Coin Not Mentioned in Scriptures

1906

Throughout the early part of the scriptures, as well as through the poems of Homer, not a single passage occurs from which we can infer either the use or the existence of stamped money — the 400 shekels which Abraham gave for the cave of Machpelah, for instance, were measured by weight. It is now agreed that the Egyptians had no coined money.


Danger in Amusements

The habit of dissipating every serious thought by a succession of agreeable sensations is as fatal to happiness as to virtue; for when amusement is uniformly substituted for objects of moral and mental interest, we lose all that elevates our enjoyments above the scale of childish pleasures. — Anna Maria Porter.