Evening star., 1907-11-09

Conducted hy Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, November 10. 1907.
Topic The Greed for Cold" Proverbs xxiii:4, )
Luke Xii:l3-2l.
Proverbs xxii:4. Labor not to be rich
cease from thine own wisdom.
S. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon tha,
which is not? For riches certainly make
themselves wings; they fly away as an
eagle, toward heaven.
Luke, x;i13. And one of the company
said Unto Him. Master speak to my
brother, that he divide ha inheritance
with me.
II. And He said unto him, Man, who
mad me d Judge or divder over you?
II. And He said unto them Take heed,
and beWara of covetuousnesS; for man g
life Consisteth not in the things which
he possesseth.
16 And He spake a parable unto them.
saying The ground OF u certain rich mar.
brought forth plent!fGlly;
II. And he thought within himself say
ing. What shall l do. because l have no
room where to bestow my fruits?
IL. And he said. This will l do: I VII
pull down my barns. and build greater,
and there will l bestow all my fruits and
my goods.
10. And [ will say to my soul. Soul, thou
hast much goods laid up for many years;
take thine case, eat, drink and be merry.
20 And God said unto him. Thou fool
:hls night thy soul shall be required OF
thee: then whose shall those things be.
which thou hast provided?
y. So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward Cod
The Lesson.
The greed for gold is not entirely con-
ffded to milliona Tres. We may not all be
rich fools. pulling down our barns to
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many a one among tha Masters disci-
plies who right in the midst OF the most
solemn lesson about the Holy Ghost will
interrupt to ask the Master to speak to
our brother that he may divide the in
heritance with us We cannot even
come to prayer without carrying on our
souls the great longing for gold, NOR
gold. Not that We should never pray
fer money, for We are distinctly hidden to
ask for what we need. but after we have
put our needs before the Father. then
we should lay the burden of our need
down, and let our souls rest themselves
in communion with Christ. Give yourself
time to get away from the world, and its
work and its ambition, and get near
enough to God to realize the true values
of things and not let gold become the God.
Many people slowly putting gold into
the throne and putting down God into
the place that was meant for god We
t uo !. ~ Uui ~ uas as. w leh ,i1sio
cause we are too busy or too tired, isn't
1t generally the prayer meeting we drop
instead Of the social duties. or the busl
nt s,ei' ] Ma,si Snis Soliiss puee
" iisms anu "lois ~ pe ot.iieu iii oui
Il know it isn't right. I'm sorry. | would
like to do right, but my bread and butter
depend upon my position with that bust
ness firm, and If | should refuse to do
"ta' '4ieS aeh "ouiu loSo Al anu nav
~ am iiioiiey soiile"neie eis,; !
o"n,es - ,usr. W. oo ,a,,. n,.n ~ sn,i - ,hat
coliies. % %Ahs"el Sout own soui' IL tiia'
IS not pu''iis soi" oelo!e Hou.
ana 'heh II Is di! 50 iooisit' o'le t"ii
ohiS wear one coae az UNI, ana Nv
IN IN one nouse' ne looo one eats : iais
~ matter OF educatloh HOW much pet
Ter OH are we II we can ahoro - u!lS
from the hlghest-pr!ced meats ana rlch
daif,les than II we ilVeu on say; pein
soup! Inc hoo VINO hiaoe you WIN sucL
tastes can sa'islv then "hen II Is soou
iof Eoa: me soiu YOU get, your m
crease is ROY lot Eoi 10 use u'ili!hlt5ulS
upon yourself. Your increase should atso
increase What You give DICK 10 20 III
Ste"d OF setI1S you NOR H-icti! ''"''
ever IKE the Ola FARMER U S1t ihoie
money 10 pny more corn l" leeu NOR
hogs, TO scI more pork, 10 sst Ill +
money TO buy more com, to leed more
hogs. etc
Ana While TINS eager srlho lof gam Is
gong on lie Wofid lies ali apout US uti-
noticed with ITS great opportunities Oh
every hand, and its days growing shoIter
and nearer to the one When we shaii
leave 1t all and go out where we shaH
Sc Things in their tue values. 1t re
minds one OF the story tod beiore IN
this column. but hitting !nost apply -
this topic: or the sailors who We're cas-
upon a desert island, with on'y limited
supply OF PROVISIONS, Duj among llt
,he 90, hn,;t t tJarT urtirs a. erce Whila
they were planting they came ufoa
vein of gold. and forgetting everything
'. - 80. go an 49,
80 i5ac% nan hr,na1 mn fo,. himself
more aud more until at last one day
they awakened to the horrible fact that
1asa o psn sem @"o Or WHAT @1 aS4 1 was