"... if such a people as ours had heard the beloved disciple of the Lord, exclaiming in the rapture of the apocalyptic vision, 'And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people;' they, instead of answering, Amen Glory to God in the Highest, would have responded,--but brother John, will it pay? Can money be made out of it? Will it make the rich richer, and the strong stronger? How will it effect property? In the eyes of such people, there is no God but wealth; no right and wrong but profit and loss. [Our] national morality and religion have reached a depth of baseness than which there is no lower deep."
— Frederick Douglass, 1857
Source: The Frederick Douglass Papers
Will It Pay?
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