The 1902 Anti-Usury League and Advancing the Kingdom

For folks interested in Biblical Economics, the book titled, USURY: A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View, by Calvin Elliott may be something worth taking a look at. Could the truth about usury have implications for our college and career decision making?

Quotes from 1902:

"The object, the purpose and work of the Anti-Usury League is to expose the evils, the oppressions, the fraud and the sin of usury or interest, by publications, by lectures, by conventions and by every other practical method."

"There is coming forward a great army of intelligent, virtuous young people. They are made intelligent by our high schools, seminaries and colleges. They are made students of the Bible and stimulated in righteousness by Sunday Schools, Christian Associations, Endeavors, Leagues and Unions. From these there shall rise up defenders of the truth, free from the burden of debt and unbiassed by life-long association with conditions familiar to those older. The reformers in all ages have been young, and this reform will be no exception. There is a rashness in youth that needs direction, but there is also a dash and hope and confidence that is necessary to break away from old customs. One generation of intelligent, virtuous young people could give this evil its fatal blow." Reference Calvin Elliott, USURY: A Scriptural, Ethical andEconomic View, (Millersburg, OH: The Anti-Usury League, 1902), http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21623/21623-h/21623-h.htm, 7 August 2007.

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