CAPITULO II: MARCO TEÓRICO Y CONCEPTUAL
2.1 MARCO TEÓRICO
him about his plans for the future; how well
he was getting along, about his new discoveries and how he had worked out the future from the Bible. He asked Walter's advice about sending an article to Walter's father in regard to his future predictions based on the Bible. Walter thought it the opportune time, in view of the fact that his father had confidence in Robert.
After he had worked out his cycle theory according to the Bible, and decided that he could forecast the markets and make money, he wrote to Mr. Kennelworth, his employer.
Texarkana, Texas.
January 15, 1927.
Mr. J. H. Kennelworth, Texarkana,
Texas.
MY DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
I want you to know how much I appreciate the bonus
you gave me on the 1st of the year. While I want to use it wisely, together with a little other money I have saved, I feel it is my duty to tell you what I intend to do with it.
I have been studying the Bible night and day for many years, and I believe that I have found in it the key to all prophecy, -- the rules foretelling the events in the history of the country, the progress in invention, and also rules for fore-casting the future of stocks and commodities. I have been
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reading some books and studying commodities and stocks and have applied the rules as I understand them from the Bible.
I feel sure that I am able to foretell what is going to happen in stocks and commodities, and I am very anxious to make some money out of it so that I can go to New York and join Walter there, where I will have greater advantages and can study and experiment with some inventions which I have in mind.
From the teachings of the Bible and the methods which I have worked out, I feel confident that the price of cotton is going very high this Spring. I figure that there are going to be some heavy floods along the Mississippi River, and that there will be a late, wet Spring, and that the demand for cot-ton will greatly increase, helping to put prices very high.
Therefore, I have decided to use the $500.00 which you gave me and another $500.00 which I have saved up, to buy cotton to hold for the Spring and Summer. I would like to have your opinion of this venture.
Assuring you of my appreciation of your advice, I am Sincerely yours,
ROBERT GORDON.
About this time Mr. J. H. Kennelworth received the following letter from his son, Walter, in New York:
New York City, January 12, 1927.
DEAR FATHER:
I have just received a letter from my good friend, Robert, and he tells me that he is anxious to join me in New York in a few months, that he has figured out some new discoveries and inventions from the Bible, and that he wants to do some speculating in order to make some money. He asked my opinion of putting before you some of his discoveries and getting your opinion on them. I wrote him that I was sure he would find a sympathetic listener in you and advised him to put his plans frankly before you.
Father, I hope that you will give Robert your best advice and co-operation because I have great faith in him. He is a brilliant boy and is going to have a great future. He is loyal and honest, you know, and a hard worker, and I would hate to see him leave your employ. At the same time I would like to see him in New York as soon as possible.
I am getting along nicely with my studies, and hope to graduate in a couple of years.
Give my love to mother, and all, Your son,
WALTER.
When Mr. Kennelworth received Robert's letter, he dictated the following reply to his stenographer:
MY DEAR ROBERT:
Your very interesting letter received. I have the greatest faith in your ability and believe that if anyone can work out anything valuable from the Bible, you can do it. I have watched very carefully your persistency, and am much im-pressed with your loyalty and determination. It is admirable the confidence and faith that you have in yourself, as well as having great confidence in the greatest book of all, The Holy Bible.
But when it comes to speculation, Robert, I want to give you some advice from my experience. It is a very dangerous game. It may be inviting, but it is not a business, Robert. It is a gamble. Of course I know that some men make it a business. Most men cannot control themselves when they get into it, the result -- they gamble, and in the end, lose all.
I will give you a little experience that I had. I went to New York many years ago, and on advice and information from some friends of mine, was induced to buy some oil stock. This was in the Fall of 1919. Oil stocks advanced rapidly, and along in October, my friends advised me to buy more. I had some handsome profits and did buy more. I confess that I knew nothing about oil stocks or any other
stocks, but simply followed my friends' advice in buying them.
In November, 1919, the market smashed all to pieces, and the oil stocks declined 50 to 100 points. I had big profits at the top, but before the break was over, I not only lost all of my profits, but about $50,000 or $60,000 of my capital.
This taught me a lesson. I had made my money in the lumber business and in railroading. I had now gone into something that I knew nothing about and suffered a heavy loss. My friends and brokers tried to induce me to hold on and put up more margin; said that I would eventually come out all right, but I took the loss and charged it up to experi-ence. Had I held on to these stocks, I would have lost my entire fortune, because they continued to go down during 1920 and 1921, and were 50 to 60 points lower than where I sold out. So you can see, Robert, what a costly experience this would have been and how wise I was to stop in time.
The best advice that I can give you is, to stop before you start. You will save time and worry, aside from the loss of what little money you have saved up. I want to encourage and help you in every way possible, and I feel that I am helping you in giving you advice of this kind.
Wishing you all success in your studies, I am Yours very truly,
J. H. KENNELWORTH.
Robert's second letter to Mr. Kennelworth:
January 24, 1927.
MY DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
I have read your letter with a great deal of interest. I appreciate your fatherly advice and know that you have my interest at heart. I appreciate your telling me of your experi-ence in speculation and know that this can be the only result where people only guess at the market, or follow tips. I have secured some books from New York and read a great deal about the market, and I feel that I already know that there are many pitfalls in the game of speculation, but if it can be made
a science and followed according to the rules laid down in the Bible, success and profits are sure.
Sir William Crookes said: "To stop short in any research which bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulties or adverse criticism, is to bring re-proach upon science." I feel that I have my own life to live;
that I must have faith in myself and above all, have the faith which is instilled in me through the study of the Bible.
I must neither fear difficulties nor criticism. I must put my theories and my discoveries to the test. The only way that I can do that, is to follow what I think is right.
I have already made arrangements and sent my money to a broker in New York, and have today bought 200 bales of July cotton at 13.80. I am going to hold this cotton. If it goes up, as I am sure it will this Spring and Summer, as my profits accumulate, I am going to buy more on the way up.
I believe in what the Bible says:
"Prove all things and hold fast to that which is good."
Jacob said:
"I have read in the tables of heaven whatsoever things shall befall both of you and your children."
I believe in the stars, I believe in astrology, and I have figured out my destiny. The Bible makes it plain that the stars do rule. 147th Psalm, 4th verse:
"He tellest the number of the stars, he callest them all by name.
Dante said:
"Follow thy star -- thou shalt see at last a glorious haven."
Napoleon and many other great leaders of olden times fol-lowed their stars, and believed in them.
Mr. Kennelworth, I have gained a great deal of knowledge by following the Bible. I have gone into secret places to pray, and have kept my discoveries to myself. I believe in the saying:
"In silence, by silence, through silence were all things made."
Daniel makes it clear that the stars influence:
"And he changeth the times and the seasons: he moveth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know derstanding."
"He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him."
I have followed the teachings and admonitions of Solo-mon, and realize that knowledge is the greatest of all things.
I have tried to get understanding and believe that I have received it from the Bible, and that I must use it.
I refer to Daniel:
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever."
Mr. Kennelworth, I believe this prophesy is yet to be ful-filled. I believe that the United States is the kingdom which is never to be destroyed; that we will eventually see the United States of the World, and that this country, which is the land of love and liberty, will rule wisely all other nations.
I quote from Daniel:
"And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule."
I have demonstrated this to mean that the planets rule our destinies. It is right for us to understand them as Daniel did and interpret the secret and hidden things.
I believe the wise men of the East, the astrologists before the birth of Jesus Christ, knew where and when he would be born by the study of the stars. St. Matthew, Chapter 2: 2
"Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."
This shows to me that the wise men believed that certain stars arising would indicate a great man would be born, a savior of the world. St. Matthew, Chapter 6: 6 and 8
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly."
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him."
I have prayed and studied in secret, and I believe I am going to receive my reward. I believe that our heavenly Father, the ruler and maker of this universe, does know our needs, and that he gives us understanding according to the way we would receive it.
I was much impressed when I read St. Matthew 6: 33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his ness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
I have sought that kingdom and I have found it where the good book says it is: "The kingdom of heaven is within you."
Again the good book says:
"If ye believe in me, greater things than these shall ye do."
I believe that I can and will do great things.
Ever since I was a small boy, and used to kneel at my
mother's knee, and she taught me first to pray, I have believed in that great book and in God's power to guide me right and give me understanding of all things. My own father never understood me or had any sympathy with me or my ideas, which I feel were far advanced. My own brother was my worst enemy, and I find that the Bible bears me out in this "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."
My father and brother opposed me because they did not un-derstand me.
I firmly believe that the Bible and the Scriptures contain the key to all knowledge, and that all a man has to do is to seek and he shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto him.
I believe it is best for me to go away to New York as soon as I can, away from my own people, for the good book says:
"A prophet is not without honor, save in his own try, and in his own house."
The Bible points the way to read the signs and the stars.
St. Matthew 12: 38, 39 and 40
"Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee."
"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:"
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
I have read the Book of Jonah thru very carefully, and I believe that I understand what the Saviour meant when he said:
"No sign shall be given, but the sign of the prophet Jonas."
I believe there was a secret meaning in what he said; that the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. I believe that a man who understands the mean-ing of that has all the power under heaven and earth, as the Bible says he shall have. I believe that that is the key to the interpretation of the future. I am sure I have found it and know how to apply it.
I do not wish to burden you further with this long letter, Mr. Kennelworth. I am very much interested in my work
on future cycles, and if you are interested in what I can work out on the future cycles, I will be glad to send them to you and let you watch them. I have figured out the repetition of each cycle when wars will come. I believe that the wheat prices forecast coming wars. Through my study of the Bible, I have determined the major and minor time factors which repeat in the history of nations, men and markets.
I trust that you will understand me and not feel that I do not appreciate your advice when I started speculating. If my new discoveries work, as I hope they will, I look forward to the day when you can join me in a great campaign for making money.
Assuring you of my deep appreciation of all your kind advice, I am
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT GORDON.
On the same night, January 24th, after Robert had received a telegram from his broker in New York, stat-ing that he had bought 200 bales of July cotton at 13.80, Robert figured that this would margin him to 12.80. He was sure from his study that July cotton would never decline to 13.25.
He sat down and wrote:
MY DARLING MARIE:
Love is the greatest thing in the world. It is all powerful, and your love for me is going to make me the greatest man in the world. Today I have started on the road to fame and fortune. When we were together last, I told you about my discoveries of the cycles from the Bible and said I was sure that I could figure out what the stock, cotton and grain markets were going to do; that I was going to start speculating
as soon as I got the money.
You discouraged me. Recently I wrote to Mr. Kennelworth about the matter, and he also discouraged me. He told me
what a hazardous and dangerous business it is. I hope that you won't scold me, because I have already bought 200 bales of July cotton at 13.80 and put up $1000 as margin. I am sure that I am going to make money, and that it is going to be the means of bringing us a great deal of happiness. If I can make money, I can complete my invention and discov-eries, go to New York where I will have all the advantages, and we can soon be married and realize our dream.
Ever since we made up last Fall, and I was sure of you and your love, I have been very ambitious and have not wasted a minute, have studied day and night. Wanted to prove to you that your faith in me was not to go unrewarded.
I believe that the great success of many men has been because some good little woman placed a hand upon their shoulder and said: "I trust you and love you." I have read a great deal of the history of the men of great achievement, and every time I found back of the success the love of some good woman.
It is the love of my mother and the love of you which has inspired me to greater things. I am sure that success is going to crown my efforts. Won't you give me your good wishes in my start on the road to success?
With all my love, I am
Your sweet letter just received. No, Robert, I am not going to scold you, because I believe in you. I know you are doing what you think is right, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
I love you all the more because you have confidence in your-self, and above all, confidence in the Holy Bible. I want you to know, Robert, that should you lose your money and should things go wrong, disappointment befall you, my love will never waiver. My confidence in you is supreme, and I look forward to the day when I may bring you before my father
and show to him that my confidence was not misplaced and
and show to him that my confidence was not misplaced and