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

you a new man. The means which came to you
from relatives was a curse to you. It only increased
your money-loving propensity, and was an
additional weight to sink you to perdition.
"The love of money is the root of all evil."
When men employ their powers of mind and body
in obtaining riches, and are content with the
pleasure of laying up wealth which they can never
use, and which will prove an injury to their
children, they abuse the powers which God has
given them. They show that their characters have
been made sordid by the absorbing pursuit of gain.
Instead of realizing happiness, they are miserable.
They have shut up their souls to the wants of the
needy, and have given evidence that they had no
compassion for the suffering.
My brother, your heart is not callous to the
wants and necessities of others. You have generous
impulses, and you love to accommodate.
Frequently you will readily do a kind act for a
brother or a neighbor; but you make money your
god, and are in danger of valuing heaven less than
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