Robert Ellis Thompson, Presbyterian minister, sees the hand of God in US history. Covetousness threatens the US, breeds conspicuous consumption, and envy by the poor. It brings to the US the old problems of the Old World.

Today, some will agree with Thompson on warning poor, but also warn those who warn about ostentation.

How can you avoid covetousness, of those above you, or for that which you do not yet possess?

James Hamilton was a Scottish, Presbyterian minister, asks us to be a Moses, one who stands up for the helpless. Even in public transit, to reprove the leerer or cat-caller.

For those who would wear their orthodoxy on their sleeve, how would cat-callers feel around them? Relieved for a lack of any pressure to transform?

How can you be a Moses today?