I know that many artisans, belonging to mechanical
trades, are crowding around me. A day’s labour hardly
suffices to maintain them; therefore I am compelled to abridge my
discourse, so as not to keep them too long from their work. What
shall I say to them? The time which you lend to God is not
lost: he will return it to you with large interest.
Whatever difficulties may trouble you the Lord will disperse
them. To those who have preferred spiritual welfare, He will give
health of body, keenness of mind, success in business, and unbroken
prosperity. And, even if in this life our efforts should not
realise our hopes, the teachings of the Holy Spirit are none the less a
rich treasure for the ages to come. Deliver your heart, then,
from the cares of this life and give close heed to my words. Of
what avail will it be to you if you are here in the body, and your
heart is anxious about your earthly treasure?