88. And the first of them said:
“Silver and gold have I none.” Acts iii. 6. He glories in
poverty as though shunning
contamination. “Silver and gold,” he says, “I
have none,”—not gold and silver. He knows not their
order in value who knows not the use of them. “Silver and
gold have I none,” but I have faith. I am rich enough in
the Name of Jesus, “which is above every name.” Phil. ii. 9. I have no silver, neither do I
require any; I have no gold, neither do I desire it, but I have what
you rich men have not, I have what even you would consider to be of
more value, and I give it to the poor, namely that I say in the Name of
Jesus: “Be strengthened, ye weak hands, and ye feeble
knees.” Isa. xxxv. 3.