“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