It is in his dealing with the world and its possessions, that the Christian finds one of the opportunities in which he is to manifest his self-denial and the spirit of discretion. Since it is in money that all value or property on earth will finds its expression, so it is especially in his dealing with money that he can show whether he is free from worldliness to deny himself and to serve his God. In order rightly to comprehend this, we must consider for a little what falls to be said about money.
Money is thus, indeed, of earthly things, one of the most desirable and fruitful.
No wonder that it is thus esteemed by all. There is the anxiousness that knows not if there will be sufficient money. There is the coveteousness that longs too much for it. There is the dishonesty that, without gross deception or theft, does not give to a neighbour what belongs to him. There is the lovelessness that would draw everything to one's self and does not keep another.