Evening journal., 1908-03-11
CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVOR NEWS
Topic for March rs, 1sos-Ths Wise
Use Of Money. Tim. 81 17-fs.
SOME BIBLE HINTS.


bility for its right use.
Read 1 Tim. 6: 1S-Wealth gives an
opportunity forwinning greater wealth;
it may also be a means Of gaining a
higher kind OF riches, riches in good
works. The one kind may be inherited; /;
the other is to be had only by ones
own deeds. The power to help others
is one of the greatest blessings that
money can give.
Read 1 Tim. 6: 1s-Treasure that is
not proof against rust and thieves can
neither be carried nor sent into the
other world. Eternal life is not to be
bought with. gold But there is a way
of exchanging the coin Of this world
for that of the other, and to learn this
is to learn the true use Of money.
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Topics For Short Talks.
When Money Is Worth While
"The Almighty Dollar'-the Fallacy
of the Phrase.
Can You Afford to be Rich3
Question Spurs.
When is Wealth a source OF injury to
men? Eccl. 5: 1913
Whence come our possessions7 Jas.
1; II.
When is a man truly rich? Luke. IL:
21. ss. "a.
What is the source OF evil in money
getting? 1 Tim. 6: 9, 10
How may riches become a hinder
ance to the soul? Matt. Is; %; Mark 10:
21, 20.
A Motto.
Christ teaches that the highest oh
ject Of money is not even to minister
to the poor, but to glorify God and ex-
press the gratitude Of a loving heart
"A. T. Pierson.
Thoughts on the Topic.
A mans money is his life because II
represents the time and strength and
thought which he had to expend IN
order to make the money. A careless
or wrong use Of money is a careless OF
wrong use Of life What a young man
earns in the daytime goes into his
pocket, but what he spends in the
evening goes into his character.
Money, like almost every force IN the
world, presents itself either as a snare
or as an opportunity, and the reality
Of the temptation, either upward OF
downward, depends not on the amount
one has but on his inner disposition
whether he is covetous. avaricious anc
selfish or high-minded and generous
If we take a stand on this question o.
money in our early life and act upol
our honest convictions. it will maxi
a world of difference in our comm:
years.
The sole value Of money is its use
II does not look good. It is no
beautiful. It cannot lie eaten. tt
hoard It away is to do nothing with Il
and get nothing from il. It's purpos,
is its true use 1t is not an end oui
a means to an end. 1t is not to hs
wasted any more than life is to be
wasted. It is useless 10 lay it up "a
save for use. for that is the same thing
as trying to accumulate life.
Nobody likes a miser and a miser is
ALWAYS afraid Of everybody else. Afrail
somebody will steal his money from
him. Much good could be accomplished
with the money that is to-day boarded
up in the world. Money Is a goo
servant but a dangerous master.
We can do so many eood things with
money to-day that it is a pity to LOSE
the Joy and inspiration of giving. We
so out In the evening TO have a good
time and think nothing OF spending
a few ddNlars. but II we are asked tC
give ten cents TO the church we thinl
we are being imposed upon. The
money that we spend IN an evenins
g..
a heather boy OF girl and teach them
of Christ. What better return would
you want for your money than t.
know II was the means Of saving a sou
for Christ?
There are different kinds Of money
Some is good and some is bad Yot
hear persons say one mans dollar Il
as good as an0thers. But It is not Fol
example, there is a small country
church that is much interested in mis-.
sion work and they make up theil
mind they will support a missionary
After much hard work and self-denia
they send the sum of one hundred dol.
lars TO a missionary in India. About
the same time the man that keeps ths
public house on the corner hears about
this act and wanting 20 have the besi
wishes Of the community he does the
same. OF course this missionary Il
glad to get this money, but she knows
that with one gift comes the prayers
/ and hopes and self-denials of Chris
tians, while with the other comes
everything that is bad and dishonest
and perhaps the tears and sufferings
Of some wife OF mother.
Money received in an illegal manner
will never be any good to the man
that receives II. The one thing from
which Christians are commanded to
fee is dishonest dealing in the process
of making money. Righteousness is
required in all our transactions.
Money. if It is not used will use US
Unless we give money away II viii
draw in and shrivel up our lives. One
of the ffch and generous men OF New
York, who died recently and who had
given away millions. said he found 4
necessary to give money away, large
ly for self-protection; that the mer'
desire to accumulate grew so with sue
cess that his only safeguard was L
give lavishly.
Money has been called by differen
names God called ii mammon. III