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title: 'Moral Tendencies of Our Present Pecuniary Distress'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Joel Parker'
date: 1837-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Money, Possessions, and Stewardship'
- 'Providence'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 26'
- 'Hebrews 12'
- 'Genesis 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parker-1837-moral-tendencies-of-our-present-pecuniary-distress
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# Moral Tendencies of Our Present Pecuniary Distress

Sermon (1837) arguing that widespread pecuniary distress is a divine chastisement to teach righteousness—promoting commercial integrity, reproving love of money, and exposing fraud.

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