From the Barry Patch
I recently was given a Bible by my 95 year old Grandmother and while the Bible is very precious to me, what I found in it was better. Inside the Bible was an article taken from what I can only assume was a Detroit New paper many moons ago. Let me share with you the article and judge for yourself if it still applies today.
What Profit a Man if he Gain the Whole World…
In 1923 a very important meeting was held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Attending this meeting were some of the world’s most successful financiers. Those present were:
1.The president of the world’s largest independent steel company
2.The president of the world’s largest utility company.
3.The president of the world’s largest gas company.
4.The world’s greatest wheat speculator.
5.The president of the N.Y. Stock Exchange.
6.A member of the cabinet of the President of the U.S.
7.The greatest “bear” of Wall Street.
8.The head of the world’s greatest monopoly
9.The president of the Bank of International Settlements.
Here were gathered a group of the world’s financial leaders, each with a personal fortune of tremendous proportions. Each had completely mastered the art of making money.
Thirty-one years later in 1954 these nine men appear as follows:
1.The president of the world’s largest independent steel company, Charles Schwab, died bankrupt after living on borrowed money for five years.
2.The president of the world’s greatest utility company, Samuel Insull, died a penniless criminal in a foreign land.
3.The president of the world’s largest gas company, Howard Hopson, is now insane.
4.The world’s greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cutten, died abroad, insolvent.
5.The president of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was released a few years ago from Sing Sing Prison.
6.The member of the President’s cabinet, Albert Fall, was pardoned from prison so he could die at home.
7.The greatest “bear” of Wall Street Jesse Livermore, died of suicide.
8.The head of the world’s greatest monopoly, Ivon Krueger, dove from a liner on the high seas- a suicide.
9.The president of the Bank of International Settlements, Leon Fraser, died -a suicide.
The Questions still remains today: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” Matthew 16:26 ESV
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