Matthew 6:24
In Chapter 28 of Anne’s House of Dreams, Captain Jim and Miss Cornelia chat at the House of Dreams:
“Where are you off to now, Captain?”
“I reckon I’ll plough up to the Glen and sit a bit with old Martin Strong. He’s not far from his end and he’s lonesome. He hasn’t many friends–been too busy all his life to make any. He’s made heaps of money, though.”
“Well, he thought that since he couldn’t serve God and Mammon he’d better stick to Mammon,” said Miss Cornelia crisply. “So he shouldn’t complain if he doesn’t find Mammon very good company now.”
Mammon is believed to be a deity in the Middle Ages. Riches are called “mammon” in the Syrian tongue. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “Riches are called by the name of a devil, namely Mammon, for Mammon is the name of a devil, by which name riches are called according to the Syrian tongue.”
Matthew 6:24
King James Bible
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
