Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-08-06
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
1t Was Brought from Heaven and
Given to Men by Christ Himself.
sermon by the "Highvay and Byway''
Preacher ON N Theme Which De-
eupies the Attention OF the
World I'm Every Age.
ICopyrisht. 1892. by a y. kellogg News
paper CO

iHlhSs shdl DC duCtC unto ECu.-Matt.
SIS
The Secret.-The Lord Jesus came
all the way from Heaven to earth to
give to the world the secret Of true sue
cess. lie not only gave to the world
the secret, but like the true Leader He
was and is, lie wrought it out in His
own life. | know the world will read
with an incredulous smile the words OF
our text and glibly deny that they give
the secret OF true success. know that
many, many Chris tians fail to see i'm
them inspiration to the realization OF
the most successful career. But not
withstan6ing such unbeIief we are
going TO stand squarely upon Gods
Word and try to throw such light
on the true meaning of this wonderful
text as will enable you, b. the enlight-
eminent of the Holy Spirit, to under
stand and to make a new adjustment
of your life, and yet find that true sue
cess which God alone can give YOU.
Up in the Heavens, where God has
His dwelling place. the angels know thu,
secret Of success, and understand that
1T cannot be found apart from God.
Satan, before his fall from Heaven. was
in line of success with the other an
gels, but when he undertook TO set up
an independent establishment con
trary to the will of God. God east him
out. and he has been i'm the earth ever
since deluding men into the belief that
apart from God they can win success
Yes. the secret OF success is known i'm
Heaven. In obedience to the will and
Righteousness Of God. the stars main
tain their positions and send forth
their flashing light; the sun and
moon hold their faithful attendance
upon the earth, giving light and heat.
and the earth continues to revoIve.
bringing day and night, and moves in
its orbit, bringing the change Of sea
sons. The universe i success and
full Of harmony because Il obeys the
supreme will Of God The angels
know what success is because they seek
God first and His righteousness.
The redeemed in Heaven know what
true success is. Perhaps some Of them
did not know until they entered the
pearIy gates and saw their build
'ngs Of wood, hay, stuLhle burned
up outside the gate and they es-
capped into Heaven so as bv fire"
but they understood then that he
who builds apart from God builds i'm
vain. Success, then, was not meas
ured by the amount Of worldly wis
dom, or culture, or riches. or power
possessed. but by the fact that
Heaven was gained and the soul
saved for eternity. Lazarus. the
miserable, sore-covered pauper. lying
Mt the gate of the rich man. an
peared to the world as a failure. while
the gorgcously-robed man within
The pa lace, sitting bcfore his sumptuous
table, was talked about as that sue
cessfui business man. The gaze Of the
world sees only the beggar at the gate
nEdfhe rich man I'm his luxuriant
home but, thanks be to God, Jesus
lifts the veil and gives us glimpse
into the eternal realities. where the
final measuring as to failure or success
j. determined. There we see Lazarus
in the bosom Of Abraham with the
peace of Heaven upon his brow. while
below in hell, with great mpa sable
gulf between the two, we behold Dives
in torment, pleading for the least de-
gree Of succor which he had denied the
beggar while they were in the world
together, Lazarus as failure and he
success.
The Great ENemplar- The absolute
truth and reliability or this secret j.
proven lay the life Christ lived here ON
earth, by Ills death and Ills rcsurrec-
ton II would have been strange in
deed, would IL not? IL Jesus had not
lived ont 90 the utmost the command
contained in our text. Scripture gives
us q glimpse az Him az the. age Of
twelve in the Temple seeking God as he
sits an eager learner at the feet Of the
rabbits there The veil is again drawn
around Him and Scripture is silent uu-
til Jesus comes 10 John to be- baptized
and D. led Of the Spirit into the wilder
ness TO engage in the most magnif-
cent battle Of the ages with Satan. The
kingdoms Of the world. with an their
glory and maguiiccuce. are showed To-
Jesus. and lie sees wealth and honor
and power within His grasp if lie
would but fall down and Worship Ca-
tan. Tie came into the world 90 he q
king Here was The opportunity M
one master move TO become possessed
OF Kingdoms and power. Oh. how
much hung in The balance before that
awful temptation II The eye Of faith
OF Jesus had not reached into the
etcruities. and be had not understood
that thc success which Satan could give
was but temporary, lie might have
yielded.
Satan to-day is Offering the same
Kind of bride 60 those who will fan
down and worship and serve him. 10
the Son Of God he offered oycrythinp
he had temporary power over. but to-
the sons Of men he needs not to offer
so much 60 win their allegiance and
their service Men are yielding every
day before the power and attraction OF
NaumOu Present r4ip hold mn b,