The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-08-19
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
"RewARpS or RIGHTEOUSNESS"
The Rev. Dr. ~. McGee Waters ssys That
ifNou Would Attain Earthly Prosperity
Christ Must Be Your rescher-T The
True Prescription For All schola rship.

gftgatlonal Nhufch. iooh a. ms supltSt
Sunday morning. Rewards Of Righteous
mess -" His text was from Matthew VI:
- Seek We first the kingdom Of God
and His righteousness, and all these things
shall he 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 II the Golden Fleece;
sometimes Holy Gral. Plato prophesed
II in republic Yet TO be. Bunyan, after
: weary pilgrimage. found it beyond the
DeeCtable Mountains Bacon saw lt IN
Atlantis, rising out OF the midst OF an un-
sailed sea. Ii is always afar on and IN the
future. Like the pot of gold az the foot
OF the rainbow, Il Is always oven the next
hill
Jesus also prophesied a golden age
called it the Kingdom OF God, p" and found
II IN she present time. For a long time
men went hu CRY, and To- there was al
ways plenty IN the ground-when they
scratched the earth nth hoe u laughed
with harN est They priced diamonds,
and lo they were alwa IN the river beds
for the finding They shivered for warmth,
and To- coal was stored under the hills.
They longed for some pack horse, and 10!
giants were chained N every flowing nv
er. They were always looking for the
golden age. Jesus said "Look within
The Kingdom OF God is within YOU
Men are always expecting the Kingdom
of Cod 10 come through some device OF
their making, They cry Let us have a
better government and better wage, and
We will have the Kingdom of God; let US
toll and hoard a mountain Of gold, and
when our barns are filled we Will have the
Kingdom of tod. Let us search after
knowledge. nd when we are wise We will
have the Kingdom OF God. Lst Us trade
our strength for popularity and reputation,
when with the laurel we have bound our
brow we shall be blessed
Jesus says just the opposite: Seek the
Kingdom of God and YOU will have no la
Dor problem, tor you viii have n increased
wage, Geek the Kingdom of God, and you
VIII find wealth. seek the Kingdom of
God, and YOU will be enrolled among the
children Of Immortality Men say, Let
us get rich and we viii be conteIt.' Je-
sus says, BE content, and you viii be
rich Nc say, Let us get wisdom. and
we will be happy Jesus says, BE hap
py and you VIII be wise. Men say, II we
can gain all these things like houses and
lands, we will be the children of the King
dom of God Jesus says, Enter INTO the
Kingdom of God and you VIII have all
these things
When will we believe the teachings Of
Jesus? He was ahead o. Fs time We
are growing up 10 Him. 10 understand Him
ing of HIS we find true as law and fact
Take that saying of His, The meek shall
inherit the EARTH Ii was too hard for
His age. Bat time, the great tester. pro-
nounces II pure gold. The wise man every.
where sees the exceeding reward of meek
ness. They get who forget.
Jesus said To HIS disciples: 1T ia cx.
pedient for you that | 20 away They
could not believe that then. But when a
long time hath passed we know that really
death rs a benefit. and that great men are
never so valuable TO their disciples as after
| they have gone away from the earth. The
text, Seek first the Kingdom of God, I"
! etc, ~ one of those sayings that we have
| TO grow up TO. Generally men have read
| 1t IN some mystical way. They have re.
| Parded It as true only IN some peculiar re.
! hgious sense, But II ~ a literal fact: it u
! truth; 1t is law of the universe. Virtue
| Is the road TO fame. Godliness Is profit
able IN this world
And all these things shall be added 4"
! What things! Christ has lust named
! them-food and clothes and the material
| prizes for which men strive. Men are
! swayed by motives as trees are by the
winds. Tell me what You most love and /
| Will tell you what you VIII be. You love
| knowledge with a passion-the Greek did
and he became n scholar; you love pow
| cr-the Roman did and Rome a. yet law
! glver for the nations; you love beauty
John Keats did and he became poet.
| Among the motives that sway mems daily
lives, we may put first these three-the
pursuit of wealth. tine gaming Of knowl.
! edge and the winning OF fame. How can
! these things best be won? According to
| Jesus, by deep hearted search after the
! Kingdom OF God.
! Wealth-the laws Of wealth are the laws
| of righteousness. knowledge the king.
! dom OF knowledge is the Kingdom Of God
! Fame-"the Lord knoweth the way OF the
! righteous. but the ways OF the wicked
! shall rot"
! Let US look at the world OF wealth. The
savage has no prosperity; Il is only the
/ civilized man who grows rich. What -
| wealth. Emerson tells us u begins with
tight roof that keeps cut the ram and q
/ good pump that yields sweet waters, and
/ horses. or a locomotive 10 cross the land.
and a boat TO cross the sea" But whence
come tire root and the DUMP and the shin
/ and the locomotive? Man did not invent
I them; he only discovered thcT1. They are
/ the laws Of Cod dressed up IN clothes OF
| wood and steel and stone The laws Of
] wealth arc the laws Of rirhtcousncss. Men
/ 60 toward prosperity as they lind the laws
/ O. God.
Again, how DO We rct wealth? There
/ are three po siblc ways. : man nay beg
! l., ne may stcai It, or q nan may earn It.
| tut TeIthSr VauDer TgT JcsCaT increases
! tn, wealth ci the community. Only by
1 the lave Cf rdUstry and vision can w IN.
crease wealth. But the laws Il labor and
! vision are the laws # the Kingdom Of Cod
! BarbarIsn Ect lCcn, with ITS poverty, de.
| fined as society without the command.
! meut7." Cor,rarlwi7c thon, civilization.
! with all its houses and lands and stocks
/ and bonds is rccIctv with the command.
/ r.cutl AlOlafIpu Sf tho lau- ,f God m
/ rvery age uClns bankruptcy. Obedience
| TO tnc laws q Cod ~ every age makes for
! prosperity. History write down the tale
/ Of emDIres When fsc write' down "Py.
\ ramids" and "ParthenCn" md Hanging
/ Gardeng," she expresses their de-olstion
/ by saying over their runs, These people
I forgot Cod, az hence thor waste places "
/ Commerce "Shipyards.' Temple" "a
| brary,' and expresses their glory by say.
ing These have remembered God--hence
/ Their prosperity"
The Boz Pronounces "Anathema'
! against th'~ who make haste TO get
! rich'-that BE-. they who, dcfpising the laws
! n God, take short cut 20 prosperity.
\ Their wealth J. poverty; their gam - loss.
/ The mistress who holds back the lust
\ wage from IN, maid the borrower who re-
T fIges to retL 10 the lender; the govern.
/ g. ent that deb1scs Its people with debased
I coin. may temporarily gain, but such
wealth destroys the DCsses.gr and De bike
( tae wrcckcfs handful 81 coin cleaned from
I the beach % which b. has bcguled an
argosy; De- Ike the camp followers bun.
/ de OF .ags tOicn from Tie brelst OF men
I s,s.n N battle. % lke the CON Of Judas
/ only blood money paid % bug a pOtter's
! field where.1 Liberty and Justice and pros
I Jcrty sha ] AZ last be buried IN the grave
Z of dishOnor. Way back IN tie Did Testa.