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The sermon on the mount as applied to a commercial age / Art Young.

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The sermon on the mount as applied to a commercial age / Art Young.

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Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with each scene titled "According to Scripture" followed by a quote from the bible; at the bottom of each scene is the title "As Practiced" which is followed by a statement or a list that is contrary to scripture; for example: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth" showing a man standing in a parlor holding the Bible in one hand and a list of treasures labeled "Laid Up for a Rainy Day" which includes "Bonds, Mortgages, Interest, Jewels, Stocks, Real Estate, Automobiles, Horses, Yachts, Clothes, Houses, [and] Land", also, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" which shows a man reading a letter and saying, "Aha, we've got Small, Green and Co. where we want 'em at last, and now, by thunder, we'll put the screws on 'em!"

Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1776 (1911 March 15), centerfold.
Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

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01/01/1911
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Young, Art, 1866-1943, artist
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