Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-05-25
4eaaiuq fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED By
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
HE LEFT 1T ALL.

The following incident recently occurred in
New York city, at a meeting of gentlemen,
who have under their management the most
extensive system of railways on the continent.
It is related by one who was present, and who
vouches for the truth of the narrative The
directors were assembled from many parts OF
the country, and together represented millions
upon millions of dollars Perhaps any one
glancing at the company, with knowledge of
their immense pecuniary power and resources,
would have fanced that they were all happy,
and that they occupied most enviable posi-
tion in the world.
Before proceeding to business, while await
ing the arrival of some director who was ab-
sent, one said to another in a loud tone, that
instantly commanded attention, "Have you
heard that - is dead?' "Why, no {; you
surprise ME. saw him on the street last
week, apparently in the enjoyment OF perfect
health when did he die 20 HE died day be-
fore yesterday" A moment of silence enSued,
and one of the gentlemen said to the first
speaker, "He was very rich, was he not p
20, yes, very.'' ''How much did he leave ?"
'sHe left it all,'' was the answer, uttered.with
a deep, solemn voice, as if on purpose, and an
other, not altogether agreeable, silence fell
upon the company of millionares
Yes, he left it all, and so must the richest
man on earth leave it all very soon, "for we
brought nothing into the world, and it is GER
tain we can carry nothing out" Tim. s.:
Death is the great leveler in more respects than
one.
1t is amazing that men of sense who have
money. do not reflect upon this, and it is un-
accountable that rich men, protesting to be
Christians, so often fail to see the purpose for
which wealth has been put into their hands.
They frequently cling to it with a grasp that
grows tighter, and when they are at last COM
PEELED to leave it all, they have accomplished
far less good in the world than if they had
never possessed farthing. Nay, money eX-
pended in selfish qualification, or boarded for
the sake of accommodating large sum- is a
positive injury to the cause of Christ, and be-
comes burning curse to the unfaithful stew
ard. What says the merring Word of God !?
$50 to, now, We rich men, weep and howl for
your miSeries that shall come upon you. Your
riches are corrupted, and your garments are
moth eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered
and the rust of them shall be witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Ye have heaped treasure together for the last
days" Jas. 5:1-3. ....
Hence, while in one sense the rich man
leaves it all at death, in another sense he does
not leave it, or rather it does not leave him,
is witness for or against him at the bar OF
God.
God often warns men about the proper use
of riches, ''for He seeth that wise men die,
likewise the fool and the british person, and
leave their wealth to others Be
not afraid when one is made rich, when the
glory of his house is increased for when he
dieth, he shall carry nothing away his glory
shall not descend after him." Ps. 40. III
riches increase, set not your heart upon them. !"
Ps. 62: 10. s'Riches profit not in the day of
wrath" Prov. II 4. "There is that maketh
himself rich, yet hath nothing" Prov. 13: =.
"There is sore evil which have seen under
the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners
thereof to their hurt" Ecc 5: 13. "God
said unto him, Thou fool this night thy soul
shall be requi ired of thee; then whose shall
those things be, which thou hast provided? :?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God ?" Luke -: II.
GLOW hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God" Luke Is "a.