Property is a divine trust. Things are tools, not prizes. Life
is not for self-indulgence, but for self-devotion. When, instead
of saying, "The world owes me a living," men shall say, "I owe
the world a life," then the kingdom will come in power. We owe
everything to God but our sins. Fatherland, pedigree, home-life,
schooling, Christian training,--all are God's gifts. Every
member of the body or faculty of mind is ours providentially.
There is no accomplishment in our lives that is not rooted in
opportunities and powers we had nothing to do with in achieving.
"What hast thou that thou didst not receive?" If God gives us
the possibilities and the power to get wealth, to acquire
influence, to be forces in the world, what is the true conception
of life but divine ownership and human administration? "Of Thine
own we render Thee." All there is of "me" is God's estate, and I
am His tenant and agent. On the day of our birth a new lease is
signed. On the day of our death accounts are closed. Our
fidelity is the interest on God's principal. "That I may receive
mine own with interest," is the divine intention. So live, that
when thy summons comes to give an account of thy stewardship, it
may be done with joy, and not with grief!
- Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Last Revised: 2008 April 9
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