John Tillotson: The only way to secure riches

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“There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them–by laying them out in charity.”

John Tillotson (1630-1694) Archbishop of Canterbury in Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical, compiled by Charles Noel Douglas (London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1917) 1500.

Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home. Luke 16:9