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Article: Pastoral epistles from Peter Plymley II.(Brief Article)
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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My dear editor:
It didn't take long for word to get out that The Rev. (Joyless) John McWhirter was now, by chance or by providence, a multimillionaire. The agency of his newfound wealth was, of course, significant.
Those who preferred "chance" fulminated, threatened darkly and used terms like "tainted money" and "ill-gotten gains." Those who credited "providence" were more sanguine and spoke softly (and expectantly) of predestination or "God's will." One or two sniped that John had probably been a secret gambler all along, but they found little support. The anonymous gift of a lottery ticket and John's unblemished probity, often manifest in the groans ...