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

Money was power among the foolish of earth,
and money was their god; but their very prosperity
has destroyed them. They became fools in the eyes
of God and His heavenly angels, while men of
worldly ambition thought them wise. Now their
supposed wisdom is all foolishness, and their
prosperity their destruction. Again ring forth
shrieks of fearful, heart-rending anguish: "Rocks
and mountains, fall on us, and hide us from the
face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is
come, and who shall be able to stand?" To the
caves of the earth they flee as a covert, but these
fail to be such then.
Dear brother, life or death is before you. Do
you know why your steps have faltered? why you
did not persevere with courage and firmness? You
have a violated conscience. Your business career
has not been straightforward. You have something
to do here. Your father did not look upon business
principles in the correct light. You regard them as
do worldlings in general, but not as God regards
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