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 abundance.’ And whilst you are taking your ease, with the sense of security bred by riches, they will snatch from you — not the riches themselves — but that very soul that you were inviting to enjoy them! ' And whose,’ then, ' shall those things be that thou hast provided? ’

'So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, but is not rich towards God:' — who does not, in short, find his sole treasure in Him. Such is his destiny — such his condition — such the end of his life: — to this alone do all his riches tend.

And now, after all these reflections, go back to the very words used by the Son of God Himself: read them over and over; ponder them yet again: you will find them infinitely more powerful in themselves than all that may be said or thought about them to help you in realising their force.