River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-07-16

49,. money. Their pow
erty proves their
faithfulness to a high ideal. Other men
are rich because they are dishonest.
They have wrecked corporations, cor
nered the market and treated rivals UNI
fairly that they might fill their Golfers.
Other men are poor because they re-
fuse to adopt the tricks of trade or
to enter into conspiracies to defraud.
They choose to lose money that they
may save character
The Bible says in Deut. S:1S:
"Thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God, for it is he that giveth power to
get wealth." The talent for making
money is the gift of God, to be used,
like other gifts, for his glory, and max.
ing money for Gods glory is as holy as
praying.
Evil Ways of Money Getting.
Competition means war, and the
ethics of war is so low that deception
is virtue. Military men call it STRAIT
egg, politicians call it diplomacy, but
the English call it lying.
The ethics OF the battlefield and the
political arena has been transferred to
trade, so that many men of business
do not hesitate to deceive in order to
make larger profits. A man in an in
quiry meeting declared that he could
not be a Christian because his profits
depended upon labelling second-class
goods as first class. Such a man
may make living, but not life He
builds up a fortune while he tears
down his character. He floats his
business while he browns his soul,
for ''they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts that drown
men in destruction and perdition."
q Tim. 500 Jesus said: "A mans
life consistent not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth."
(Luke 12:15)
Cleansing Power of Giving.
The Bible says again: Charge them
that are rich in this world that they
do good; that they be rich in good
works" q Tim. SID Remember
the words of the Lord Jesus, how he
said, it is more blessed to give than
to receive" (Acts 20:35) To get
and hold is to become an octopus, with
tentacles that take in but never give
off. 1t is to become a Dead sea, with
no life in it's waters, an ugly blot on
the landscape, the octopus of geog-
raphy. To give as we have re-
ceived is to become Sea of Galilee,
with pure water full of life, a gem
of beauty. Giving is a cleansing
process.
Make Your Money immortal.
The most emphatic message of the
Bible is: Make your money immortal.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven" (Matt. $500 Transmute
your money which is seen and tenn
poral into character which is unseen
and eternal.
How can this be done most effec-
lively? Give scripturally. Learn
what the Bible teaches on this subject
and do that In Luke, 11:42, Jesus
said: "Ye 1.-THE mint and rue and all
manner of herbs and pass over judg-
ment and the love of God; these ought
We to have done and not to leave the
other undone." these ought We to
have done" is Christ's Endorsement Of
the principle of tithing, and the Chris
tian can have no higher authority.
The Mosaic law demanded that one
seventh of the time and one-tenth of
the income should be devoted to the
Lord, and the Gospel never falls short
of the law in it's requirements, but
rather goes beyond it, The Sermon
on the Mount reveals that the Gospel
demands of the Christian more than
the law. The law says: "Thou shalt
not kill" but the Gospel says: Thou
shalt not hate etc.
Free Will Offerings.
One-tenth is the minimum, while we
should give in free-will offerings as
much more as gratitude may prompt
Do this every week.
con the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store
as God hath prospered him." Il Cor,
1929 Remember that Jesus stood
over against the treasury and watched
how they gave. The widow gave with
the spirit of loving sacrifice, and this
manner of giving counted for more
with Christ than the abundance of the
wealthy.
John Wesley's motto was: Make
all you can; save all you can; give
all you can" If you make and give
with view of giving, your labor is as
religious as your prayers. What are
you doing this morning?" asked a
neighbor as he entered blacksmith
shop while the smithy was striking
the hot iron on the anvil. Preaching
the Gospel to the regions beyond" was
the reply as he struck the iron little
harder and make the sparks fly
farther. And the labor of this humble
man was TRANSPORTED by the glory of
a high and holy motive.