"Let your conversation (behavior) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me" (Heb. 13:5, 6).

What sweet, lovely liberty is here! No lusting for more. Content with what I have. In my God-appointed path, toiling faithfully as I go, making all my dependents as comfortable as lies in my power, and happy in the use of what I have. God, who cannot lie, who knows me, who loves me, who owns heaven and earth, who has all power, who notices even the fall of a sparrow, who never slumbers, who never forgets anything, promises never to leave me nor forsake me.

What then need I fear ? If in the path of obedience what matters it if even all men forsake me ? What matters it if He send me among the poor or the rich, among Christians or among heathen? There He is, there He sees; He will make His word good, even if the ravens have to be His messengers. What holy liberty for thee my soul is here ! What blessed elevation in a groveling, earth-craving world, whose covetous soul, like the grave, is never satisfied, never says, It is enough!