Better to be a child of God in poverty, than a child of Satan in riches. On the other hand, wealth is not morally good, and poverty is not morally evil. Virtue is a plant which does not depend upon the atmosphere which surrounds it, but upon the hand which waters it, and upon the grace which sustains it. We draw no support for our 'growth in grace' from our circumstances whether they be good or evil. Our circumstances may sometimes militate against the gracious work in our breast, but it is quite certain that no position in life is a sustaining cause of the life of grace in the soul.
Grace is a plant which draws no nourishment from the wilderness in which it grows.
Grace is a plant which derives the whole of its support from God the Holy Spirit, and is therefore entirely independent of the circumstances of the man. But yet, mark you, it is an undeniable fact, that God has been pleased for the most part to plant his grace in the 'soil of poverty'. We should wonder why, were we not quite sure that God is wise in his choice. We cannot dispute a fact which Scripture teaches, and which our own observation supports- that the Lord's people are, to a very large extent, the poor of this world. Unerring wisdom cast your lot.