Brother B, you are not as these men. We would not compare you to them, but we would say: Beware of walking in their footsteps and of having your conversation with covetousness. This desire on the part of ministers to obtain means for selfish purposes is a snare to them, which, if they continue in, will prove their overthrow. As they get their eyes upon self, their interest in the prosperity of God’s cause, and their love for poor souls, become less and less. They do not lose their love for, and interest in, the truth at once. Their departure from the cause of right is so gradual and imperceptible that it is frequently difficult to tell the time when the change in them took place. {2T 626.1}

De ydmygeste og fattigste af Kristi disciple, som er rige i gode gerninger, er mere velsignede og mere værdifulde i Guds øjne end mennesker som praler af deres store rigdomme. De er mere ærlige i himlens sale end de største konger og adelsmænd som ikke er rige over for Gud.