What is money for? Money is a blessing when it is used rightly. The same is true of all other good things. They bless if used well; they curse when abused. Many people do not seem to know what money is for. They want it above all things. But they want it to spend chiefly on themselves. Money is our circulating medium in trade. Families need it to buy things they must have. In this way society exists, and the world of traffic prospers. Money means food, clothing, dwelling, schools, books, wise recreation, and the means of doing good. Of course money is not something to hoard. Its value is in its use. The Bible says that “ the love of money is the root of all evil”. That is, money is not something sought for its own sake is the cause of all sorts of evil—lying, stealing, cheating, robbery, and even murder. This is the best reason for avoiding the love of money.

    金錢(qián)的功用是什么？假如正當(dāng)?shù)厥褂�，金錢(qián)是一種幸福。所有其他好的事物同樣如此。使用得當(dāng)，它們就賜福于人；濫加使用，它們就降禍于人。許多人似乎并不知道金錢(qián)是做什么用的。在萬(wàn)物中，他們首要的是錢(qián)。但是他們要錢(qián)主要又是為了花在自己身上。金錢(qián)是我們貿(mào)易中的流通手段。家庭需要金錢(qián)來(lái)購(gòu)買(mǎi)生活必需品。社會(huì)就是以這一方式存在的。商品流通世界就是以這一方式繁榮的。有了錢(qián)，就意味著有了食物、衣服、住房、學(xué)校、書(shū)籍、何明智的娛樂(lè)消遣，也意味著成就好事。當(dāng)然，金錢(qián)不是用來(lái)儲(chǔ)藏的東西。它的價(jià)值就在于使用。《圣經(jīng)》說(shuō)：“貪財(cái)是一切邪惡的根源”。那就是說(shuō)，追逐金錢(qián)本身是導(dǎo)致一切邪惡，如撒謊、偷竊、欺騙、搶劫甚至謀殺的原因。我們不要嗜愛(ài)金錢(qián)，根本原因就在于此。