The evening Republican., 1902-06-05

ed between your fineir kept fences
the necessary elements Of pro.
ductive soil? Who, who but Him 10
whom the cattle upon a thousand
hills belong, and 10 comparison TO
whose resources, all rich men are
paupers7 Why do you take IRON
his open hand the rich blessings
of your every day, without 80 much
as saving by your leave! You are
all unihankful soul.
You are a presumptuous soul.
You plan as it lyou expected 10 live
Tor ever, as il, so tospeak. you mad
first mortg age on the future. You
forget that He to whom you are in
debted tor all you have or ever
will have holds in his hand the
future, aud that you ought to say
''ll the Lord will do thus and so.
1t Is not 10 mao to order his own
steps. One cannot tell the dav OF
his death. Man knows but little
anyhow. Another must tell h i'm
when he was born. but no one can
tell him when the eud will come.
He Is presumptuous surely to build
with blatant certainly on the rag
lie Iulure. Much goods laid up for
many years? You poor soul "Ihls
might thy soul shall be required OF
thee. "
What is the use anyhow of laying
up for SO many rainy days, when
other hands will hold the umbrella.
Be content with abundance but do
not hauker after the superabundance
for in this a man . life does not con-
sist.
You're u sensual soul. You lack
spiritual Imagination. You are con-
cerned wholly with things that may
DO touched with human fingers. You
sense things, but have not learned
tie first syllable Of faith. What is
wheat, and fruits, aud harvest. Let
thy granaries aud barns be full to
bursting: let thy crops move abund.
ant be than any neighbours; give out
yonr contract for bigger barn;
spread out the specifications for the
new buildings on the table before
thee and sit up half the might with
knitted brows and bother thy family
until they are unable to sleep be.
cause the carpenters are coming in
the morning but remember that
This night thy soul shall be re.
CURED of thee". Oh, soul have you
no room, no time, no thought FOR
spiritual things. knowest thou not
that Mansions above the clouds are
Of greater concern to thee than barns
beneath the skies. Then build thy
barn, and send out the invitations to
thy ncigibors to come to the barn
raising, and count up now before
you Hing yourself upon your couch.
the extra bushels you will measure
from the new barn floor, but know
thou o soul that this night is the
last for thee.
You're an athelistic soul. You
have left God out of the transaction
entirely. 1t would be well to plan
twy inscriptions to be cut into the
wall of the grand new barn that all
who pass that way may read. On one
side write the bold sad true words
"This barn was built without God',
and on the other write this single
meaningful word. "Ichabod', for
glory has departed from that life or
the product thereof that leaves God
out of the question.
Soul you re u fool. 1t is the fool
that hath said in his heart "There is
no God. aud you need not speak aloud
to tell us what you think. You have
heard the story surely Of the Kings
fool, to whom the old sick king gave
a handsome cane, and tod him to
keep it until he found bigger fool
than himself. The fool Immediately
handed it back to his Sovereign, with
the remark that he who was expect
ing to take Il long journey into an I'M
known country, and never come back
again, and was making, and intended
to make no preparation for the jour
ncy was the biggest fool he ever ex-
pccted to meet. Soul you're fool.
You thought your life consisted
in super bounding crops. Poor
fool it consists 10 superabounding
grace. Not 10 the things you now
possess, but ia the eternal posses
sions. is your 40 III made safe and
happy.
Thus the soul sol,lo quizes and
stops. But God sald-O how sudden
10 the transition in the plans OF
man when God takes d hand. The
soul reasoned thus with Itself. but
God said Belteshazzar enjoyed him.
self with revelngs OF the night, and
gave not God the glory. but God
said in hierog!iphics on the wall Il
word that caused The palor to pos
sess his cheeks, aud a tremor to
seize his heart. There were, it
seems to me, two reasons why God
dealt so severely with this rich
fool. Fret: because be recognized
no oblig alton toward God for what
he had, and second, because he was
deaf to the uuspoken need Of others.
less fortunate. No rich man can
deny his obligation to the poor man
in this world, The poor man was
here first. The very first man that
God made was a poor mau, and ever
since every man that has become
rich has come into bis possessions,
only because he has entered into
the heritage left him by others
poorer than himself.
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