Anthem Nine
A Honey of a Gold Mine
“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalms 19: 10
Gold Fever
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In 1849, the face of the American West radically changed. California became a prime focus of everyone. With the discovery of gold in California’s Sutter’s Creek, people relocated in mass numbers. Thus began what was called the “California Gold Rush”. Many uprooted and went alone or took entire families in search of the possibility of fame and fortune. Whether the reason for the trek was for motives good or bad, their lives would never be the same again. In varying degrees, each of them had become inflicted with a malady known as, “Gold Fever”.
Others made the trek for entrepreneurial reasons. They weren’t looking to dig gold for themselves. They just viewed this situation simply from a business stand-point. They just wanted to be there when gold was found. Yet, others of their number sought to be near the action for pure evil reasons. They didn’t want to dig for the gold themselves. They didn’t even aspire to provide a business service to those that did sweat and toil in the dirt. They only looked for the chance to steal it from the miner and business entrepreneur.
Paul told Timothy in 6: 10 of the first epistle, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil…” The seeking of wealth and riches is in no way evil. It is a noble and wise desire to provide for a family in a better way. Some within the rush for California gold had these reasons in mind when they began their trek. Yet, the intentions of others were not as honorable. They manifested in their actions a mind-set as spoken by Paul in concluding v. 10 for Timothy when he said, “for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows”.
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