"words and doing kindly deeds. From those who perform such service, the light of Christ shines to brighten lives darkened by many sorrows. 9T 57.1"
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Both passages connect good deeds with the shining of light, reflecting Christ's influence on others. EGW's passage directly echoes the sentiment of Matthew 5:16, urging readers to perform service so that the light of Christ shines through them.
"The temptation may come to you to invest your money in land. Perhaps your children will advise you to do this. But can you not show a better way? Has not your money been entrusted to you to be traded upon wisely, and put out to usury, that when the Lord comes, He may find the talents doubled? Can you not see that He wants you to use your means in helping to build meeting houses and to establish sanitariums? 9T 57.2"
"Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury."
EGW alludes to the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, specifically mentioning 'usury' and the doubling of talents. She applies this parable to the use of money for building meeting houses and sanitariums, suggesting a spiritual investment rather than a literal one.