p. 163 | THE LORD'S MONEY

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1879

THE LORD'S MONEY.

A GREAT deal of money that ought to be sent out doing good, is hoarded by very well-meaning Christians, who persuade themselves that by-and-by they will devote it to the Lord's cause. They fully intend to bestow it wisely and liberally sometime. But at present, says the S. S. Times, they propose to keep it in their own business, hoping to make more money by its shrewd use. They admit that it is the Lord's money, and that it is to be paid over to him at some future day; but just now they think they can use it to better advantage than he can, although there are urgent specific calls for it, which under other circumstances ought immediately to be heeded. If they should put their reasoning on this subject in plain, blunt words, they would say: “It is the Lord's money, and he shall have it in due time. It is true that he seems just now to be calling for a share of it; but the Lord couldn't use it so profitably as I can, for I have great business capacity. So the Lord must give me an extension.” After all, the Lord can do better with his money than the shrewdest of his children can. When he calls for it, the safest way is to give it to him.