Luxuries versus necessaries.-I can live without luxuries, and be very happy without them; I may get so accustomed to them as to think I cannot do without them, counting them necessities. But you will notice that, while they may be pleasant surroundings for the sloth and ease of the body, they do not nourish or strengthen the soul. We are far safer without them than with them; for they foster and encourage pride, selfishness, and all the works of the flesh.

God has promised to give us all needful things; let us be satisfied with them, and be content with such things as we have.