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CHAPTER II THE KINGDOM WITHIN THE SOUL
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I
BAGS THAT WAX NOT OLD
The ancient world found it very difficult to keep money even after it was got. There were almost constant wars involving the dire1 stripping of the unprotected country districts, and the siege and devastation2 of cities. In those times almost everything was fragile. It was never easy to discover any form of wealth that was surely abiding3. Even if the besom of an invading army did not sweep away the labor4 of years, still there were other enemies to be feared. Tyrants5 were, always on the watch for ways of relieving wealthy men of their treasures. There were robber bands lying in wait for the traveler, and neighborhood thieves found[40] it a small matter to break into private houses and to steal hidden money. It was no uncommon6 thing for men to dig in the ground and hide the talent which they had saved, or to bury the pearl of great price, or other precious jewel, in a field. If one invested his wealth in garments, then another enemy was to be feared. The moth7 is as old as clothes, and he got in even where the thief failed to break through.
The problem of getting an indestructible money-bag was, thus, a problem of first importance. A journey to Jericho might any day reduce a man to primitive8 conditions, or a passing army might make him a beggar, or the visit of a thief might strip him of all his living, or the silent work of a brood of moths9 might ruin the savings10 of years. There were no perdurable purses, no nonbreakable banks, no irreducible forms of wealth.
Christ evidently recognized that there was a value in money. He did not
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victorious
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travails
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corruption
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