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

would blush to meet again. Said the angel, pointing
to you: "You glorified yourself, but did not
magnify God." You even gloried in the fact that it
was in your power to purchase these things.
A large sum has been expended in needless
things which could only answer for show and
encourage vanity and pride that will cause you
remorse and shame. If you had borne in mind the
claims Heaven has upon you and had made a right
disposition of the means entrusted to your care, by
helping the needy and advancing the cause of
present truth, you would have been laying up
treasure in heaven and would have been rich
toward God. Consider how much means you have
invested where no one has been really benefited, no
one fed or clothed, and no one helped to see the
error of his ways that he might turn to Christ and
live.
You have made large investments in uncertain
enterprises. Satan blinded your eyes so that you
could not see that these enterprises would yield you
no returns. The enterprise of securing eternal life
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