The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-06-19
''RICH MEN
In HEAVEN, "
or s.MILLIONAIRES OF THE
NEW JERUSALEM"
The Subject of Fine Discourse by
Rev. L. D. Beck, at the First
Methodist Church Sun
day Morning.

Unknown to fame, and unheralded as
il we're, Rev L. ID. Beck found a large
congregation of strangers, Sunday morn
ing at the First Methodist Church, and
charmed them all with a gospel truth,
beautifully told.
Very few IN the audience recoE nized
in him the beardless boy. who, twenty
wears ago taught in the Columbia pub
lie schools. But it was he. And yet
not the same. 1t vas the boy of prom
Use, grown into the man, full rounded
and richly endowed Endowed with
learning; endowed with a nice discrimi
nation ia the choice of words; endowed
with a fine voice and graceful delivery;
endowed with an earnest and holy pur-
pose to serve living Christ
Mr.. Beck is another living example OF
what boy with intelligence of mind,
strength of character and lofty purpose,
can do. By his own heroic effort and
the grace of God, he is what he is. The
grace of God could not have made him.
had he opposed it with misdirected eff
forts of his own; but in his early life he
chose the wiser part, and God has help
ed him to grow.
He is a Kentuckian by birth, and a
Cumberland Presbyterian by faith. He
is graduate of Lebanon University,
coming from there here in 1888 to accept
a place in our city schools He went to
the far West in 1885, to Seattle, but left
his heart behind him, and in 1891 re
turned and claimed the hand of Miss
Eugenia Steele, daughter of Mrs. ). +.
Steele, and sister of ldr. Ripley Steele,
of this county. He preached for short
time in what was then called the South
Main Street Temple, now the Taber-
nacle, but returned again to the West,
and for several years has been living IN
Oregon. He is back here on visit now
with his family. and since coming has
received some flatterng offers which are
about to induce him to remain.
He took for his text Sunday morn
ing, "Lay up for Yourselves treasures
in Heaven, y and spoke from the sub
1ect, "Ricn Men in Heaven, or, Million
aires of the New Jerusalem. He said
there world be rich people in Heaven,
ana poor people there; there would be
mlllioniares in the New Jerusalem,
and paupers as well. The parallels OF
the pounds and the talents, he said,
proved this. In both these parallels
the rewards were not for the increase
nor the ability or talent, but for the
faithful discharge of duty. Lot and
Noah both builded on the same foun-
dation, the foundation of faith; but
Lot builded with perishable material,
and when the storm of adversely came
1T was all swept from him. his chill
dren and his all, and he saved only
and is pauper IN Paradise
today. On the other hand Noah
bu1lded with lmperishable material;
he thought not too much of material
things he taught his children obe-
dlence and how to live; and 30 when
the floods came, he called and they
all obeyed, and he is a millionaire in
the New Jerusalem. The thief on the
cross, through faith and repentance
was saved but he carried no jewels
with him; no good deeds to ripen and
fruit and follow after him. and
though he mercifuliy was allowed to
escape the torments OF the dam ned
yet he must be pauper throughout all
the ages.
The widows mite how 1t has grown
and continues to grow and enrich
her! How through all these years
that are gone, and the ages to COME
It mas and Will multiply and increase
ana enrich her beyond computation
The seamstress who laDOrs ana saves
and starts missionary upon his work,
what an increase will be hers. the
miser who counts his gold, loses 1t
while The man who starts his fortune
out upon errands of mercy and good
works. invests 1T in an eternity OF
blessings. the parents who slaves
and saves and leaves his fortune to his
child, leaves it indeed, and takes not
a farthing with him. While he who
invests it for the glory of his Master
and the good of humanity, lays up for
himself treasures IN Heaven.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, ana where thieves break
ana steal;
'But lay up for yourselves treasures
in Heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
10 not break through and steal;
For where your treasure Is, there
Will your heart be also.