No, my child, the sin was that you took this money which The Lord sent to you for the expiation of your sins and hid it for your own self, instead of bringing it to Sweet Prophet, who would have taken a share for The Lord, and returned you the rest in safety.

A Harlem storefront faith-healer reframes his extortion as theology while a woman begs his help after being robbed and framed for murder.

— Sweet Prophet in Harlem Cycle #4 - The Big Gold Dream (Chester Himes, 1959)


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