Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

thou this? The knowledge, the capabilities, the
powers, God has given us are not to be hoarded as
men hoard riches. We are not to do as the selfish
money-loving men of this age are doing. The
passion to accumulate their possessions and retain
their power has grown upon the men of the world.
In their selfishness they buy up wheat and goods so
that others in their need will have to buy them; then
they charge whatever prices they desire. This is the
spirit that is prevailing in the world, and is making
the money-hoarder Satan's co-partner in robbing
the poor. This is keenly felt by the poorer classes,
and the devil leads them to do his will in
stubbornly resisting the things they can not help.
Thus selfishness and violence are exercised by man
over his fellowman. The ones who are robbed and
injured become exasperated, and violence and
wickedness and cruelty are created in the world.
The greed of the moneyed man increases as it is
indulged, and this spirit will rule the church unless
its members are followers of Christ. "Pure and
undefiled religion before God and the Father is
this: that ye visit the fatherless and the widow in
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