The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-02
Another sermon BY szr. moody.
From the baltimore American OF saturday,

.rron, the Baltimore American or Saturday,
Mr.. Moodv,s talks yesterday afternoon
ovid evening at Eutaw-piace Baptist church
anS nj Grace Methodist Episcopal church
were ON .tLaying Up Treasures in Heaven
ond the congregations that listened 10 nam
wore az great in numbers as on any prece-
ding day. ,,a.o
- Lar, off. and ii YOU will turn TO the sixth
cb,ntcr and nineteenth verse OF Matthew,
SnT, viii read Lay not UP for yourself
srnas,,rcs upon earth, where meth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves Dreak
fhrcugh and steal, but lay up for yourself
treasures in Heaven, where neither ihoth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thlcfeS
do no, break through nor steal Tor where
vour treasure is there Will be your heart
s,sn ,, I've been told by Eastern travel
1s-s .ha, the Jews usually made three equal
S;yi.ions of their property. One third was
,,soS for trade. another third was invested
~ Jewels, AMI the remaining third was
hrricd in some secret place in the ground.
frhcrr were no banks in those days, and they
,yculd have been OF no good any now as the
pb,llistines and other tribes, enemies oi
fhe J.ws. were continually coming down
100, them and scattering them, and taxing
ali ;Hcy could get. The man that had money
S;dsnn. no matter il he was in Babylon or
nhnreyrr he was, had his heart and MS
thourbts perpetualy turned TO where that
store OF wealth lay buried. 1t Is on account
nj this practice that we hear so much ABOUT
hidden treaSuv>s =. 1t does not take long 10
tell where mans heart IS. II he : po'i"
ticion. ana YOU talk of the supremacy OF MS
Marty. YOU will see his eye light up. Ii ms
heart is on business, see bow enthusiastic
he Gets when YOU tell him how he can make
q thousand dollars or so. Ii he's man OF
the world, how pleased nc will be ii you tell
him where he can have nights pressure.
II he's got his heart on heavenly things. he
loves to hear them talked about. You
know we
ALL DIE POOR
Dn}oss we have riches in Heaven. When
i r. Stewart and Cornelius Vanderbilt
died they died pauperS. They were the
came ~ the outclSt and the mcndlcant whose
rcmairs are thrown into the potter's held.
They did not have cent 10 their name. IL
* aIi q mistake to say that man dies worm
SO many millions. He dies absolutely With
out pcnny. The mcanest man III all Inc
land may die with riches far outrlVallnS
tbc Rotbschlds' wealth. The reason So
many OF us are worldIy-minded is because
we have so much 10 bind lis TO earth. l
l;nryy 4 man who owned vast estates
houses in the city, farms in the coun-
try, stocks and merchandise, ana all
that wealth is centred in-but he
died without hope OF Heaven, and
left il All behind him. He entered eternity
= beggar. Yet the world called that man
wise. shrewd, long-headed. DO you know
what Jesus c,ed such mca? He called
them fools. He wrote their eptaph in Il
word. The very thing we call wisdom God
condemns. What's the reason there are so
many disappoin:mcntS down here! Be-
cause orr hearts are in earthly things, and
there Is not one earthly thing that will not
di>aupoint us sooner or later. How many
men there are who are burying their souls
III real estate. rs for me, I'd rather have
standing room in the New Jerusalem than
forty thousand miles OF the most valuable
corner lots in Cbristendom. Anything that
fills the heart besides God is an idol and
sir.
WHERE THE HEART Is.
FIRST among the treasures OF earth is gold.
Yet it's as slippery rs Il serpent. Then
there's many man who thinks more OF
fast horse than he does OF God. | guess you
might fud such men right here in Baltimore.
Some are wrapped up in business, more in
their homes, others in friends, and a good
many in dress. Why, Eve been in church
when the spirit OF God was moving hum
drcds OF souls, and actually seen women fix
ing their front hair and smoothing their rib
bonS, afraid they were not looking nice
enough. [Laughter.] Alb, you laugh at that.
Why, right here in this 1873, and | have
the statement so straight that there is no
doubt about it, young lady was dying
OF consumption, FASTENED by q quicker
disease, and the doctors said she could not
last over Friday, and .on Thursday she in
sisted on having a hair-dreSSer curl and
crinlp her hair. SO she would make nice
appearance in the coffin. Not laugh this
time.l | tell you there are good many
young women who think more of night in
q ballroom than God and all tue hopes and
fears Of immortality put together. To some
men strong drink is the greatest treasure.
They would have drink il they were 60.
in- to meet God the next moment. They
sell wife and children for it. Some make
music their heaven. Now, gold and business
and pleasure, and, perhaps, all tile rest, are
right enough, each in their place, but they
are all wrong il they crowd out the love OF
God, which should be preeminent.
THE GREATEST TREASURE
OF Heaven is Jesus Christ. How small
everythin" else is compared with him. Gold
is only good for time. Christ is Tor etcr-
nifty. Then we are to have our friends in
Heaven, and we will have pleasures, too, far
SURPRISING those OF earth. Purity we all
will have, a rare gem and rightly wor-
shipped on earth. Bright dwelling-places
we will have. | was reading lately OF
man in California who has fooIishly spent
two millions Of dollars on house. Now,
what's the use OF getting our earthly habi-
tations up so fine, when we are only to be
here for such little while? Most any old
clothes are good enough to travel in. Our
life here is but a journey. Most any sort
OF clothes and house are good enough for
this trip OF ours 10 eternity. In Heaven
we will have robes rs beautiful and spotless
as are worn by Jesus Christ himself.
Those fond OF music will find mighty
chorus up there. All earthly music will
be discord compared with the celestial
song. How perfectly worthless are the
things OF this earth compared to what we
are promised in better world to come.
Honor, fame, and position may be lost by
an accident or one vile SANDER. Riches
may bura up in Il night or take to them
selves the wings Of an absconder. Wife
and children may be taken tomorrow By
death. Nothing so dear, nothing so stead
fast, nothing so beautiful, nothing so true
in this world below but taketh flight, leay-
ing bitter disappointment behind. Christ
and Heaven alone are certain and perpetual.
We cannot mount up on ANGELS wings, as
1t were, while earthly burdens hold lis
down. II matters not II these weights be
woe, or If they be stores OF wealth. Wealth
IS good thing, great thing, IL rightly
used and kept in use, but Is not to be set
up as q God. Fire and water, the two