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[quote:CHRIST:MV8zNDgzNjAzXzYyMjA4NzAwXzRGQjYwNkQ5] [b]DID ROCKEFELLER SWINDLE HIS CHURCH?[/b] YOU BE THE JUDGE: ONE OF THE EARLIEST EPISODES. ROCKEFELLER WAS NO MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD. ROCKEFELLER HAD HELPED HIS MOTHER WITH BOOKEEPING, WENT TO A COMMERCIAL SCHOOL AND STUDIED BOOKEEPING, AND WAS HIRED IN HIS FIRST JOB AS A BOOKEEPER BY 'HEWITT AND TUTTLE' COMMODITY TRADERS IN CLEVELAND. 'WHEN HEWITT AND TUTTLE ASSIGNED ROCKEFELLER TO PAY THE BILLS, HE WENT AT THIS TASK WITH AN UNDISGUISED ZEAL, A PRECOCIOUS VIRTUOSITY, AND "ATTENDED [TO IT] WITH MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN THE SPENDING OF MY OWN FUNDS" HE CLOSELY REVIEWED THE BILLS, CONFIMING THE VALIDITY OF EACH ITEM AND CAREFULLY ADDING UP THE TOTALS. HE POUNCED ON ERRORS OF EVEN A FEW CENTS AND REACTED WITH SCORNFUL AMAZEMENT WHEN THE BOSS NEXT DOOR HANDED HIS CLERK A LENGTHY, UNEXAMINED PLUMBING BILL AND BLITHELY SAID "PLEASE PAY THIS BILL". ROCKEFELLER WAS APPALED BY SUCH CAVALIER INDIFFERENCE, HAVING JUST CAUGHT THE SAME FIRM IN AN OVERCHARGE OF SEVERAL CENTS." JOHN JOINS THE CHURCH. "IN THE FALL OF 1854, AFTER MAKING A PERSONAL CONFESSION OF FAITH, JOHN WAS IMMERSED IN THE BAPTISMAL BASIN BY DEACON SKED AND BEFCAME A CHURCH MEMBER (IN THE ERIE STREET BAPTIST MISSION CHURCH, ORGANIZED BY THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH)." "INSTEAD OF MERELY ATTENDING SERVICES, ROCKEFELLER PERFORMED NUMBERLESS TASKS IN THE CHURCH. WHILE STILL IN HIS TEENS, HE BECAME A SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER, A TRUSTEE, AND AN UNPAID CLERK WHO KEPT THE BOARD MINUTES IN HIS OWN HAND." "WHILE ROCKEFELLER'S RELIGIOUS FAITH RAN STRONG, HE WAS MOST INVOLVED IN THE TEMPORAL AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH, WHICH HE THOUGHT SHOULD BE RUN LIKE A TIDY BUSINESS." "HE SOON HAD A CHANCE TO DEFEND THE CHURCH'S SOLVENCY WHEN IT FELL BEHIND ON INTEREST PAYMENTS ON A $2,000 MORTGAGE HELD BY A DEACON. ONE SUNDAY THE PASTOR ANNOUNCED FROM THE PULPIT THAT THIS CREDITOR THREATENED TO FORECLOSE ON THE CHURCH AND THAT THEY HAD TO RAISE $2,000 VERY FAST TO SURVIVE. AS THE STUNNED CONGREGATION FILED OUT, THEY FOUND ROCKEFELLER STATIONED AT THE DOOR, BUTTONHOLING PEOPLE AND ASKING THEM TO PLEDGE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS" QUESTION: HOW COULD THE CHURCH FALL BEHIND IN ITS PAYMENTS, DURING ROCKEFELLER'S TENURE? CHRIST [/quote]
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SILENCE, MYSTERY, EVASION
'THE LIFE OF JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFLLER, SR., WAS MARKED TO
AN EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE BY SILENCE, MYSTERY, AND EVASION.
EVEN THOUGH HE PRESIDED OVER THE LARGEST BUSINESS AND
PHILANTHROPIC ETNERPRISESS OF HIS DAY, HE HAS REMAINED
AN ELUSIVE FIGURE. A MASTER OF DISGUISES, HE SPENT
HIS LIFE CAMOUFLAGED BEHIND MULTIPLE PERSONAE AND SHROUDEED
BETWEEN LAYERS OF MYTHOLOGY'
RON CHERNOW: TITAN AUTHOR
CHRIST
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