Rich Men

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1863

RICH MEN.—It was no bad comparison to liken mere riches to camels and mules, for they often pursue their devious way over hills and mountains, laden with India purple, with gems, aromas, and generous wines, upon their backs, attended, too, by a long line of servants as a safeguard on their way. Soon, however, they come to their evening halting-place, and forthwith their precious burdens are taken from their backs, and they now, wearied and stripped of their lading and their retinue of slaves, show nothing but livid marks of stripes. So, also, those who glitter in gold and pure raiment, when the evening of life comes rushing on them, have nothing to show but marks and wounds of sin impressed upon them by the evil use of riches.—St. Augustine’s Sermon on Lazarus and Dives.