Covetousness by Lillian Harvey and Edwin Robert Tait

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Covetousness has been termed “The sin very few ever confess.” In fact, that is the subtitle of the book Covetousness, written by Lillian Harvey and published by Harvey Christian Publishers. A few quotes from this book will give you an idea of its main thrust and purpose.
“The sin of the whole world is essentially the sin of Judas—men do not disbelieve their Christ; but they will sell Him.”
—Ruskin
“If money be not thy servant it will become thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth as it may be said to possess him.”—Charcon.
“It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of Heaven, but the fact that the riches have him.”
—David Caird


“Let us make our giving in accordance with our earnings, lest God make our earnings in accordance with our giving.”
—Peter Marshall.
“I love poverty because Jesus Christ loved it. I love wealth because it gives me the means of assisting the wretched.
—Pascal.
“Let me hold lightly things of this earth;
Transient treasures, what are they worth?
Moths can corrupt them, rust can decay,
All their bright beauty fades in a day.
Let me hold lightly temporal things—
I, who am deathless, I, who wear wings!
Let me hold fast, Lord, things of the skies;
Quicken my vision, open my eyes!
Show me Thy riches, glory and grace,
Boundless as time is, endless as space…
Let me hold lightly things that are mine—
Lord, Thou dost give me all that is Thine!”
—Martha Snell Nicholson

Covetousness is now available in Harvey Christian Publishers’ Online Christian Bookstore.

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