“A love of riches or of grandeur is a cold and selfish temper; it concentrates a man’s attention upon himself, and of course withdraws his affections from the church.”
John Angell James (1785-1859) English nonconformist and clergyman in The Christian Professor addressed in a series of Counsels and Cautions to the Members of Christian Churches (New York: Appleton, 1838) 158.