. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Time and eternity, heaven and hell, peace and affliction, smiles and tears, life and death, are all lost sight of in the arithmetical liturgy of Mammon's worship. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Covering the fa�ade of the very Temple of Freedom with the placards of grovelling Mammon! Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z He is becoming, instead of a man, a money-making machine, an “idolater” of “Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven.” The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z For ignorance may excuse error; but thine—it is vain to deny it—is conscious wrong, and vows thee to the Mammon whose wages are endless remorse or final death. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Each for himself, and Mammon for the foremost. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z It is too much like serving God and Mammon. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Did "Mammon" or Moloch do anything more infamous than to establish slavery? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Amongst the Jews whom our Lord addressed, the choice lay between “God and Mammon”; in Corinth and Ephesus, it was “Christ or Belial.” The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z But, alas! it proves how much “the clink of Mammon’s box” charms the ear and deadens the nobler feelings of the soul. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z “This was,” to use the words of a local historian, “a decided case of huckstership dividing its affection between God and Mammon.” Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z He was amused at the blind way in which the man had walked into his trap, and meditated cynically on the frailty of human nature, which will always follow the great god Mammon. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Why did he fail to enlighten the worshipers of "Mammon" and Moloch, of Belial and Baal, of Bacchus and Venus? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z So far as they are not in harmony with the law, we serve Mammon. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z "Blind Fate," "A Woman's Heart," "Mammon," "The Snare of the Fowler," followed in due course, also some clever little shilling stories. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z It is only the briefest possible outline of the evil conditions which less than a century of the Service of Mammon has bred in that mighty metropolis. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z "One can't serve God and Mammon," he observed, with that new flippancy of his. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z They regarded prosperous people as the children of Mammon, and the unfortunate, the wretched and diseased, as the favorites of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Now, if all our moral exercises can be of a mixed character, then it is true that, at every period of our lives, we can serve God and Mammon. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon too," and Mammon is very plain and practical, rolling on rubber tires to the best restaurant. Sunshine Jane 2011-11-12T03:00:30.717Z I listened, and laughed inwardly to think how indignant I should have been eight years since if anyone had accused Z—— of being a worshipper of Mammon and of Interest. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Accursed be the trade and the commerce that have enticed God's people to become the slaves of Mammon, and frantic worshippers of the golden calf!' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z But be aware, lest Mammon's charm allure, And tempt from truer wealth that shines within. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z We may render, for example, ninety-nine degrees of service to God and one to Mammon, or ninety-nine to Mammon and one to God. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z Stinted in her culture and contracted in her views, Mammon is her god, and she looks to the welfare of her husband and her own children as the chief end of her existence. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Why did I, who have never been a follower after Mammon, fall so easily into that accursed mine? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:15.237Z Leave the iniquitous Mammon in the hands of the evildoers, and take only with you that to which there cleaves no curse in the sight of Jehovah! The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z What murderers are those its chief idols, Mars and Mammon! The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Strike! for freedom in the dust; Strike! to crush proud Mammon’s lust; Strike! remembering God is just! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z It was the Saying of our blessed Redeemer, Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. John Woolman's Journal 2011-09-06T02:00:09.260Z To these thronged recruits in the regiments of Mammon, experience brought no caution, age no wisdom. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z We may follow the guidance of Mammon beckoning from afar, with a trust as idolatrous as if we held his hand. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z And yonder yelling fools contrive To lend some truth to Mammon’s text. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, October 29, 1887 2011-08-20T02:00:11.307Z There is no truth so potent as that which tells us that we cannot serve God and Mammon. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z You wouldn't really wish me to choose to serve Mammon instead of God!' Niece Catherine 2011-07-30T02:00:13.927Z It was stated by one of the witnesses at Cheltenham that I said Christians are worshippers of Mammon. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Mammon and dominion were the false gods men worshipped. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z He said that one could not serve God and Mammon at once. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z It is a city of saints and sinners, where God and Mammon have each their temples and their crowds of worshippers. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Ah! the meat, sometimes called hire; there lies the rock upon which so many run, and their frail barks are shivered to pieces; allured to their destruction by the songs of a siren called Mammon. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Now this need not seem strange, or even severe, since the fiat has gone forth from the lips of the highest of authorities—“Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z So far back as 1877 Mr. Grundy offered a first version of it, under the title of Mammon, to the English public. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z His Siren is therefore the Philotimé of Spenser, daughter of Mammon— "Whom all that folk with such contention Do flock about, my deare, my daughter is— Honour and dignitie from her alone Derived are." Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The mills of Mammon grind ever but free will alone keeps the hoppers filled. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z But the Socialists were a growing power; they had shown that they, like the unjust steward in the parable, know how to make friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z Se�ora," answered Fernando de Talavera, "they are doubtless serving Mammon among the Moors and Turks, as they served him in Spain. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z She would be cruel, selfish, mercenary, but she would make this city of Mammon that went roaring past her serve her by its own false gods of money and success. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z An artist must serve Mammon; he must have ‘self-concentration’—selfishness, perhaps. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Volpone, and “the gentleman who loves not noise,” his other masterpieces, like Sir Epicure Mammon, are of the same colossal character. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But even in the financial markets, where participants worship Mammon rather than God, faith plays a larger role than its hard-headed participants would like to admit. Buttonwood: Faith and the markets 2011-05-26T10:46:21Z The murmurs of these slaves of Mammon broke up our little Eden. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z And whenever any new instance of it came to her knowledge, she would shake her head, and exclaim, softly, "Oh, Mammon, Mammon!" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z He was poor, certainly; but how often had Aunt Pauline mingled her plaintive regrets with Mrs. Griffin's about the increasing worship of Mammon which vulgarized London society! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z I wanted you to understand that I'm not an altogether hard, worldly kind of man, ready to offer you up to Mammon—eh? That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Even London forgot to dangle his watch-chain, and his employer, Riles, who had sold his soul to Mammon twenty years ago, laughed quietly at the tear on the boy’s cheek. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Mindful of God, the church was repaired; mindful of Mammon, too, the storehouse was covered. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z Other people worshipped Mammon; the duchess only patronized Mammon—which was, surely, a very different thing! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The romantic method of Dumas, for instance, and even of Walter Scott, appealed to her as a mode of escaping to dreamland from the flatness and vulgarity of life under the "miserable reign of Mammon." Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z No; assuredly nothing could have transformed Alcala into the self-complacent worshipper of Mammon, who assumed to himself the title of a Protestant Christian. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z An artist must serve Mammon; he must have “self-concentration”—selfishness, perhaps. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Mammon is heavily laden and will fall from the top. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z Serve neither God nor Mammon, but humanity alone. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Moloch was for open war; Belial had great faith in the force of circumstances; and Mammon was for organizing their new kingdom so as to make it as comfortable as possible. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Mammon had reared his altars on consecrated ground; the money-changer was within the temple. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z If any of the worshippers of Mammon earn their gold, it is the slave-dealer. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z She's mercenary to the point of worshipping Mammon, but, thank heaven, she never meanders as mamma does, who wanders away from the subject into tortuous and serpentine courses. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z You, Arthur, a lover of all things beautiful, to dream of deserting, of arraying yourself on the side of Mammon.” The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Moloch, Belial, and Mammon, had likewise been admitted to his confidence. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Long she lay and marveled at its beauty, Wondering how many ages would elapse before The god of Mammon would transport its treasures To his marts beside the sea. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z She is anti-rent, while she wishes to keep on good terms with her landlord; and that is endeavoring to serve God and Mammon. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z In most countries an open purse invites an open heart; but the Colester villagers were above Mammon worship. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Unholy Mammon can unlock the doors Of congress halls and legislative floors, Dictate decisions of its judges bought, And poison all the avenues of thought. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The volume of such spiritual goods Mammon can lure into the market measures the power of money.... The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z She was in danger, and knew it, of going over to Mammon. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Mammon, not Terpsichore, is the genius to whom worship is paid. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z For the baroness believed that everybody had his price, a belief shared by everybody who, like herself, served the god Mammon with his whole heart, his whole soul, and his whole mind. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z One meets with just as many cases of the adroit blending of the worship of God and Mammon. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Worshiper of Mammon and Jehovah, the man most concerned in the interests of the next world, and most wrapped up in the concerns of this. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Not that they like money, of course; that's Mammon; but because it lifts them above earthy cares, and gives them the power of relieving the wants of their fellow-Christians. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z As a man "cannot serve two masters" antagonistic and diametrically opposed to one another, as God and Mammon, no more can a nation serve two opposite principles at the same time. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Determined to keep his father singing, Mr. May’s son, Albert Mammon, a police officer, renovated the shop and reopened it last month. Open & Shut: Chronicle of a Changing City 2010-12-19T00:53:57Z They die in harness, harnessed to the car of Mammon. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Britain's biggest temple of commerce is now Tesco, and its approach to money changing puts Mammon some way before God. Tesco, treating credit card customers fairly? 2010-12-11T00:01:00Z Many of those who enjoin the people to believe — in God or Caesar or Mammon — have forfeited their right to do so. Letter From Europe: Betrayals of Trust at Easter Time 2010-04-02T11:00:00Z There is no serving of God and Mammon both. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z I have heard the back armour of the bravest knight of the lists crack with the bow to Mammon, as loud as when he knelt to the peacock. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Poor Gertrude! she has a mother who makes Mammon her God—a woman who has broken one of her children’s hearts; do not let her break that of the other. A Double Knot I experienced for a time the full power of the enchantment, and acknowledged, against my will, the sovereign dominion of Mammon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The preacher chose for his text the passage from St. Matthew's Gospel commencing with "No man can serve two masters," and ending "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." Friend Mac Donald But all the houses and streets were full of horsemen; and if I had taken my Mammon with me, it might so have happened that I should have been caught. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. I am sorry for you, Mrs. Fletcher—sorry that your sacrifice of youth and loveliness, on the altar of Mammon, has been in vain. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir If the greatest thing on earth sprang from poverty such as this, then surely Christmas pours the contempt of heaven upon Mammon. Victory out of Ruin We worshipped at one shrine—that of Mammon. Stand Up, Ye Dead Mammon alone is held in high honour and sitteth in the high places. The Great Discovery How earnestly and emphatically the Lord denounces it: "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." Misread Passage of Scriptures There were a thousand little tricks,—I will not be harsh enough to call them unworthy,—by which she served Mammon. Ayala's Angel It proclaims to-day with a voice whose certainty changes not that the man who serves Mammon and gains the world while he loses his soul makes a grievous and a profitless barter. Victory out of Ruin For the devotees of Aphrodite and Mammon are blinded to the stars. Stand Up, Ye Dead Coveting tempts us into the violation of the first commandment, worshipping Mammon in addition to Jehovah. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments Immediately he saw the approaching forces of Mammon, as he called them, he climbed down from his post of vantage and secured the hose. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle I will except the Bible; for your broker, as a general thing, respects God, though he does give his life to Mammon.” Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Mammon had no smile for the greatest and most radiant thing in all the world's history. Victory out of Ruin The future path of our development is to be the path of the Teuton, and we are to tread it like him, sacrificing our souls to Mammon. Stand Up, Ye Dead Lord God, if Thou but saw the pagan hearts they hide, The base greeds of their being, the lusts undenied, The Mammons that they worship! Satan Absolved The forces of Mammon gathered themselves together and retired in disorder. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle This is the Mammon of our conceit upon whose altars we are willing to offer up the sacrifice of the wasted earth. The Book of This and That One has but to consider a moment and he will realise the poverty-stricken condition of Mammon's devotees. Victory out of Ruin His conduct is a legacy for all; 670 Richer than Mammon’s for his single heir. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes "You cannot serve God and Mammon," murmured Helena. Helena Brett's Career The god of Mammon had showered his favors on these simple souls, but they would never be worshippers of the god. Clover and Blue Grass Bachelors will fear that, after all, it is true that— “Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.” About London The only thing Mammon can do is to secure food, shelter, and clothes. Victory out of Ruin Mammon is considered as the only true savior. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. One of the best-informed Spirits of the assembly, Mammon, was not altogether reassured by the remarks of his brother Arcade. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Both are large and substantially built, with large churches, schools, banks, stores, and all the temples that modern Christians erect to Jehovah and Mammon. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Much more probably we should find an atheistic and materialistic India, in which Mammon, Wealth, Industrial Success, and Worldliness had become the new gods. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Life is greater far than livelihood; and the worshippers of Mammon lose the very essence and the end of life in a vain pursuit of the means of living. Victory out of Ruin From room to room I went, pleasing myself with fancies of the man who had never bowed the knee to Mammon. The Land of Long Ago Christianity does not sycophantishly court the rich and despise the poor: it tells the stories of the Rich Man and Lazarus, and of the Rich Fool, and it declares 'Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.' Modern Substitutes for Christianity The whole atmosphere was that of Mammon; one might have fancied oneself in the halls of a Florentine money-changer. The Bartlett Mystery It was well that the piety of our forefathers selected such a spot, that once in the bustle of the week God’s voice might be heard as well as that of Mammon. The London Pulpit Give the Child time—and all the bottles of Mammon and vulgarity will at last be burst. Victory out of Ruin Oh that false reverence which men substitute for adoring obedience, and wherewith they reprove the childlike spirit that does not know another kingdom than that of God and that of Mammon! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The owner of that house was once a man well to do in the world; but he minded this world's goods more than it was fitting to do, and made Mammon his god. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Tolstoi said the other day that America, once the hope of the world, was in bondage to Mammon. Optimism An Essay Half work pays poor wages, and it is not surprising that neither God nor Mammon will patiently submit to it. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part There are ample signs that Mammon has captured the hearts of this generation. Victory out of Ruin Yet I know I'd have more money to-day—I think a great deal more money—if I had been more faithful to Mammon, as they call the poor creature. The Crow's Nest The Countess, in order to get her lawful inheritance out of the hands of her rascally relations, has had to pay money, to sacrifice to Mammon. Weird Tales, Vol. II. America might do all this, and still be selfish, still be a worshipper of Mammon. Optimism An Essay There is here preserved, among other costlier treasures of Mammon, the private account-book of Charles II. Old and New London Volume I We have only to look at him with eyes cleansed by gazing at the Child in the manger and we realise how tawdry a god this Mammon is. Victory out of Ruin The few, it may be taken for granted, will be so bound to the wheels of Mammon that they cannot get away. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Ten thousand drachmas, a fictitious unit of currency established by foxy old Mammon, was the flat fee for use of the road. Satan and the Comrades It is based on fraud, and sustained by force—force that ruthlessly crushes all who do not bow the knee to Mammon. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror "You serve both God and Mammon," I remarked as the soda-water splashed into the glass. Aliens They have cast duty to the winds; they have given themselves to Mammon and to pleasure; and they perished—but they never knew that the world that seemed to them so secure was passing away. Victory out of Ruin She is anti-rent, while she wishes to keep on good terms with her landlord; and that is endeavouring to serve God and Mammon. The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts I’ll tell Mammon it’s okay when I arrange for my own supply.” Satan and the Comrades Let them be assured that it is with no fortuitous choice among the attributes or powers of evil, that "Mammon" is assigned for the direct adversary of the Master whom they are bound to serve. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Behind him stands the Temple of Mammon, surrounded by a crowd of reverend worshippers. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Society may perish, but they must have their full share in the largesse of Mammon. Victory out of Ruin Heed not if half-wits mock your broken blade: Mammon our master doeth all things ill. Poems “Ye cannot,” He says, “serve God and Mammon.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Who is the lady who is going to sacrifice you to Mammon? she is not your mother; you owe her no obedience. Sir Tom It is a business street, for Mammon has banished Fashion to the golden precincts of Fifth Avenue. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It The towers and pinnacles of Mammon soar everywhere high above the puny sanctuaries of faith. Victory out of Ruin Yea, this one thing is known of you, We know that not till you were dumb, Not till your course was thundered through, Did Mammon see his kingdom come. Poems The Mammon character of our age is best typified by the Exchange and its doings. Woman under socialism I am more than ever satisfied that God and Mammon would be equally propitiated by emancipation. Records of Later Life It does not designate trade, as such, but trade as it is earned on by those who, with unrenewed hearts, serve the god Mammon. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 And of all men he was the most determined; with him it was literally a question between God and Mammon. The Landleaguers A land ruled by them alone would too often make ignominious submission—not at all from the motives Christ teaches, but rather from those Mammon instils. Shirley The halls in the Temples of Mammon will stand vacant; national bonds of indebtedness, stocks, pawn-tickets, mortgages, deeds, etc., will have become so much waste paper. Woman under socialism Aye, it has served both God 46 and Mammon, and paid the awful penalty! Carmen Ariza What's that the Bible says about ploughing with the other fellow's heifer, and making friends with the Mammon of unrighteousness? A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs They find it quite easy to worship God and Mammon together. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He had gathered and he had given flowers; he had offered a sentimental, a poetic tribute at the shrine of Love or Mammon. Shirley He couples Jehovah and Mammon together as fit for the worship of "those who delight in wickedness and slavery." Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Trade’s fickle signets coined From Mammon’s molten dust, With reverence conjoined, Proclaim “In God we trust.” The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 When Mammon advises Swellfoot the Tyrant to refresh himself with A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook Such as is served at the Great King's second table. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle "Mammon by day and maundering at night Oh, Shade!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 Jesus felt the antagonism of private wealth and the Kingdom of God so keenly that he set God and Mammon over against each other, and warned us that we must choose between them. The Social Principles of Jesus The priests and disciples of Mammon lie when they say that their god—the golden calf—is the most powerful stimulus to work and the principal promoter of culture. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Mammon used to drink the blood of his victims and when this was not to be had, he drank his own. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Above both was the shining face of Mammon. The Paliser case To the all absorbing spirit of Mammon be ascribed the evil change. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 With pictures, that exist in life, Of thousands waging direful strife With gaunt Starvation, in the holds Where Mammon vauntingly unfolds His boasted banner of success? The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme The disciples of Mammon, on the watch for the discoveries and creations of these men, rob them not only of the fruit of their work, but often of the honors which belong to them. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Mine is not Mammon's Muse, She will not sing for hire of Soaps, or Silks, or Shoes. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 Above her Mammon glowed, behind her leered Priapus. The Paliser case The hidden treasures of poesy had been given to his grasp, and he had built a temple which should long outlast the sand-heaps which the worshipers of Mammon had gathered around them. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 “Do!” said the Mammon of Unrighteousness, “back him, you fool.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges If we add to this: "in a society where Mammon rules as absolute master," the picture will not be wanting in accuracy. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But the Americans are neither Pagans––which is consoling––nor fetish-worshipping heathens: they are all true and honest votaries of Mammon, their great God, their one and only God. The Book of Khalid Youth, beauty, virtue, even smiles, even graciousness, Priapus and Mammon bestow on the faithful that garland the altars with cash. The Paliser case In vain they showed him the craggy path which traversed the hill of Fame; in vain they set him in the foul and miry roads which led to the temple of Mammon. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Here human skill is shown in shutting out All sight and thought of things that God hath made; Lest He should share the constant homage paid To Mammon, in the hearts of men devout. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 The apostles of Mammon and Bacchus, the former by interest, the latter by the aid of a narcosis which paralyzes the higher sentiments and reflection, work in concert to maintain this foul swamp. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study So, by meeting commerce squarely in its own field, he has freed himself from any compromise with Mammon. Rosinante to the Road Again The spirit of worldliness has entered the churches, and they try to serve God and Mammon; God on Sunday, and Mammon on the week days. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The Manager smiled the sycophantic smile of one who worships Mammon. The Tale of Timber Town Scotty's soul went through the usual conflict in such cases, and when Captain Bolt came up, rubbing his mouth, love of Mammon had won over love of God, and he said nothing about it. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Seek not in Mammon's worship pleasure, But find your richest, dearest treasure In God, his word, his work; not leisure. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Your sensitive spirit would revolt against taking service under anyone of Mr. Mammon's myrmidons, and even if it didn't, I am sure he would not employ you. The Belovéd Vagabond Make friends with the Mammon of your wealth so that when you fail here it may receive you into a everlastin’ habitation. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands The very worship of Mammon wears an imposing mask. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Was it decent? was it proper? was it considerate to Mammon? Somehow Good Was he not this very night sleeping beneath some famous London house, it might be below that very temple of the great God Mammon, the Carlton Hotel? Aladdin of London or, Lodestar That Master, whom he had long ago left out of his life's plan, had said, "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." The End of the Rainbow His name of old was "Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from heaven." Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject No nation, as Abraham Lincoln said, can remain half-slave and half-free: and it was a greater than Lincoln who warned us that we cannot serve both God and Mammon. Progress and History They make to themselves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness; they become full, and deny their Maker, and say, who is the Lord! Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio This is a republic, and neither Mammon nor anarchy shall be king. Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 We doubt whether, under any circumstances, such a scheme is practicable; but of this we entertain no doubt, that it is as mischievous a device as ever was forged in the cabinet of Mammon! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain, And sadly gaze on Gold they cannot gain. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry I must confess that I, for one, fell hopelessly in love with your Gwendoline Vane, in "Mammon and Moonshine." The Giant's Robe Of passion, of rapture, there is no trace in him, except in the single instance—in fire mingled with earth—of Sir Epicure Mammon. A History of Elizabethan Literature To achieve the feat of sending a man to a gradual death, the authorities of Pittsburg at the command of Mammon trampled upon their much-beloved laws and the legality of court proceedings. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The sophist’s rope of cobweb he shall twine; Mope o’er the schoolman’s peevish page; or mourn, And delve for life, in Mammon’s dirty mine; Sneak with the scoundrel fox, or grunt with glutton swine. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems The clever ones, the wise ones, the shrewd ones, the ones that make themselves friends with Mammon, and build themselves houses of pleasure for their habitation, shall pass away and be forgotten forever. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations And they were all harnessed to a great car, a Juggernaut, ponderous and crushing, upon which was enthroned Mammon, or the Goddess of Liberty, or Reason, as you like. The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse At another time he would match a downright interlude like the Contention for Honour and Riches with a thinly-veiled morality like Honoria and Mammon. A History of Elizabethan Literature Mammon, covetousness, oppression, fraud, were rising like strange fire from these defiled altars! Memories of Bethany His Siren is therefore the Philotimé of Spenser, daughter of Mammon— "Whom all that folk with such contention Do flock about, my deare, my daughter is— Honour and dignitie from her alone Derived are." The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Two years ago I wrote a story called the "Seven Sons of Mammon," in which there was an ideal character—that of a fair-haired-little swindler, and presumable murderess, called Mrs. Armytage. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The retail Mammon dethrones his proud wholesale rival. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Sisterhood, brotherhood, was often forgotten; but not till the rise of these ultimate Mammon and Shotbelt Gospels did I ever see it so expressly denied. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. How should the eloquence of the church prevail over this Eastern Mammon? The Bertrams “I never cared for Mammon, not I. I’d be thankful for a crust of bread and a cup of water, and say grace o’er him with Amen.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall The two ideas are absolutely incompatible, and whichever we adopt as our leading principle, it must be to the entire exclusion of the other; we cannot serve God and Mammon. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science He examined them attentively, and the conviction forced itself upon him with irresistible strength, that he had sacrificed genius at the altar of Mammon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 They never will be 'satisfactory' otherwise; they cannot, O Mammon Gospel, they never can! Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. But he was not able; so he fell down before that of Mammon. The Bertrams Our mothers and grandmothers would as soon have thought of sacrificing an innocent to Moloch as to Mammon. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Mammon's speech:— “I will have all my beds blown up; not stuft: Down is too hard.” Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher This Syrian had Mammon all over his body and soul. The Kangaroo Marines Oh, it is frightful when a whole Nation, as our Fathers used to say, has 'forgotten God;' has remembered only Mammon, and what Mammon leads to! Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. They are supposed to be Luther and Melanchthon; I think they are Lucifer and Mammon. Peggy Recalling the now superannuated feud, he preserved the appearance of inapproachability, and said: “We will not debase ourselves for the sake of Mammon.” The Goose Man Probably he sincerely means both, but the latter much more than the former; he laments the breaking of the tools of Mammon much more than the breaking of the images of God. Eugenics and Other Evils Richard was usually well supplied with money, which was a scarce article with the son of the journeyman carpenter, and boys bow down to the Mammon of this world, as well as men. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. Sept. 9th.—We "cannot serve God and Mammon." The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada To-day we wear too grave a face; We slave,—we buy and sell; Forget a while mad Mammon's race In "Vive la bagatelle!" The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) “That ye cannot serve two masters,” was fully illustrated in his case; and he, the slave of Mammon, was lured on with the vain expectation that his new wealth would bring happiness! The Young Lord and Other Tales to which is added Victorine Durocher Ascher is at least an archbishop, possibly a patriarch, or even a cardinal, in that truly catholic church which worships Mammon. Gossamer 1915 Mammon means money, and the purpose of this parable is to teach Christians their relations to that world of which Mammon is the centre,—the world of business interests and cares. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion I do not know how to worship God and Mammon at the same time. No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York They were flames in the temple of the new god Mammon. The Root of Evil You see," continued Miss Todd, "that Miss Baker is allowed to know me, though I am Mammon, for the sake of auld lang syne. Miss Mackenzie Many of them, no doubt, are trying on a new field the old experiment of serving God and Mammon, of putting new wine into old bottles. Socialism: Positive and Negative What then can you do in your relation to Mammon? Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion But which of us even in fancy can ride with the Red-Cross warrior, penetrate with Guyon into the cave of Mammon, or realise the dreary pageant that issued from the House of Pride? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 These flaming signs in the sky were the signals of the advance skirmish line of a huge host—growing in number and power each hour—the army of Mammon! The Root of Evil We have had the same lovers; and you know, Mary, that you've been very near coming over to Mammon yourself. Miss Mackenzie I was convinced that I could not serve two masters, God and Mammon. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite You may, first, make an enemy of Mammon; or secondly, make a master of Mammon, or thirdly, make a friend of Mammon. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion It is so hard to serve God and Mammon, to grapple with the foemen at the front, the Press and the Pulpit at the rear. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War He had overlooked the fact that the Kingdom of Mammon in America has a king and that the present ruler is very much alive. The Root of Evil You see you can't serve God and Mammon, and it is settled beyond all doubt that I'm Mammon. Miss Mackenzie Christ said: "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." Natural Law in the Spiritual World On the other hand, a great many persons have made a master of Mammon. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion From the power of Mammon, and from the blindness which falls upon his victims, good Lord, deliver me! My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year "And I wouldn't give the father with the loving heart and stainless name for the Kingdom of Mammon." The Root of Evil It is they that keep awake the finer parts of our souls; that give us better aims than power or pleasure, and withstand the total sovereignty of Mammon in this earth. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Add to this the demoralising effects of a democracy which turns the thoughts of all to Mammon, and it will be acknowledged that this rapid fall is not so very surprising. Diary in America, Series One But Jesus says that neither of these attitudes towards Mammon is the Christian relation. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion He can do nothing with “double” men, who do things only “by half,” giving one part to Him and the other part to Mammon. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The hero and the prophet are rarely found in soft clothing or kingly houses; they are never chosen from the palaces of Mammon or the gardens of Belial.” Julian Home It will be said that I have drawn an impossible character, and depicted a woman who served both God and Mammon. Orley Farm Each man would surpass his neighbour; and the only great avenue open to all, and into which thousands may press without much jostling of each other, is that which leads to the shrine of Mammon. Diary in America, Series One He says further that you cannot serve this world of Mammon and serve God also. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion To what a depth of moral degradation the nation might have sunk under the thus retrogressive influences of ungodly Mammon, setting God and Christianity at total defiance, may not easily be conjectured. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The shops and banks alone are closed: Mammon for this day sees his altars in one spot on earth deserted. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Away with you from here, servants to Mammon! King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth Some worship God, some Mammon; some admit, some deny, Christ; some deny both God and Christ; some are saved by living prophets only; some go to heaven by water, while some dance their way upwards. Diary in America, Series One Many people in Christian history have made an enemy of Mammon. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion That time came when defiant Mammon waxed so bold as to threaten the nation's life. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Whatever is rarest, most fantastic—things only dreamed of—the epicurean connoisseur has only to invoke, and, at a touch of the magic wand of Mammon, it is there before him. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 So he and Mammon bring the assembly completely round to the mood of ease and acquiescence. Milton I have seen many lovely ones, yet as Byron hath it: ‘Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 The Christian is to make a friend of Mammon; to welcome it, and to use it, to discover the good in it and learn its lessons; to mould it into the higher uses of life. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Thy country, in her darkest hour, When heroes bend at Mammon's shrine, And virtue sells herself to Power, Lights up in smiles at deeds like thine! The Liberty Minstrel Let nations grapple, let Mammon triumph, let pestilence o'erwhelm; what matter, we love, we love. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance His passionate philippics against Wealth Mammon's own daughters read, 'tis said, by stealth, And vote them 'quite delicious!' Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 The floor of the world is filthy, the mud of Mammon eats up all your upper leathers, and we are all become sad soals. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 He is not the runaway from the world of Mammon, nor yet its slave; he makes a friend of Mammon for the service of God. Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion If a list could be obtained of the rich ignorant people, it would be no flattering document to stick on the door of the temple of Mammon. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes "At least, it will teach him, when he's preaching for the Lord, to remember that Mammon isn't always quite so black as he is painted." The Brentons The Jew is a kind, good man, despite what is said about his worship of Mammon. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Nothing but money-grubbing can be put forward to the contrary; no one but Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From Heaven, durst risk a word in answer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) In his memories of the Long Parliament Milton could easily find examples of the types he has embodied under the names of Belial, Mammon, Moloch, and Beelzebub. Milton We saw our Leader contending single-handed with "the obscene empires of Mammon and Belial," and we longed to be at his side in the thick of the fight. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography To him, Mammon, whose head is usury, is the giant Philistine who now stalks forth to defy "the armies of the living God," and with a grain of David's faith, he flings this stone. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Mammon is his god, he prays to him, not merely with his lips, but with all the force of his body and mind. Selected Essays Shower-bearing Virgins, we seek not the regions Whence Pallas, the Muses, and Bacchus have fled, But the city, where Commerce embodies her legions, And Mammon exalts his omnipotent head. Gryll Grange Thou didst attempt to do so, and Mammon left thee struggling for thy life on the ocean. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn There were nominal representatives of all religious faiths, but drawn together to worship one god—Mammon, yet not as brethren, for each seemed eager to supplant the other. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia The reign of Mammon subordinates character and virtue and liberty and human life to sordid gain, yet he holds the scepter of power. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Mammon, the world—ah, is it not adverse to the interests of our souls? The Parables of Our Lord They are as opposite as God and Mammon. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings And who, but for the sake of Mammon, would carry it to every corner of the kingdom? The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell By Greeks I mean people whose ideals were purely intellectual, and by Jews those who saw no good save a material good, no God but the God of Mammon. The Master-Knot of Human Fate But when the Cretans were persecuted by the same Sultan, the suffering and bloodshed was soon ordered stopped by these same six powers, at Mammon's command. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View You have had your constitutional Logic; and Mammon’s Law, not Christ’s Law, rules yet in this land. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Mammon has left some hearts that he has not shrivelled, some eyes that he has not blinded, some hands that he has not fettered. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends And what is the kingdom of Mammon, but a branch of my vast domain? The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell We cannot serve God and Mammon,—the God of poetry and the inward life, the Mammon of outward results. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular The little republics of Africa were freemen, and therefore Mammon sees them strangled with indifference. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Her thousands of merchant craft rocked listlessly and rusted quickly in stagnant waters while the false prophets of Mammon urged idle capital to pyramid a luring stock market to a glorious peak and final crash. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story He drew up his spare person, with a terrier-like shake of the head and shoulders, as of one repudiating Mammon and all its works. Marriage à la mode What merchant would ever fetch your leaves from India, through so many perils, if it were not for the sake of Mammon? The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell His first wife, Marion's mother, was a New York beauty, a sweet, sensitive, refined, and delicate girl; in fine, "a sacrifice at the altar of Mammon." Marion's Faith. Mammon gathers the civilized nations around China and demands that she shall be enslaved by all the bonds she can safely carry or submit to vivisection and distribution. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View God and Mammon, in spite of all efforts at compromise, do not really agree. Henry VIII. They sacrifice goats to Kali and we shudder; we sacrifice men to Mammon and justify our 'rights.' The Necessity of Atheism “And as for you, my brother Mammon, your power is so universal, and likewise so manifest upon the earth, that it has become a proverb that ‘any thing can be got for money.’ The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell At the other extreme is 'Mammon', the sordid power which preys on life and crushes his victims with the weight of his relentless hand. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies To stop these modern wars they must be made unprofitable to Mammon. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View It is a strange, but not unparalleled, story of attempted coöperation in the common service of God and Mammon and Moloch—of endeavors after concord between Christ and Belial. A History of American Christianity Indeed, Mammon is a much more potent idol, it is more cruel, smeared with more human blood, than Kali of Siva. The Necessity of Atheism What would you be worth, Cerberus, with your excessive sucking, if it were not for the assistance of Mammon? The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell It isn't exactly trying to serve both God and Mammon, but it's muddling up the stage and the world. The Tragic Muse While Mammon is permitted this usury, his chief tool, he will use it for the oppression of the world. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View There was something in her appearance and the temper of her being which rebuked the material, sordid, calculating genius of our reign of Mammon. Tancred Or, The New Crusade In our day its sacred walls have been taken down, the dead removed, and the venerable spot, like many others in our busy city, is now devoted to Mammon. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When it is a question of life or gold, we in England are consistent Mammon worshippers. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles What I like in you is that you've definitely let Mammon go—it's the only decent way. The Tragic Muse When wars are no longer the usurer's opportunity, but the consumption of his wealth, Mammon himself will beg that swords may be beaten into plow-shares and spears into pruning-hooks. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Still more powerful is the allegory of worldly ambition, illustrated under the name of ‘the cave of Mammon.’ Milton's Comus To attempt to serve Mammon as well as God seemed utterly comtemptible and incredible to him. Cobwebs and Cables It led through a land that I knew of old, Frequented by friendly, familiar folk, Who bowed before Mammon, and heaped up gold, And lived like their neighbours, and loved their joke. The Farringdons He's trying to serve God and Mammon, and I don't know how God will come off. The Tragic Muse And when Arthur got his brother’s letter, he and Aggie were quite sorry that they had ever called him the Mammon of Unrighteousness. The Judgment of Eve Jesus put the case in an immortal phrase: "Ye can not serve God and Mammon." A Hero and Some Other Folks Elsewhere, the universal pursuit of wealth dethrones God and pays divine honors to Mammon and Baalzebub. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry And it is the children of the immigrants who are thus sacrificed to Mammon, the pitiless god of greed. Aliens or Americans? Milton has this thought in describing Mammon:— "Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent." Making the Most of Life If the brother was the Mammon of Unrighteousness, all the more, she argued, should he be propitiated—for the children’s sake. The Judgment of Eve "Either German principles of right, freedom, honor and morality must be upheld, or Anglo-Saxon principles with their idolatry of Mammon must be victorious." History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War As to her doing anything in the shop, she was far too much of an alien to be allowed to minister in the lowliest office of that sacred temple of Mammon. Alec Forbes of Howglen Men and Mammon Riches and Righteousness Religion and Business The Moral End of Money-Making Better a sweet failure than a sour success. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals The greatest artist of the last century was the most serious one,—Watt, with his Love and Life, and Love and Death, and Mammon, and Hope. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Many sheepfolds have delivered up their blameless flocks to Mammon. The Judgment of Eve The followers o’ the ragged Nine, Poor thoughtless devils! yet may shine In glorious light, While sordid sons o’ Mammon’s line Are dark as night. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Therefore, being by the aid of Mammon solemnly released from his servitude, he went his way rejoicing, and hastened toward the sea, desiring to return to his own country. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings You cannot do two things at the same time, you cannot serve God and Mammon. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Between God and Mammon there is no compromise, no mediator. Life of Father Hecker So, for three days of blinding labor, Aggie applied herself to the propitiation of Mammon, the sending forth of her sacrificial lamb properly decked for the sacrifice. The Judgment of Eve We must abandon Mammon, politics, and polemics, when we would approach the threshold of elevated meditation—when we dwell on the illustrious names of the past, and tread over the stones which they trod. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc Sir Mammon is the host who invites his boisterous guests to the riot of his festive night. Among Famous Books Anxiety of mind is followed by hardening of the heart; then injustice in desire and in fact; blinding of the conscience, ending in a general stultification of man before the god Mammon. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals "Yes," sez I, "but we of the nineteenth century slay two hundred thousand victims every year on the altar of Mammon, and Intemperance." Samantha at the World's Fair He had written in his extremity to a bachelor brother, known in the little house at Camden Town as the Mammon of Unrighteousness. The Judgment of Eve "Well," answered the Canadian, "I don't know that any 'fat king' was ever quite so fat as a gentleman named Mammon who plays a pretty big part in the government of all republics." The Canadian Commonwealth With a stake in the country, a pew in the church, and a seat in the House of Mammon. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs This is only a temporary success they are having, and it often happens that the spurious articles put forth by Mammon & Company are brought over to me to be repaired. Olympian Nights There are many innocent slaves to Mammon in our midst. The Jamesons The 108brother had a big house down in Kent; and into that house, though it was the house of Mammon, Arthur proposed that he should be received for a week or two. The Judgment of Eve When the hat and plume were laid upon the altar of offended Mammon, Muggs uttered a deep groan, and departed in his shirt sleeves. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Mrs. Fordyce had so long striven to serve both God and Mammon that she had lost the fine faculty which can discern the dividing line. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow Mammon will care for the children of strength and good fortune, and fame will guard the sons of success; let us guard the weak and lowly. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service It is not until the altars of Pan are overthrown that the worship of Mammon is triumphant, and the mischief is that when the great god Pan is driven away he returns no more. The Quest of the Simple Life They can serve God or Mammon and I guess they have given the Devil some of his best ideas. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Your miser may be looked up to, in a way, as an ideal votary of Mammon, but he is never loved. The Disentanglers A free soul has nothing to do with Mammon. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross The gilded priests of Mammon and hypocrisy cannot get away from the cries of humankind; but when do you ever hear them denouncing the guilty and responsible criminals in their velvet-cushioned pews? Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair. Familiar Quotations Teamsters, miners, loiterers—all, even including the gambler—came to pay their homage at the hiding-place of one of Mammon's family. Bruvver Jim's Baby I am one of those who try to serve God and Mammon. Elizabeth Fry "Since that Feast of Tabernacles at Tiberias when I said that Mammon and desire of luxury had estranged the God of Abraham from the chosen people, and subjected them to Jupiter, they have hated me." I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross They have already abandoned Mammon; at least, the most intelligent have, and I begin to see signs of less adoration for athletics. The Plastic Age A Newbern paper says: "In the saddle-bags of this servant of God and Mammon were found his Bible and a complete apparatus for the stamping and milling of Dollars." The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts No," he answered, "the inspiration of this is from Mammon, whose gates I understood shut Mr. Smith out from his true love. Stories of Mystery "But they mustn't roost," said Mr. Dutton; "they have to guard their charges from the insidious approaches of ineligible youths, and assist them to entwine in their meshes the sons of Mammon." Bluebell A Novel Pray to him, your Mammon, in the days of your need; there will be no other consolation for you. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross The white man sacrifices his own brother, and to Mammon, yet he turns in loathing from, the dog-feast. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe For, though she does not serve God and Mammon, she yet makes to herself friends of the Mammon of iniquity. Paradoxes of Catholicism Sir Epicure Mammon is properly trick'd, and goes off ridiculous and detestable. An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) It is hard serving God and Mammon, and Andrew Lockerby was miserable and ashamed that morning in the service. Winter Evening Tales We need only turn, in proof of this, to the Cave of Despair, or the Cave of Mammon, or to the account of the change of Malbecco into Jealousy. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Massinger's Luke, and Ben Jonson's Sir Epicure Mammon, and Pope's Sir Balaam, and our own daily observation, might convince us that the Devil "now tempts by making rich, not making poor." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Though she does not and never can serve God and Mammon, she will and can, when the world permits it, make Mammon serve her. Paradoxes of Catholicism Nothing daunted, his sincere soul preferred to be a doorkeeper in the house of his worship rather than a dweller in the tents of Mammon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 He would show us thereby that these two apparently opposite states of mind in reality spring from that one root, and are equally, though differently, 'serving Mammon.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII I would that it might echo and re-echo till its solemn utterances should make every votary of Mammon tremble. The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character A name?—why, wasn't there Doctor Dodd, That servant at once of Mammon and God, Who found four thousand pounds and odd, A prison—a cart—and a rope in it? The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Never, then, must she sacrifice God to Mammon; never hesitate for one instant if the choice lies between them. Paradoxes of Catholicism That you can not serve God and Mammon is a poor excuse for not serving God. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The solid Doric Temple of Mammon has no more been able to stand against the storms of war than has the Crystal Palace of Sentiment. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Poor Balaam, thy case is a hard one indeed; Like a house that’s divided thou art; Both thy Maker and Mammon thou gladly would’st serve, But the former requires thy whole heart. The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems They profess Christianity and believe only in Mammon. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 Mammon is after him; ambition follows, philosophy follows, and the theology of the day is fast joining in the cry. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 They make good citizens in every respect except as they are dominated by this monarchy, which speaks to them in the name of God and governs them in the spirit of Mammon. Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Faust The Bible tells us we can not serve both God and Mammon; can not love him and the world too. Christmas with Grandma Elsie Mohammed can do less than Mammon to-day for the infidel's ease and comfort in Palestine. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 They are as opposite as God and Mammon; and whoever holds to the one must despise the other.... Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 That President Wilson would naturally set his face against any such deliberate compromise between Mammon and lofty ideals it was superfluous to affirm. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference We have reached a middle summit, Whence one stares to see how shines Mammon in the mountain-mines. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe Such fill churches and chapels on Sundays: anywhere suits for the worship of Mammon. Hope of the Gospel No, it might cause another courtship, A love he could not now control: Great Mammon lured him to his worship, And lorded in his inmost soul. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. The spirits of darkness rule supreme— "Mammon has led them on, Mammon, the least erect of all the spirits That fell from Heaven." Thrift There is one God—just, supreme, almighty: but is Mammon the name of him? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Has not Sir Mammon gloriously lighted His palace for this festive night? Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe To treat the poor man with less attention or cordiality than the rich, is to show ourselves the servants of Mammon. Hope of the Gospel The worldling, with whom happiness and wealth are kindred terms, worships daily at the shrine of Mammon, and offers earnest prayers for the golden shower. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness Natural affection and human pride might lead the fond mother to dedicate her child at the altar of Mammon, to gold, to fame, to magnificence, to the world. The Christian Home Mammon!—how you get it—how you use it—whether you dominate it—or it dominates you. The Mating of Lydia Epicure Mammon is the most determined offspring of its author. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 If he refuses to harmonize them by making his business religion, he has already chosen Mammon; if he thinks not to settle the question, it is settled. Hope of the Gospel No Man can serve two Masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other: You cannot serve God and Mammon. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. "Our Ricky-ticky is a bad hand at serving two masters," but as to which was God and which Mammon in this connection he modestly reserved his opinion. The Divine Fire To make their new quarters habitable, the fallen angels, under Mammon's direction, mine gold from the neighboring hills and mould, it into bricks, wherewith they erect Pandemonium, "the high capitol of Satan and his peers." The Book of the Epic Christian Europe invokes thee not by these names now—her idolatry is of a blacker stain: Belial is her God—she worships Mammon. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 The most futile of all human endeavours is, to serve God and Mammon. Hope of the Gospel While others, hither sent to save us Come but to plunder and enslave us; Nor ever own'd a power divine, But Mammon, and the German line. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 —Mammon.—Completion of French Revolution.—Scheme of Lecturing in London.—America fading into the background. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I In his turn, Mammon favors neither force nor guile, but suggests that, since riches abound in this region, they content themselves with piling up treasures. The Book of the Epic Sir Samson Legend, in Love for Love, is such another lying, overbearing character, but he does not come up to Epicure Mammon. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 If you would make a splendid name Amidst a lucre-loving race, You must be in god Mammon's game, And hustle for a foremost place. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 One excellence he has in an age of Mammon and of criticism, that he never suffers the eye of his wonder to close. Past and Present It is a poor country where all men are sold to Mammon, and can make nothing but Railways and Bursts of Parliamentary Eloquence! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I This creature is Mammon,—God of Wealth,—who is so busy counting his treasures that at first he pays no heed to Sir Guyon. The Book of the Epic "Mammon" is, however, the greatest of the three, containing in itself the ideas and forms of the other two. Watts (1817-1904) On the 12th of July Orangemen will dress im in sashes and listen to orators whose speeches will prove the hollowness of the old adage that you cannot serve both God and Mammon. The Pleasures of Ignorance O, it is frightful when a whole Nation, as our Fathers used to say, has 'forgotten God;' has remembered only Mammon, and what Mammon leads to! Past and Present Your notion's lovely, winning, grand, The fiscal cat most bravely belling; Guileless NATHANIEL, too, affects World-hardened hearts—almost to weeping, Volunteer taxes who expects To draw from Mammon's harpy keeping. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 For a moment Sir Guyon wavers, but finally decides not to accept the offer until he has ascertained whether Mammon's riches have been honestly gained. The Book of the Epic Such was the terse, cold, but not altogether unsympathetic judgment of the better public opinion at Mammon Hill—the dictum of respectability. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Tantalus' gold is all such Lamias hold; 'tis Devil's dice such Mammon vassals throw; A sordid fever fires each fool-believer in the gross glitter, the unholy glow. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 For, in short, Mammon is not a god at all; but a devil, and even a very despicable devil. Past and Present And he bounded away like a foot-ball at play, Till into the bottomless pit he fell slap, Knocking Mammon the meagre o'er pursy Belphegor, And Lucifer into Beëlzebub's lap. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 After being subjected for three days to all the temptations of the underworld, Sir Guyon is led back to the light of day, where Mammon—who bitterly terms him a fool—abandons him. The Book of the Epic Mammon Hill was at last of one mind. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Are you not more and more conquered against your warnings and against your will; not, perhaps, without pain and compunction, by the Mammon of life? Sydney Smith Fall of Mammon: to be a noble Master among noble Workers, will again be the first ambition with some few. Past and Present Men could no more serve "God and Mammon" in politics than in religion. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland But, although sorely tempted, Sir Guyon perceives that Mammon's workmen are oppressed by Care and driven by Force and Fraud, who keep them constantly at work and never allow Sleep to approach them. The Book of the Epic Even the famous Gilson monument, the pride and glory of Mammon Hill, was no longer a standing rebuke to the "viper brood"; succumbing to the sapping current it had toppled prone to earth. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians If neither worthy work nor play command This gentleman of leisure's heart and hand, Then Mammon might his idle spirit lift By hope of profit to some deed of thrift. Black Beetles in Amber Sisterhood, brotherhood was often forgotten; but not till the rise of these ultimate Mammon and Shotbelt Gospels, did I ever see it so expressly denied. Past and Present Of all the inhuman, sham Maxims of Mammon, This one is the worst, For under its cover lurks cruelty callous, With murderous meanness that merits the gallows, And avarice accurst. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 She told me that to reach that goal a man must be absolutely one-pointed in his determination; that no one who tried to serve both God and Mammon could ever hope to succeed. A Textbook of Theosophy The spider in the laurel spins, The weed exiles the flower: And, flung to kiln, Apollo's bust Makes lime for Mammon's tower. John Marr and Other Poems At first they did not see that they might as well hope to serve both God and Mammon. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II In brief, all this Mammon- Gospel, of Supply-and-demand, Competition, Laissez-faire, and Devil take the hindmost, begins to be one of the shabbiest Gospels ever preached on Earth; or altogether the shabbiest. Past and Present He cannot serve God and Mammon; but as interest is his chief end, he will use the most effectual means to advance it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 Then I have ventured on thy strident streets, Mid whir of traffic in the vibrant hour When Commerce with its clashing cymbal greets The mighty Mammon in his pomp of power.... Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts An artist must serve Mammon; he must have 'self-concentration'—selfishness, perhaps. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Surely the god Mammon has rarely possessed so sincere a worshiper! Miriam Monfort A Novel They never will be 'satisfactoy' otherwise; they cannot, O Mammon Gospel, they never can! Past and Present As it is, they are putting their own throats and their own souls in jeopardy by this very endeavour to serve God and Mammon. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 He stood alone—a hard, grasping man: a bond-slave of Mammon. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The text in his mind was, "Ye can not serve God and Mammon." Paul Faber, Surgeon Mammon, the Syrian god of riches, which has given name to the modern passion for material wealth, specially conceived of as an abnegation of Christianity, the profession of which is in flat antagonism to it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge True, it must be owned, we for the present, with our Mammon- Gospel, have come to strange conclusions. Past and Present It was because he foresaw the conditions which prevail to-day that his words were so hot against the rule of Mammon. The Church and Modern Life Our superintendent and chaplain were strong sectarians, but very weak Christians, and they readily made friends of the "Mammon of unrighteousness." The Gentleman from Everywhere You did not conquer in the fight with Mammon when you were poor, and God has given you another chance: He expects you to get the better of him now you are rich. Paul Faber, Surgeon And which is the world to choose, Christ or Mammon? A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia When a woman sells to Mammon, under any stress of circumstance, that which belongs to Cupid, there is something left out of her nature and character which renders the efforts of the reformers almost useless. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters The dethronement of Mammon will go a long way toward this also; most of the corruptions of our political life spring from the love of money. The Church and Modern Life Can't you see, woman, that God and Mammon are about us, fighting for our souls? The Servant in the House Our Lord tells us expressly that we are to take no thought for the morrow, because we can not serve God and Mammon. Paul Faber, Surgeon We know that money means power, and we turn our face to Mammon, and if he smiles upon us we are content to let our finer visions go where our youth has gone. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life I will overturn the altar of Mammon and erect another to the supreme Jehovah. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason Or only kings of terror, and the obscene Empires of Mammon and Belial? Collections and Recollections But he has vacillated, turning hither and thither, serving God and Mammon. John Caldigate He has given me over to the Mammon I was worshiping! Paul Faber, Surgeon If the interests of Science have been sacrificed to Mammon, what rebuke can do injustice to the craft? The Grammar of English Grammars "But why, father, cannot you and he complete your bargain without sacrificing my happiness on the shrine of Mammon?" Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Our Lord says, that we are to copy him by making ourselves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness: but how? Town and Country Sermons The white man sacrifices his own brother, and to Mammon, yet he turns in loathing from the dog-feast. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 He must be lord of his wealth; Mammon must be the slave, not Walter Drake. Paul Faber, Surgeon It is not rare to see Mammon win the battle and it shows on the 'face' of the free-sheeter that has two-thirds advertisements and just one-third news content on page one. Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press |
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