that ranch made about one hundred twenty dollars in gold every fifteen minutes, sleeping or awake. Once again, anyone has the opportunity to become wealthy if they just use their resources.Conwell told the story of a young man in his theological school who tried to tell him that the holy bible itself states that money is the "root of all evil." The bible did in fact state that money was the root of all evil. What the young man had neglected to read was that the bible said "the love of money is the root of all evil." Conwell further corrected him by adding that the man who loves and worships the dollar instead of thinking of the purposes for which it ought to be used is the root of all evil. In the two previously mentioned stories, the mens love for money was what compelled them to sell their posessions and go in search for their fortunes. These men wanted the money for themselves, not for the good of the world, and in the end, faced their demise.Despite Conwells experiences, his audience repeatedly tried to prove him wrong and noted how awful it was that a Christian minister prefered to advise people to get rich rather than to preach the gospel. But Conwell believed that to make money honestly was to preach the gospel and to be poor was wrong. What the people did not understand was that a wealthy person can also be a pious person. Conwell tells the people that they should have money and it is their Christian and godly duty to do so. To be pious is to be carful of the duties owed by created beings to God; devout, godly, religious. The people associated wealth with being dishonest, dishonerable, mean, and contemptible. He told them that to think that to be pious you must be poor and awfully dirty is an terrible misconception. He maked the distinction between money and honesty by saying that one who associates having money with being dishonest, dishonorable, mean, and contemptible is the one who has no money because the fou...
