The radiance of truth shone from Wingfold's face as he spoke, and those of the congregation who turned away from his words were those whose lives ran counter to the spirit of them.

Whatever he uttered grew out of a whole world of thought, but it grew before them--that is, he always thought afresh in the presence of the people, and spoke extempore.
"'_Ye can not serve God and mammon_.' "Who said this?
The Lord by whose name ye are called, in whose name this house was built, and who will at last judge every one of us.

And yet how many of you are, and have been for years, trying your very hardest to do the thing your Master tells you is impossible! Thou man! Thou woman! I appeal to thine own conscience whether thou art not striving to serve God and mammon.
"But stay! am I right ?--It can not be.

For surely if a man strove hard to serve God and mammon, he would presently discover the thing was impossible.

It is not easy to serve God, and it is easy to serve mammon; if one strove to serve God, the hard thing, along with serving mammon, the easy thing, the incompatibility of the two endeavors must appear.
The fact is there is no strife in you.