The Love of Money and the Heart

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 27, 1886

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 20

The Love of Money and the Heart

How TRUE it is that the love of money is a root of all evil! When it takes possession of the heart, there is scarcely any doubtful practice to which it will not lead. The love of gain blinds men's minds so that they cannot see the tendency and inevitable result of their questionable practices, until ruin suddenly overtakes them. But in cases in which men restrain themselves within the bounds of propriety, the love of money sometimes becomes a consuming passion, and their whole souls are absorbed in the pursuit of gain, to the neglect of the most important duties, and the enjoyment of the comforts of life. A heart fixed on earth will not aspire to Heaven. “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”—Methodist Recorder.

GOD is merciful. He takes care of his own mysteries. He gives to nothing more than it can bear, or more than shall be good.—Sel.