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

has entrusted to him, instead of leaving it for others
to use and appropriate after the close of his life.
Satan is ever ready to take advantage of the
weaknesses and infirmities of men to suit his own
purposes. He is a wily adversary, and has
outgeneraled many whose purposes were good to
benefit the cause of God with their means. Some
have neglected the work that God has given them
to do in appropriating their means. And while they
are negligent in securing to the cause of God the
means that He has lent them, Satan comes in and
turns that means into his own ranks.
Brother L should move more cautiously. Men
who are not of our faith obtain means of him upon
various pretenses. He trusts them, believing them
to be honest. It will be impossible for him to get
back all the means he has let slip out of his hands
into the enemy's ranks. He could make a safe
investment of his means by aiding the cause of God
and thus laying up for himself treasures in heaven.
Frequently he is unable to help when he would
because he is crippled and cannot command the
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