"God did not create us in this world merely to beget children and carry on our kind, to amass wealth, to leave a famous name, or to feast and make merry. God created humankind in the world to reverence and love Him, and after this life to reward them in heaven with the everlasting bliss of God Himself. Our time in the world is short, no more than a temporary stay; heaven is our true home. We are now in the world as on a journey, so we should regard the things of this world as things we pass by the roadside, and not let our hearts cling to them."
— Ferdinand Verbiest
Source: Jiaoyao xulun (An Introduction to the Essentials of the Doctrine, 1670)
Doing good, eternity, wealth, and the human world.
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