worships; sells his conscience and character for gold. To another
it offers power, and he falls down and worships and sacrifices
his principles and sears his conscience for power. To another it
offers pleasure; to another learning; to another fame, and they
fall down and worship, and sell themselves for these things. But
the man filled with the Holy Ghost is free. He can turn from
these things without a pang, as he would from pebbles; or, he can
take them and use them as his servants for the glory of God and
the good of men.

What did Peter and James and John care for the great places in
the kingdoms of this world after they were filled with the Holy
Ghost? They would not have exchanged places with Herod the king
or with Caesar himself. For the gratification of any personal
ambition these things were no more attractive to them now than
the lordship over a tribe of ants on their tiny hill. They were
now kings and priests unto God, and theirs was an everlasting
kingdom, and its glory exceeds the glory of the kingdoms of this
world as the splendour of the sun exceeds that of the glow-worm.

The head of some great business enterprises was making many
thousands of dollars every year; but when the Holy Spirit filled
him money lost its power over him. He still retained his
position, and made vast sums; but, as a steward of the Lord, he
poured it into God's work, and has been doing so for more than
thirty years.

The disciples in Jerusalem after Pentecost held all their
possessions in common, so completely were they freed from the
power and love of money.