The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-09-01
a SERMON FOR SUNDAY
An NsL ocJENr DISCOURSE EHT;TLSC,
REWARDS Of RIGHTEOUSNESS"

REWARDS VI SiGA lCCUSNCoo'
fl:e Rev. Dr.. y. ,EcGce Waters Says Tha.
ItYou Would Attain Earthly Prosperity
Chris" Must Be Your Teacher-The
True Prescription For All Scholarship.
BROOKLYN, \. Y.-Dr. n. McGee VA
terS, pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Con-
gregational Church. took as his subject
Sunday morning, Rewards OF Righteous
ness His text was from Matthew vi:
33: "Seel, We first the kingdom OF Goo;
and His Righteousness, and al! these things
saall be added unto YOU" Dr.. Waters
said in the course OF his excellent sermon:
search has been for the golden age. Some
times he named it the Golden Fleece:
sometimes Holy Grail Plato prophesied
it in republic yet to be. Bunyan. after
a weary pilgrimage. found it beyond the
Deiectable Mountains. Bacon saw it in
=. Atlantis, rising out Of the midst of an un-
{ sailed sea. 1t 5 always afar OF and in the
future. Like the pot OF god at the foot
Of the rainbow, it is always over the next
hill
Jesus also prophes;ed a golden age;
called it 'sthe Kingdom Of Gcd," and found
it IN the present time. Fc: a long time
men went hu: cry. and 10! there wGs a.
ways plenty in the ground-wien they
Scratched the earth 18th hoe It laughed
with a har, est" They priced diamonds.
and 10! they were always in the river beds
To- TIC finding. They shivered for warmth,
and 10! coal was stored under the hills.
They longed for some pack horse, and 10!
giants were chained IN every flowing rlv-
golden age. Jesus said: Look within
the Kingdom OF God is within You"
Men are always expecting the Kingdom
of Gcd to come through some device OF
their making. They cry, Let US have
better government and better wage, and
We will have the Kingdom of God; let US
toll and hoard mountain of gold, and
when our barns are filed We will have the
Kingdom Of uod. Let US search after
knowledge, nd when we are wise we will
have the Kingdom of God. lct 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
hor problem, for you will have N increased
wage; seek the Kingdom of God, and YOU
Twill find wealth; seek the Kingdom OF
God. and you will be enrolled among the
cniL.Len Of Immortality" Men say, Let
us get rich and we will be CONTEXT" Je-
rich." Nc say, Let us get wisdom, and
we viii 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 King
dom of God" Jesus says, Enter into the
Kingdom Of God, and you will have all
! these things"
When will we believe the teachings of
Jesus? He was ahead Of FlS time. We,
are growing up to Him, to understand Him
better than early generations. Ever say
iAg of His we find true as law and fact.
Take that saying of His, THE meek shall
inherit the earth It was too hard for
His age. But time, the great tester, pro-
nounces it puregoid. The wise r.an every
where sees the exceeding reward Of meek
aess. They get who forget.
Jesus said to HIS disciples: f'It is e1-
Eedient for you that I 60 away" They
eould not believe that then, But when
Song time hath passed we know that really
death is benefit, and that great men arc
never. SO valuable to their disciples as after
they have gone away from the earth The
text, Seek first the Kingdom nt God"
ETC., is one of those sayings tEat re have
to grow up to-. Generally rsen navc read
it in some mystical way. They' have re-
garded it as true only in some peculiar re-
Ggious sense. But it is literal last; it is
TRUTH, it is law of the univcs:s. Virtue
is the road to fame. Gocfinass Is profit
able in this world.
"And all these things shsE b. added"
What things? Christ hass just named
them-food and clothes ami tie material
swayed by motives as trssss gre by the
winds. Tell me what you most love and /
swill tell you what you viii ~. You love
knowledge with passion-ths Greek did
and he became a scholar: y2r lore pow
er-the Roman did and Kolte is yet law
giver for the nations; you ieEe beauty
John Keats did and he bsxme a poet.
Among the motives that sw@v mems daily
lives, we may put first thes. three-the
edge and the winning Of :anle. How can
these things best be Won? according to
Jesus. by deep hearted s:sISh after the
Kingdom Of God. ...
Wealth-the laws of weaI$E are the laws
of righteousness. knowlsdse-the king
dom of knowledge is the E.irgdcm Of God.
Fame-"the Lord knowetL the way of the
righteous: but the ways G: the wicked
Let US look at the world Of wealth; The
savage las no prosperity; j. is only the
civilized man who grows rich. Nhat is
wealth? Emerson tells US Il hes,s with
a tight roof that keeps out !he RAIN and
good pump that yields sweet waters. and
horses, or a locomotive to cr,s.s the land,
and boat to cross the scr" But whence
come the roof and the pun;ss anG the ship
and the locomotive? Man die not invent
them; he only discovered tts1,. They are
the laws of God dressed ir ia Clothes of
wood and steel and ston.. t:he laws of
wealth are the laws cf righteousness. Men
go toward prosperity as thes snd the laws
of God.
Again. how do we get Ewa!t1s There
are three possible ways & nan may beg
it, ne nay steal it, or a 2ihn 1aay earn it.
Eut neither pauper nor ;>c.gar increases
the wealth OF the coInrlan,t;. Only by
the laws of industry and >,.ion can We in
crease wealth.. nut the lav:s as labor and
vision are TIE laws Of the k:ns ioIl OF God.
Carharism has been, with - poverty, de-
fined az society withou.; the command
mcnts." Contrsriwise, thca, civilization,
with al it's houses and Ia; ds and stocks
ard bonds. is society witt me command
ne2ts. Violation CT the laws OF God in
every sgc means bankruptcy. Obedience
tc the laws of God il every age makes for
prosperity. History writes down the tale