Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

interests.
Many love the truth a little, but they love this
world more. "By their fruits ye shall know them."
Spiritual things are sacrificed for temporal. The
fruit that such bear is not unto holiness, and their
example will not be such as to convict sinners and
convert them from the error of their ways to the
truth. They allow souls to go to perdition, when
they might save them if they would make as
earnest efforts in their behalf as they have made to
secure the treasures of this life. To obtain more of
the things of the world, which they do not really
need and which only increase their responsibility
and condemnation, many labor on the highpressure
plan, and peril health and spiritual
enjoyment, and the peace, comfort, and happiness
of their families. They let souls go to perdition
around them because they fear that it will require a
little of their time and means to save them. Money
is their god. They decide that it will not pay to
sacrifice their means to save souls.
The one to whom is entrusted one talent is not
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