The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-19
MULTI-MILLIONAIRES.
Christ's Riches Greater Than Those
Of Man. Says Pastor Heisig.

The regular service at the First Baptist
augmented by the ba ptism of three young
women. the Misses Nellie and Emma
Robertson and Miss Bessie Hewlett.
The trio were baptized by the Rev. Theo-
dore Heisig, Pastor of the church. The
pastors sermon last evening was about
1.-The Unspeakable Riches of Christ; or,
A Multi-.Millionaire Whose Wealth Is
lncalculable.' Among other things, he
said:-
"This is an age in which immense for
tunes are made. There always have bsen.
financial distinctions among men. The
rich and pour have lived side by
SIDE. This was true, even in a
primitive state of society. John was a
rich man. go was Abraham, Isaac. Ja-
cob. The more civilized u uation becomes
the greater is the tendency to extreme
wealth or extreme poverty. There never
was y lime in which such great fortunes
were accumulated, and III au incredibly
short time as at present. There is a great
deal of preaching wealth. The SOCIALISTS
point to the great fortunes as a menace 30
our liberties. Others use them as a text
to urge on our youth in business and
economy. For it is a we'll Known fact
that our richest men today commenced
AA&O AZ al AClO q
I~NCALCULABLE WEALTH.
II want to speak tonight ABOUT a multi
millionaire whose wealth is incalculable.
| shall not speak abont the Goulds,
Rockefellers, Sages. Vanderuilts, Col
gates, except probably, Incidentally 10
illustrate my subject. The multi-million-
ARE TO b 1 refer is none other than
Jesus Christ Himself. In thinking of our
Lord we all picture Him to ourselves rs
poor. He was poor while upon earth, rs
men count wealth. But while He was
thu poor i'll poverty for our sakes, he Is
now rich"
Tine speaker then described what con-
stituted Cnrists riches. His text. how
ever, The Unsearchaoie RIcnes OF
Christ" referred to salvation, which he
offered to men. The substance OF Paois
preaching. he declared. was not OF Christs
material possessions. On, DO; what Paul
emphasized was forgiveness of SID, the
restoration of Gods favor, the peace that
passeth undel standing. the joy OF Inc
Holy Spirit, justification by faith, Inc
atoning, cleansing blood OF the Lamb OF
God. Coos mercy, goodness aud long
suffering.
salvation" declared the speaker, sis
spoken of as riches with a purpose. The
apostle knew how the human heart loved
wealth. He knew what sacrifices.
what struggles men would make TO get
rich. Any ssncrlfce, any effort. any
struggle you would make for material
wealth, you should also make for saliva
ton. Christ himself said: What shall
1t profit a mnn if he gain the whole world
and lose his owl soul?' what shall q man
give in exchange for his souIi
CHRIsT'S FORTUNE.
"Chrisps fortune is nut only ~iueXhaust-
ible, put,the more HIS gives the greater
1t becomes. Banks may fail, mines may
become vaiueisss, riches may take wings
an,t Leave the rlch poor, but Christ's
fortuus never ~diminishes. Come with
all boldusss, because Christ's riches are
always s~caslaole.'
Christ did not accumulate riches of
salvation by chance or with sasc. Follow
Him through His earthly life. How ha raj
He worked. His dIviue hand drew the
saw and pushed the plane. He was per-
secuted. How often He was friendIessl
Enter Gethsemane's Garden. there He noS
onty sweat great drops OF water. but
great drops of blood. He gave HIS life
for us. Whatever Christ has He offers to
men. You have but to claim"