who live in a consciousness of poverty and lack, go through life
closely fettered by limitation. They can never escape from poverty,
it dogs their footsteps like their shadow. In fact, it is a shadow
or reflection, in the outer life, of their state of mind and mental
attitude.

On the other hand, those who live in a consciousness of sufficiency,
are not troubled about supply. Their circumstances reflect their type
of mind and mental attitude. It does not follow that they will be
rich, for many of them prefer to live from hand to mouth, and quite
large numbers of people have no desire whatever to possess wealth
of any kind, but they have no worry about supply, for their needs
are always met by sufficiency.

Many of our readers look upon the possession of wealth as an iniquity.
Personally, I do not see how, at this stage, it can be altogether
avoided. Capital is necessary for the conducting of business and for
the carrying out of enterprises, but, as far as the hoarding of wealth
is concerned, I certainly think that it is both unwise and
unnecessary. There is nothing more deadening to the spiritual life
than riches. There is always hope for the drunkard and the harlot,
but it is most difficult although, of course, not impossible, for
one who is burdened by wealth to enter the kingdom of heaven. Some
are able to do so, but they are allowed to enter simply because they
hold their wealth as of no importance, merely as something of which
they are stewards for a season.

The hoarding of wealth is just as unnecessary as poverty. They are
both based upon a fundamental error. This error is in thinking that
all supply, being material, must necessarily have a material source: