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no other element OF wealth can enable

us 10 say. Therefore can l lack noth-
ing" Try the experiment with when
we are most familiar as world power,
wealth in any form. | have been Win
some OF the wealthiest men that the
last generation knew. | have seen
them in The hour of death and as they
died the bonds and stocks q, wealth
fell down and passed hands. IL could
not buy an entrance ticket Ia Paradise
nor In heaven. II You would be wise
consider the end and nothing between.
Forecast the frture. not as bounded
hy the horizon of earth, hut by the
glories of Paradise and heaNen. The
Lord is my shepherd: therefore can l
lack nothing becausr He was born
with US, nay, conceived with us. and
He goes through life's journey with us
as our friends 90 who survive us. but
they must part with Il, rs we hid them
the last farewell; but He, OF whom
the Psalmist speaks, The Lord my
shepherd" lie dies with me. is buried
with me: He goes 10 Paradise with
my soul: He will he with me al the
last great day, and If | have been
loyal and true 10 Him, He will well
come me 10 His everlasting blessings;
He will be my advocate and plead His
sacrifice 10 take away my sins.
Observe lhat the religion which
Jesus gives us embraces the whole OF
life. There is no other religion that
does. You may divide them into relig-
ions that appeal 10 pleasure, The lusts
Of the flesh" and the religions that APP
peal 10 the pride of intellect. Take
the ancient SaduCeeiSm. the medieval
MOhammedanism and the present-day
Mormonism. They are the flesh in
religions. They cannot begin 10 tell
upon mankind until passion shall de-
velop in manhood and womanhood.
Take the intellectual systems OF Greece
and the philosophers OF the present day
| that appeal 10 the intellect. and a
man is almost half way upon the
journey of life before they touch him.
Take Christianity; where does il be-
gin? With conception. with birth. in
fancy. childhood. youth. manhood. in
| health. in sickness. in death and the
resurrection and the life eternal in
the presence of the great White
Throne. Christianity embraces the
religion of life. Does it appeal sim
ply to the body? No. But il appeals
10 the body, the intellect and the soul.
al a
John. the disciple whom Jesus loved. y
He says: The Word was made flesh.
and dwelt among us. ana we beheld
! His glory. as of the glory of the only
| begotten of the Father. full of grace
and truth He embraced the whole
OF man. The Word was made flesh,
| but with that was intellect and spirit,
and so He was complete and perfect
man. This morning We were joined to-
| gether hand in hand in the prayers Of
| fered by Your rector, bat when we
| come 10 the creed how is il? The hus-
band drops the hand of the wife. the
! father of the child. the friend of the
! friend. and each for himself. as i'm
| the Day of Judgment stands on his
own feet and says. Il believe" 1t is
| a personal act. The Lord is my
| shepherd: therefore can | lack moth.
| ing There is one element of wealth
Oh which we can rest. and which will
enable us TO say we shall lack moth.
| ing" Without our Saviour we shall
lack everything when we come to die
l care not who we are or whether we
have been clad IN the purple of kings
or the splendor Of jewels. we shall he
stripped stark naked and 90 up naked
| into the presence of God. We shall
| lack nothing if we can say from the
depths Of our soul. The Lord is my
| Shepherd Then when The end comes
We shall he able to say: Thy mercy
! and loving kindness-Thy mercy fol
| forgiveness: Thy loving kindness for
my nceds-shall follow me all the days
Of my life. and | shall dwell in the
house OF the Lord forever There il
no dwelling place here. ! was once q
rector in Brooklyn, but where are my
| parishioncrs now! Most Of them are
gone. Within the last two months
TWO Of my classmates in Columbia are
gone. And there are but few Of those
! knew in the lecture room left. There
is no dwelling place here. II Is n cheat
we put upon ourselves when we talk
OF houses rs dwelling places. They
are not. God grant. my brothers. tha,
it may be our lot 10 Dwell together
| forever in the house Of the Lord, =
which will be our eternal home.