Men who profess the truth will engage in worldly enterprises, and invest much, and run great risks. If they lose nearly all they possess, they are deeply aggrieved, because they feel the inconvenience of the losses they have sustained; yet they do not feel that their unwise course has deprived the cause of God of means, and that as His stewards they must render an account for this squandering of the Lord’s money. Should they be required to venture something for the cause of God, to invest a quarter even of that which they have lost by their investment in earthly things, they would feel that heaven costs too much. {1T 691.2}

Mennesker som bekender sig til sandheden og involverer sig i verdslige foretagender og investerer meget, løber en stor risiko. Hvis de mister næsten alt det, som de har, føler de sig dybt forurettet, for de mærker ulemperne af de tab de har dækket; alligevel føler de ikke at deres ukloge kurs har frarøvet Guds sag nogen midler. Og at han lige som Guds tjenere må aflægge et regnskab for denne ødsel af Herrens penge. Ville de blive pålagt at satse noget for Guds sag, at investere bare en fjerdedel af det, som de har tabt ved deres investeringer i jordiske ting, så ville de mærke at himlen koster ret meget.