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Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text. For a complete list, please see the end of this document. USURY A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View BY CALVIN ELLIOTT PUBLISHED BY THE ANTI USURY LEAGUE MILLERSBURG, OHIO COPYRIGHTED 1902 BY CALVIN ELLIOTT. CONTENTS. Page. Chapter I Definition 7 Chapter II The Law by Moses 11 Chapter III Usury and "The Stranger" 18 Chapter IV David and Solomon 26 Chapter V Denunciation of Jeremiah and Ezekiel 30 Chapter VI Financial Reform by Nehemiah 36 Chapter VII Teachings of the Master 42 Chapter VIII Parables of the Talents and the Pounds 52 Chapter IX Practice of the disciples 58 Chapter X Church history 69 Chapter XI Calvin's letter on usury 73 Chapter XII Permanency of the prohibition 79 Chapter XIII Our changed conditions 81 Chapter XIV The American Revision 87 Chapter XV Duty learned from two sources 93 Chapter XVI Rights of man over things 97 Chapter XVII Equal rights of men 102 Chapter XVIII A false basal principle 108 Chapter XIX The true ethical principle 115 Chapter XX Wealth is barren 121 Chapter XXI Wealth decays 132 Chapter XXII The debt habit 138 Chapter XXIII The borrower is servant to the lender 144 Chapter XXIV Usury enslaves the borrower 146 Chapter XXV Usury oppresses the poor 154 Chapter XXVI Usury oppresses the poor continued 160 Chapter XXVII Usury oppresses the poor continued 168 Chapter XXVIII Usury oppresses the poor concluded 174 Chapter XXIX Usury centralizes wealth 180 Chapter XXX Mammon dominates the nations 189 Chapter XXXI Effect on character 206 Chapter XXXII Ax at the root of the tree 219 Chapter XXXIII Per contra; Christian Apologists 233 Chapter XXXIV Per contra; Land Rentals 243 Chapter XXXV Per contra; Political Economists 253 Chapter XXXVI Usury in History 258 Chapter XXXVII Francis Bacon 266 Chapter XXXVIII Why this truth was neglected 272 Chapter XXXIX Crushed truth will rise again 281 Index 293 TO MY READERS. I beg the sincere and thoughtful consideration of this book by all its readers. Please follow the argument in the order in which it is presented... Continue reading book >>
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