{"id":1072,"date":"2014-03-24T07:17:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T07:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harveycp.com\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:58:03","slug":"covetousness-by-lillian-harvey-and-edwin-robert-tait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harveycp.com\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"Covetousness by Lillian Harvey and Edwin Robert Tait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Covetousness has been termed \u201cThe sin very few ever confess.\u201d 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.<br \/>\n\u201cThe sin of the whole world is essentially the sin of Judas\u2014men do not disbelieve their Christ; but they will sell Him.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Ruskin<br \/>\n\u201cIf 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.\u201d\u2014Charcon.<br \/>\n\u201cIt 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.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014David Caird<\/em><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a1391bc3b80f7056783749' value='6a1391bc3b80f7056783749'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a1391bc3b80f7056783749' value='Continue reading...'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a1391bc3b80f7056783749' value='Show Less'><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a1391bc3b80f7056783749' ><br \/>\n\u201cLet us make our giving in accordance with our earnings, lest God make our earnings in accordance with our giving.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Peter Marshall.<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cI love poverty because Jesus Christ loved it. I love wealth because it gives me the means of assisting the wretched.<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Pascal.<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cLet me hold lightly things of this earth;<br \/>\nTransient treasures, what are they worth?<br \/>\nMoths can corrupt them, rust can decay,<br \/>\nAll their bright beauty fades in a day.<br \/>\nLet me hold lightly temporal things\u2014<br \/>\nI, who am deathless, I, who wear wings!<br \/>\nLet me hold fast, Lord, things of the skies;<br \/>\nQuicken my vision, open my eyes!<br \/>\nShow me Thy riches, glory and grace,<br \/>\nBoundless as time is, endless as space\u2026<br \/>\nLet me hold lightly things that are mine\u2014<br \/>\nLord, Thou dost give me all that is Thine!\u201d<br \/>\n<em>\u2014Martha Snell Nicholson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Covetousness is now available in Harvey Christian Publishers\u2019 Online Christian Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a1391bc3b80f7056783749' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#cc1818;;\" href='#'>Continue reading...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covetousness has been termed \u201cThe sin very few ever confess.\u201d In fact, that is the subtitle of the book Covetousness, written by Lillian Harvey and published by Harvey Christian Publishers. 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