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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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the self-indulgent. Those who do not regard<br />

themselves as accountable to God for all that they<br />

possess are tempted to exalt self, as if the riches<br />

comprehended by lands and bank stock made them<br />

independent of God. Full of pride and c<strong>on</strong>ceit, they<br />

place <strong>on</strong> themselves an estimate measured by their<br />

wealth.<br />

There are many rich men who in God’s sight<br />

are unfaithful stewards. In their acquirement and<br />

use of means, He has seen robbery. They have<br />

neglected the great Proprietor of all and have not<br />

used the means entrusted to them to relieve the<br />

suffering and the oppressed. They have been laying<br />

up for themselves wrath against the day of wrath,<br />

for God will reward every man according as his<br />

work shall be. These men do not worship God; self<br />

is their idol. They put justice and mercy out of the<br />

mind, replacing them with avarice and strife. God<br />

says, “Shall I not visit them for these things?”<br />

Jeremiah 9:9.<br />

God would not be pleased to have any of our<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>s located in a community of this<br />

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