Had I been a rich man, perhaps I should never have known nor loved him.

'For not many mighty, not many noble, are called.' God's people are chiefly found among the base things of the world, and things which are despised.

This makes my poverty to be my comfort.
"Besides, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
This thought makes my poverty also to be my honour.
"Moreover, to the poor the gospel was and is preached, and to my heart's delight I find it to be true, every Sunday of my life.

And is it not plain, all the neighbourhood through, that while so many of our rich farmers, and tradesmen, and squires, are quite careless, or set their faces against the ways of God, and are dead to everything that is gracious and holy; a great number of the poorest people are converted and live?
I honour the rich for their station, but I do not envy them for their possessions.

I can not forget what Christ once said, 'How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!' "Oh! my dear wife, if you did but know how to set a right value upon the precious promises which God has made to the poor, how thankful should I be! "The expectation of the poor shall not perish.