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

that God has given them in blessing others, instead
of turning them into a curse. God will say to all
such, as to the foolish rich man: "Thou fool."
Men act as though they were bereft of their
reason. They are buried up in the cares of this life.
They have no time to devote to God, no time to
serve Him. Work, work, work, is the order of the
day. All about them are required to labor upon the
high-pressure plan, to take care of large farms. To
tear down and build greater is their ambition, that
they may have wherewith to bestow their goods.
Yet these very men who are weighed down with
their riches pass for Christ's followers. They have
the name of believing that Christ is soon to come,
that the end of all things is at hand; yet they have
no spirit of sacrifice. They are plunging deeper and
deeper into the world. They allow themselves but
little time to study the word of life and to meditate
and pray. Neither do they give others in their
family, or those who serve them, this privilege. Yet
these men profess to believe that this world is not
their home, that they are merely pilgrims and
strangers upon the earth, preparing to move to a
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