Each year I set aside time to read a classic biography of a leader in world history. I want to share with you a story about a world leader that deeply impacted me.
After the Civil war, America was in Reconstruction. It was a unique time in history. Slavery had ended and new industries were popping up everywhere. The post-war economy began to boom and cities began to grow through the northeast and southeast US. Reconstruction was a politically divided time full of controversial elections and attempts to grapple with America’s racial pain. The end of the war brought a great time of commerce and reform throughout the county.
And during this time, a family began in New York. This was not a godly family. The father was a huckster who traveled from town to town selling fake medical cures. Many of these cures killed people and caused them to grow even …
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