Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-20
WHEN AND HOW MONEY TALKS.
"Where Your Treasure is There Will
Your Heart BE Also"
(From The Stanadrd.) }

men and 1t talks about men. 1t re-
veals secrets of character and desires
of the hearts as nothinR else can.
1t declares many hidden things OF
mans inner life which he would fain
keep from his fellow men, while at
the same time 1t makes known those
eXcelleucies which are crown of
glory The channels into which a
mans money flows tell what the man
is, what his purpose and ambitions
are, what the tendencies of his life,
and often indicate what his destiny
will be.
Money talks, it tells where a mans
heart Is. Money goes most freely
and readily in the direction of ones
| affections. ''Where your treasure is
| there will your heart be also" Whe-
ther q mans heart is fixed on heav-
enly things or earthly, whether he
loves God and the souls of men, or
loves himself and the things of the
world which pass away, is clearly in
dicated by the use he makes of his
money. Money tells what man
| loves most and desires most. No one
can have his affections set supremely
on things above and then spend the
most of his money on luXuries and
| pleasures, or hoard it up in vast
amounts and give little or nothing
| for the spread Of the gospel. If a
man really loves the kingdom Of God
and earnestly desires its advance
mcnt 1t will be manifested in his
giving toward its extension. What
! man does with his money shows whe-
ther he Is living for the present or
for eternity, whether he is aying up
treasure on earth or laying it up In
heaven.
Money tells whose servant man
is. 1t clearly declares whether God
or mammon is his master. 'No man
can serve two masters. AS money
comes into a mans life it either mas
ters him or he masters 1t. "Wcalth
is apt to grow stronger than the man
who owns it. 1t owns him and he
loses his moral and spiritual free
DOM" In order to maintain his free
dom, and not become moneys slave,
man must master money and make
it serve God. He must definitely ad-
just and relate the acquisition, use,
and distribution OF money in every
way, to the will of God, and he must
seek to do in all his money affairs
what God wants him to do as his
steward.
Money talks, for it declares whc-
ther man is sincere in what he says.
A man who processes to be Chris
tian but does not give Of his sub
stance for the spread of the gospel,
! when he is able to, proves the insin-
ccrty Of his profession. The world
says, "Put up or shut up and the
Bible says nearly the same thing.
but whose hath this worlds goods,
and Seholdeth his brother in need,
| and shuttcth up his compassion from
him, how doth the love of God abide
in him?" Many Of our brothers are
in dire need to- day because so many
have not proved the sincerity of their
professcd love to Jesus Christ by
| passing on the bread Of life which he
has entrusted to them for this very
purpose. The sincerity of our pray
crS is seen by what we do toward
| bringing about an answer to them.
He who prayS "Thy kingdom come y
and then gives nothing, and does
nothing to hasten the coming of the
| Kingdom proves the inSincerity OF his
praying. He who sincerely prayS
| that prayer will do all he can, and
give all he can, to help set up the
kingdom on earth. Professions may
be inSlncere and worthless, but when
II man endorses what he says with
his money we believe him.
Money publishes to the world what
a mans character is. The earning
and spending of money first OF all
moldS character, and then character
expresses itself in the further acQui-
Sition and use OF money. The world
| knows what a man is by the use he
! makes OF his money. AS a rule Il
man is no bette than his index re-
veals. Money 10 the stored potential
| ity OF oneself. The dollar | earn is
so much Of my life--my mental or
| physical powerS--stored up in q coin.
What we do with our mono" is what
we do with ourselves. No one does
any better with himself than he does
| with his money. When money Is
withheld from benevolent and hui
manitarian purposes and boarded it
tells of the selfishness Of the man.
When it is lavishly spent on luXuries
and pleasure it tells of the worldli-
ness of the man. When it is sought
and grasped with consuming eager
ness day after day it tells OF the
greed and avarice Of the man. When
it is thoughtfully administered for
the comfort and welfare Of the fam
lily it tells of paternal love, and when
| it is given to help the suffering and
needy, and to carry the gospel to the
uneNanSellZeu, IL tellS OF tne DeneN o.
lent and Christlike spirit of the man.
Money talks, for 1t proclaims the
| conservation OF the life. In the Jew
| ish dispensatiOn the complete sur
| render OF the man to God was SYM
bolized and expressed by an Offering.
| This Offering differed from all the
other offerings placed on the altar.
| 1t was called the whole burnt offer
| ing. Part of it went to the priest or
| to the offcrcr Il was all for God.
| The offering Symboiized fullness of
| the conservation of the offerer. By
| lhc Self-Sacriiicing character of the