Those who withhold from the treasury of God and hoard their means for their children, endanger the spiritual interest of their children. They place their property, which is a stumbling block to themselves, in the pathway of their children, that they may stumble over it to perdition. Many are making a great mistake in regard to the things of this life. They economize, withholding from themselves and others the good they might receive from a right use of the means which God has lent them, and become selfish and avaricious. They neglect their spiritual interests and become dwarfs in religious growth, all for the sake of accumulating wealth which they cannot use. They leave their property to their children, and nine times out of ten it is even a greater curse to their heirs than it has been to themselves. Children, relying upon the property of their parents, often fail to make a success of this life, and generally utterly fail to secure the life to come.

De, der holder noget tilbage fra Guds skatkammer og ophober deres midler til deres børn, stiller deres børns åndelige interesser i fare. De stiller deres gods, som er en anstødssten for dem selv, på deres børns sti, for at de må snuble over det til fortabelse. Mange begår en stor fejl med hensyn til de ting, som tilhører dette liv. De sparer, medens de berøver sig selv og andre goder, de kunne få ved en rigtig brug af de midler, Gud har lånt dem og bliver egoistiske og havesyge. De forsømmer deres åndelige interesser og bliver dværge, hvad åndelig vækst angår, alt sammen for at kunne ophobe en formue, som de ikke kan bruge. De efterlader deres gods til børnene og i ni tilfælde af ti bliver det en endnu større forbandelse for deres arvinger, end det har været for dem selv. Børn, som stoler på deres forældres formue, har ofte ingen fremgang her i livet og kommer i almindelighed fuldstændig til kort, hvad det angår at sikre sig det tilkommende liv.