Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear: Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored ChalksGriswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)
Religion
Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear: Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks
Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)
Chalk-talks; Moral education; Religious education
"Money-madness seems to be the dominant characteristic of many
people. They appear to think that wealth will gain for them all that
may be desired to make life happy. We might illustrate the thought by
saying that they sow or plant their money and hope that it will bring
forth a fruitage of the blessings for which they long. [Draw the bag
of money, the earth line, the stalk of the plant and the outline of
the foliage, all with black.] And what do the possessors of riches
expect as a harvest in return for the sowing of their wealth? First,
let us put down Pleasure. [Put in the word Pleasure, using red for the
lettering.] And they expect to be leaders in smart society, so we will
add to the list Social Prestige. [Add Social Prestige.] They expect
their associates to be impressed with the evidence of luxury in their
palatial homes and in all they have and do. So we will add Luxury to
the list. [Add Luxury.] And through it all they think they will
possess that degree of satisfaction and contentment which we call
comfort, so we will add this to the list. [Add Comfort.] And, finally,
let us add a word to indicate that element which the wealthy sometimes
possess in a worldly sense, representing their ability to direct the
happiness or unhappiness of those who are less fortunate in their
possession of worldly goods. That word is Power. [Add Power,
completing Fig. 21.]
[Illustration: Fig. 21]
"Here, then, is the picture of the result as longed for by the
possessors of riches, whose lives are devoted to the attainment of
things of this world alone.
"But, alas, how often are bright hopes shattered! 'He that maketh
haste to be rich,' says Solomon, 'shall not be innocent.' A glance at
the daily paper tells us how true it is that when the love of money
takes possession of the heart, pleasure is driven out. How often, too,
does the aspiring social leader find himself outrivalled in the
foolish race, and social prestige vanishes. And with such experiences
as these, the home of wealth loses the longed-for luxury, comfort and
worldly power. And what has come to take the place of these which were
only dreams? [With the broad side of the black crayon fill in solidly
the portions of the foliage area, leaving only the word Sorrow. Add
the words, "The love of money is the root of all evil," completing
Fig. 22, which shows the root and the trunk of a tree that looks more
like the tree of death than "The Tree of Life."]
[Illustration: Fig. 22]
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