Every extravagance should be cut out of our lives, for
the time we have for work is short. All around us we see
want and suffering. Families are in need of food;
little ones are crying for bread. The houses of the poor
lack proper furniture and bedding. Many live in mere
hovels which are almost destitute of conveniences. The
cry of the poor reaches to heaven. God sees; God hears.
But many glorify themselves. While their fellow men are
poor and hungry, suffering for want of food, they expend
much on their tables and eat far more than they require.
What an account men will by and by have to render for
their selfish use of God's money! Those who disregard
the provision God has made for the poor will find not
only that they have robbed their fellow men, but that in
robbing them they have robbed God and have embezzled
His goods.