ge, when his place is taken by another.

At man's transition he takes with him only character, nothing else. If
the things he has striven for during his material life have been but
chimeras: the material things of life: the fruits of the Earth, then in
that case he will find himself poor indeed. The only real wealth, the
only thing worth striving for, is a knowledge of God and His Kingdom.
And with us Martians a knowledge of God is the ultimate goal sought
for. Hence all material things to the Martian are but expedients, soon
to be forgotten.

Material wealth is an abstraction. Its usual evidence is the
possession of property, which may be money, land, goods or chattels, as
the case may be. In final analysis this concrete evidence of wealth is
not real.

Money is nothing more or less than a stamped token entitling the
possessor to so much human effort, for the real value behind money,
after all, is but so much human energy or force, varying according to
its quality and its worth.

Other forms of property such as goods and chattels, are the result of
human endeavor and may be secured by the exchange of money, or it may
be produced by the owner.

Wealth represented by lands, which were created by God for the benefit
of all humankind, and not for the individual, is the so-called
right-secured by barter, exchange or inheritance, to use or withhold
from use, at the caprice of the owner--of a certain piece or portion of
the planet. Under a legal fiction the title to land extends to the
center of the Earth and to infinity in an opposite direction!

The text: "Thou shalt earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow" has a
deep significance to one who has come into a knowledge of Truth.
Drones have no place in the Divine Plan. It is not only essential but
mandatory, that each one do his part for the common good. The
non-producing rich man is as much a drone as is the vagabond who
neither toils nor spins. The Biblical test concerning the difficulty
of the rich man getting into Heaven means that it is impossible for a
drone or parasite to get into harmony with God.

The possession of wealth is not in itself sinful, but the possession of
wealth is a corollary to selfishness. He who is unselfish will spurn
wealth. The individual who accumulates beyond his needs sins against
Heaven when he locks up his goods in strong boxes. The act of hoarding
deprives some creature of his just portion, for God has planned there
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