CONTENT THE BEST RICHES

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 29, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 11.

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CONTENT THE BEST RICHES.

As the heart is, so is the estate. Riches are but ciphers; it is the mind that makes the sum. What am I the better for a great estate, if I am not contented with it? Desires of having will quickly eat up all the comforts and delights in possessing. Therefore, that Alexander that wants content, is worse than Diogenes that is contented with his wants, as argued a rich man when walking through a market, and beholding varieties of good commodities, yet could say, How many things do I not want! But a richer mind in the disciples, that with a sweet complacency of spirit, could acknowledge, That as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. I see all would be well, if my heart were well; I will therefore form my heart to my estate, so shall I have an estate according to my heart.