The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-09-07

Arue frescriphon FOR All Schoiarshp'
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Dr. n. McGee Wa
tiers, pastor OF the Tompkins Avenue Con.
sgregaaeional gaatm IA Church took as his subject
ness" His text was from Matthew vi:
SO: Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be, added unto you" DR.. Waters
said in the course of his excellent sermon:
From. the beginning until now mans
search has been for the golden age. Some
times he named it the Golden Fleece:
sometimes Holy Grail. Plato prophesied
q, wearyi pilgrimage, found it beyond the
Delectable Mountains. Bacon saw it in
Atlantis, rising out of the midst of an un-
sailed sea. 1t = always afar oil and in the
future. Like the pot of gold at the foot
hill.
Jesus also -prophesied golden age
called il "the Kingdom of God" and found
men went hu-. cry, and 10! there Was al.
ways p.enty in the ground-wheu they
SCRATCHED the earth nth hoe it laughed
with har>e est" They priced diamonds,
S and 10! , they were we're, alwa{s in the river oeds
an and 10! coal was stored under the hills.
They longed for some pack horse, and 10!
giants were chained IN every flowing riv-
er; They were always looking for the
colder! age. Jesus said: Look within
the Kingdom OF God is within you
Men are always expecting the Kingdom
OF Goo to come through some device of
their ma,'ing. They cry, "Let us have
better COVE >nment and better wage. and
we Will have ;:.s Kingdom of God:e iei let "'rs us
toll and hoard mountain of gold. and
when our barns are filed VIC will have the
Kingdom of nod. Let us search after
knowledge, nd when we are wise we will
have the Kingdom of God. LIST us trade
our strength for popularity and reputation,
when with the laurel we lave bound our
brow we shall be blessed"
Jesus says Just the opposite: "Seek the
hlngdom OF God and you will have no la
Dor problem, for YOU will have n increased
wage; seek the Kingdom of God, and YOU
will find wealth; seek the Kingdom of
God; and you will be enrolled among the
us get rich and we will be content" Jc.
sus, says. 'Be content, and you will be
rich" Nc. say Let us get wisdom. and
we Will be happy" Jesus says, BE hap.
py and You, will be wise. Men say, "If we
can gain all these things, like houses and
lands, we will be the children of the KIM.
dom of God" Jesus says, Enter into the
hlngdom of God, and you will have all
these things"
When will we believe the teachings of
Jesus: He was ahead OF rs time. We
are growing up TO Him, to understand Him
better than early generations Ever. saw
ing of His we find true as law and fact.
lake that saying OF His, "The meek shall
His age. But time, the great tester, pro-
nounces 1t pure gold The wise man evcrv-
where secs the exceeding reward of meek.
ness. They get who forget
Jesus: Jesus said to HIS disciples: "It is ex-
pedIcnt for YOU that | go away" They
could not believe that then But when n
long time hath passed we know that really
death is benefit, and that great men are
never SO valuable to their disciples as after
they have gone away from the earth Tbc
text, Seek first the Kingdom of God
etc. is one of those sayings that we have
TO grow up to. Generally men have read
y 1t IN Ss9ore mystical way. They have re-
E%yded 1T as true only in some peculiar re-
truth; it is law of the universe. Virtue
is the road to fame. Godliness is profit
cbie i'll this world.
And all these things shall be added"
them-food and clothes and the material
prizes for which men Girive. Men are
swayed bv motives as Trees are by the
winds. Tel me what YOU most love and
W"l tel You what YOU will be. You love
knowledge with Il pasSon-thc Greek did
or-the koman did and Rome is vet law
giVer Tor the nations you love beauty
Lohn Keats did and he became n poet.
Among the motives that sway mems daily
lives, we may nut first these threc-the
pursuit of wealth the gaining of knowl.
edge and the winning of fame. How can
these things best be won? According to
Jesus: by a deep hearted search after the
Kingdom of God
Wcalth-the laws of wealth are the laws
OF righteousness. knowlcdge-the king
dom of knowledge is the Kingdom OF God
Fame-"the Lord knoveth the way of the
rrighmteonS;, rm but the ways of the wicked
Let u; look at the world of wealth. The
savage has no prosperity; it is only the
cWillZed man who grows rich What is
wealth! Emerson tells US 1t begins with
tlSht roof that keeps out the rain and
good pump that yieds sweet waters, and
horses, or locomotive to cross the land,
and boat to cross the sea-" But whence
come the roof and the pump and the shin
anG the locomotive? Man did not invent
,heni ne ony discovered them. They are
1Ae Jaws OF Cod dressed up in Clothes of
wood and steel and stone The law of
wealth are the laws of righteousness Men
II God. '''e "a"
Again, how 10 we get wealth? The, h
re three possible ways. \ man may heb
he may steal 1t. or a nan NAV earn i5
'HI hcitHcr p&upcr nor hcggar .ncreaSeE
e wealth OF the community. On,y by
~ avs oi industry and vision can We !n-
ease W"2I ~. Iiut the laws of labor and
Ion ere 'c laws OF the Kingdom of Col
r2a"ISm h3i been, with its poverty. de
ca rs society without the command
nts. Contrarlwlsc, then, civilization
all ITS houses and lands and stocks
bonds: is society with The command
ats. Violation Of the laws of God in
ry age means bankruptcy. Obedience
he laws Of God in every age makes for
pcritY. li,i:@;tory writes down the tale
innircS. When she writes down "Pv-
;da and 'Parihcuon" and Hanging
lens she expresses their desoiation
ayLng over their ruins. These peouIc
1t God, a. d hcrcc heir waste places"
writes down London" Chamber Of
rIg IL, ar. .