It is frequently the case that aged persons are unwilling to acknowledge that their mental strength is failing, and therefore shorten their days by taking care which belongs to their children. Satan often plays upon their imagination, and leads them to hoard their means with miserly care, and thus create a continual anxiety about their earthly goods. Some will even deprive themselves of many of the comforts of life, and labor beyond their strength, rather than use the means which they have. Thus they are in continual vexation, through fear that some time in the future they shall want.{3BC 1148.7}

Det er ofte sådan at ældre personer ikke vil indrømme at deres mentale styrke svigter, og afkorter deres dage ved at tage imod den omsorg, som tilkommer deres børn. Ofte spiller satan på deres indbildning, og leder dem til at opsamle deres midler, med gnieragtig omhu, og skaber således en stadig bekymring for deres jordiske guder. Nogle vil endog frarøve sig selv mange af livets goder, og hellere sætte alle kræfter ind, frem for at bruge de midler som de har. Således er de stadig plagede, fordi de er bange for at de skal mange noget i fremtiden.