The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-06-12
THE RICH MANS FOLLY.
International sunday-schooi Lesson for
June 10, 1890.


GOLDEN TExr-TaRe heed and beware Of
consciousness; for q mans life consistent not In
the abundance of the things which he possesseth
Luke i2:ib
CENTRAL TRUTu-rt is folly to lay up treas.
ures on earth at tho expense Of treasures in
Heaven.
TIMB-Novembcr AID Dec ember, a. D. 20, i'm.
mcdiatcly following the last lesson.
PLACE-Pcroa, beyond Jordan.
JEsUs-About thirty three years old. on His
last journey from Gaiilec to Jerusalem.
INTRoDuCT1oN--Jesus hal been dining with q
Pharisee III: so and dscoursing TO the guests
there. Coming out Of the house He found great
multitudes awaiting Him. He then began to
address His disciples In the hearing Of the
crowd, when he was interrupted by the man re.
ferred to OF the beginning Of the lesson.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-12 One Of Ms
company: Of the crowd not O disciple. Sptak TO
my brother: he thought that one who preached
30 against sin would be the one TO right his
wrong. IL lvho made me a judv: Christ re.
fused CD because IL was not His business to In.
terfere with personal quarrels, but to declare
great principles; Ce) because His was spirit
ual kingdom, and to decide the quarrel would
have made neither party better, but to draw
them 10 settle II in brotherly love would bc
great gain; (S) because he was the friend OF
both. Ia. Cooefousness: greed Of more desire
to get more Of the expense Of others, too great
nsss usesuircss value ~ he Not iatL. oSnrd.
ose.: what q man is, not whnt he hos, mikes
him happy and useful 49, A certain r'eh wan:
ne seems 70 - nave oeeh honestly rieh' rs ~ came
honest Riches nnnr he a ~ c,,rao ~ Baras. usn.
ally holes in the ground, walled up, with an
opening et the top. Al my fruits and my goo .:
ne wouia modra, NOT W. the pr@, element IL .ne
ana ana @ ycrm,r 'o"s sna de.av 'o IN T ionumer. %
able forms, begin their worl, with MIN.
bic and busy fingers on unused property.
~ Ynou hast m.cn go'ds ed'd .p yo' mans
s,eont W in I his foilv ~ We s mav % rigbtiv T Forecast
but in oil our forecastings should consider the
uncertainty Of life as one Of the contingencies
70 DO estimated and allowed for in our plans.
Inns man nm, ~n n suon 1901 @ '1nI ne aa nos even
drtsI and be msrrv: he thought 70 satisfy h.s
soul with granaries and their contents; the
third element In his folly He expected to sat.
ny tnSt & %ncn Is 10 ,n WIN nno .aiuss s.
ths food Of beasts.
THE ATTRACTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS
MAS-D For one thing, he was wealthy. OBJ
Su SEW iN sno n,oe new. aoun' Vn ,S ~ % Win
IL Is good thing to be rich; rich; great use useYulness
can be attained by silver and gold (a) He was
%. .'S'"i 80 o'"."S'', 'H"' '"o"S" "eiA "' u' "
gss ev,aenSe o, ms , shrewancss a ana INDUSTRY 2
shows himseIf in the recorded soliloonv here as
being thoughtful concerning the future. az So
far as we know, he was honest and upright in
MS s,. business on ~, , .,,
.rto S;n. this 10 ccntrasfea VII, wno ~ tho ,n"n
has said to himself. 7Iou ,oos literally, fool
scnseiess, unthinirng one. SO different from
what tine shrewd man thought he was. The I'm,
saancious 10 s oi,en e noe the nun whcm GoS calls
fool . the man whom eli the world calls rich and
prosperous is the one whom God calls poverty
stricken ,Rey, S;iI) 81. So is AS a complete
formed Ihe nossbe rCses ~ Heaven nD s in,o coas
Of ire. Lagsfh up treasurs for 6fn,eir: he who
is rich for himself, laying up treasure for him.
sell, Is by SO much roobing III: real inward life,
10 ,..,na 49," ,nr "oSna fon ,sO aoah
but the spirtt. that which God ioo,,eth into and
searcheth, is stripped Of all its rches.-Alford
Andn not r,eh fo'oard God: rich in those things
Son Sod T. loves owes anu wmacn prihs nun near % 70
in deeds Of kindness, in iabors and gifts for the
salvation Of men; rich in all that makes the
glory of God and the bliss Of Heaven