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The Spirit of Gain Getting

To those who have thought and talked of the great advantages to be gained by worldly association, the Lord declares, through the prophet Malachi:

“When we had gained a good victory over these things, and when the Lord saw that we were able to bear it, light was given relative to food and dress.”

… worldly gain, but to such temptations he returns the answer, “What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul” ( Mark 8:36 )?— The Acts …

… may gain an experience that will make your ministry for your children a perfect success. Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 131 .

… they gained by their disobedience was an acquaintance with sin and its results.

He has a little means, which he ventures to invest, thinking it may bring in quite a sum. Whether he gains or loses, he is in the downward road to ruin. But it was the example of the church that led him into the false path.

… knowledge gained.— Gospel Workers, 94 .

… would gain hope and comfort and assurance.

… can gain is to know ourselves.— Manuscript 65, 1899 (General Manuscript).