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Money is a blessing when it is used correctly. 1 is true of all other good things.They bless if used 2 ;they surse(诅咒)when misused.Many people do not seem to know 3 money is for.They want it above all other things.But they want to spend it chiefly on 4 .
Some boys and girls appear to 5 that money is used to buy good clothes,foods,toys and amusements.Some also seem to think that money is used to buy leisure(空闲).They 6 that the greatest happiness is to 7 without work.But that is not at all what money is for.We should get nearer to the 8 than that.
Money is our circulating medium(流通手段)in trade.Families need it to buy things they must 9 .In this way society 10 ,and the world of traffic prospers(繁荣).Money means food,clothing,housing,schools,books,wise amuse ment,and the 11 of doing good.
Of course money is not something to store.Its value 12 its use.A million gold dollars would have been 13 no more than a million stones 14 Robinson Crusoe on his island home.There was nothing to buy,and 15 ,no use for money.And so money that is 16 stored is of no value.It is not used to buy the necessaries of life, 17 help those who are in need.That is not what money is for.
The Bible(《圣经》) 18 that“the love of money is the 19 of all evil”,That is,money sought only for its own sake(缘故)is the cause of all sorts of evillying,stealing,cheating,robbery,and 20 murder.This is the best reason for avoiding the love of money.
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