Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13

into the house. they saw the young child
with Mary his mother and fell down, and
worshiped him; and when they had opened
their treasures, they presented unto him
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh
Mark X:
II. And when he was gone forth into the
way, there came one running. and kneeled
to him, and asked him. Good Master, what
shall 1 do that I may inherit eternal life?
IS. And Jesus said unto him, Why callest
thou me good? There is none good but
one, that is, God.
10. Thou knowest the commandments,
Do not commit adultery, Do not KILL Do
not steal, Do not bear false witness, De-
fraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
20. And he answered and said unto him,
Master, all these have l observed from my
youth.
81. And Jesus beholding him loved him,
and said unto him. One thing thou lackest;
go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have treas
ure in heaven; and come, take up thy cross,
and follow me.
o. And he was sad at that saying and
went away grieved; for he had great pos
sessions.
%. And Jesus looked round about, and
saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the king
dom of God!
81 And the disciples were astonished at
his words. But Jesus answereth again, and
saith unto them Children, how hard 1t Is
for them that trust in riches to enter into
the kingdom of God!
%. It is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle. than for rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
20. And they were astonished out OF
measure, saying among themselves, Who,
then, can be saved?
81 And Jesus looking upon them saith,
With men 1t is impossible, but not with
God; for with God al things are possible.
%. Then Peter began to say unto him,
10, We have left all. and have followed
thee.
20. And Jesus answered and said, Verify
I say unto you, there is no man that hath
left house, or brethren. or sisters. or faith
err or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for my sake, and the gospels,
81. But he shall receive an hundredfold
now IN this time, houses. and brethren, and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and
lands, with prosecutions; and In the world
to come eternal life.
81 But many that are first shall be last;
and the last shall be first.
The Lesson.
1t has been said that a single penny will
hide the sight of the sun from the eye II
held close enough to 1t, but a million do
lars cannot hide the whole heaven If put in
it's proper place.
Henry Ward Beecher used to read the
First Timothy with an emphasis which IL
Illustrates the teaching of the text: TT is
not the love OF MONEY, but the LOVE of
money that is the root of all evil
Lycurgus, the I-acedaemonian lawg1ver,
wishing to produce an equality of wealth,
debased the current coin of Sparta. He
ordered the use of iron only, and assigned
a small value to q great quantity and
weight only. This caused the cessation of
much injustice. No one could steal or take
a bride because 1t was impossible to con-
ceal his booty.
Men of all ages have had this wretched
question of money to deal with and strug-
gle against 1t has kept men away from
God and out of heaven. 1t has even crept
into the church. Christ drove the money
changers out OF the temple, but we need
the whip OF small cords yet. Our churches
are blasted by the blight of money raising.
John Willis Baer says: I'VE raiset Pray God
that we may stop raising, and give. Stop
having pink teas and yellow teas for the
sake of the Lord, and give beautifully as
the Lord has blest usp'
Is it that We love money moro than God
that makes us do so? Why do we work,
and toll, and make cake, and cook oysters,
and eInbrolder pincushions, and, then have
a few hours of mighty struggle to sell them
at a fabulous price, instead of opening our
pocketbooks and giving God of His own?
Mark Guy Pearse once said. speaking
of the modern methods Of church fairs. and
festivals and theatricals for the purpose OF
would sooner fling over heavens paving
stones and give us Of their gold than have
us employ such means for the house of the
Lord"
Jesus. looking on the young ruler, loved
him. And 1t does not follow that Chris,
condemned riches because he told this one
man to sell all that he had and give to the
poor. It was not wrong to be rich. It is a
glory and a blessing to be rich II We use
the riches in the right way Riches are
given as help and blessing, and unless we
make them hindrance they can do US nc
harm. 1t Is the trusting In riches that
makes them harmful. and many and many
time does God have to take them away
from His loved children. that they may see
how they are trusting In them to the ex-
clusion OF their trust In Him.
Here II the test" says John Ruslin
with every man. Of whether money Ii this
principal object with him or not. II n
| mid-life he could pause and say. Now
have enough to 1--we upon, III 1--we upon II
and. having ven eaxnod II ! WIN tlso wei