The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-02-12
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YES BY R. S. HOLMES.
~ VII. February 10, 1910.
oRLDLINESS AND TRUST.
Matt. 6: Io-34.)

Kingdom OF God and his righteous
ness; and all these things shall be add
ed unto you" Matt. 6: 80.
Here is the most searching portion
of the sermon on the Mount. 1t cuts
closer to the line than any other part.
Men in the Church do not believe even
now that the thought in these verses
is anything more than the vagary OF
dreamer
They were the words of the King
They were directions for the citizens OF
the Kingdom. But only here and there
one lives within sight OF these laws
Look at them closely.
Vss 1921. Verse 10 tells what nc.
TO do concerning wealth getting. Verse
20 gives the right rule for conduct
Verse FL gives the reason.
No treasure on earth. All treasure
in heaven. Keep your heart in heaven.
A body on earth q heart in heaven.
Who is prepared to live SO?
Moth and rust and thieves are still
at work A perfect obedience to this
command would empty the jails.
Note well. For yourselves This
is blow at sclfshness. Note again.
Jesus did not say DO not earn
money" His aim is at treasure laid
up for yourselves. Work is LIES law
Wages are the reward OF work. Earn
the wages, but do not hoard it for self
alone. Live by work yourself, then
keep your money active.
The purpose OF this is to have a
heart uncloyed by wealth. No one can
make heaven savings bank for coin.
Coin must be converted into love, then
balanc will appear upon heavens
ledger.
A man with basket full of dollars
hunting Tor heaven that he might de-
post them there would grow weary
Get into the heart of this You can
never do it by trying to be literal.
Paraphase the thought.
Be no miser Live toward God. Do
the sort of things that God loves to
have men do.
Vss. % "a. The eye comes next.
Judging from verse %, single" IN
verse 22 must mean good"
If your eye is good you will see all
you need to see. II it be had or evil,
you will not see at all. And if the
eye is bind, the darkness OF your body
is absolute.
Then verse "a interprcts the two pre-
ceding ones. Light belongs to the
world which God rules God himself
is light. The eye is his lluninator.
II one thinks he can batten tight the
windows. ard have the light shine il
at the same time, he mistakes. To
see and be blind at the same time is
impossible. You cannot serve God
and Mammon.
VS.. IS This begins with "There-
fore. IS the service of God and
Mammon is impossible, cease think
ing about things that belong only to
Mammon.
Trace this bit OF Christs address as
you never have. Instead Of explaining
away what you think he meant. dis
cover if you can what he did mean.
From 10 to "a Jesus was placing the
lower and the higher alternatives in
contrast "a closes the presentation.
There are two alternatives. No man
can choose and have both
Therefore, do YOU, children oil the
Kingdom. serve the King alone. ct
the service Of God be supreme. Work
re- that is lies law But serve God.
Clothc yourself. but do not center Your
souls on that Eat-you must or die.
But let not your mouth be the center
OF your thought "The life is more
than meat"
Do not be afraid to give this cut
just as Christ did But since he spoke
it, the world has never been further
from it than to-day.
NsS. 2o-3o These are illustrations.
=, he first is from the birds They eat
\ he3 build their nests. Ii their lives
1TilaVe purpose As they fly it has never
been discovered. God feeds them But
( he does not put the food into their
) mouths with a spoon. They find il.
Il God leeds them. But they do the cat
ing. Life under God. according To-
Gods Jaw, then the work of God what
ever it be.
The second illustration is uranswcr-
able No one can make the body grow
You can make yourself no taller, can
not increase your physical power
Jesus went no further than his qucs-
ton. That was enough. One can de
vclop power can develop muscles. and
increase strength, but not beyond lat
cnt possibility.
The next illustration is from the
flowers, Do not expect. however. to
get coat, or a shawl. as a lily gets
its clothing.
Yet, thinking more closely, the
grass is clothed because its roots
work. They do not think about the
color they are making in blade and
blossom They just act as God. the
nature controller has said hey shall
But how gorgeous the flowers are.
Solomon did his best to be glorious
but he was not decked like field lily
Now comes the close OF the argu-
mcnt But it is not an assertion. but
an asscrtivc question Shall He not
much more clothe YOU"
There is where the world breaks and
says mo
The world has never yet dared, or
tried, to trust God as Jesus said
Nss. 3T-34. These verses contain the
great command. No one has ever
completely kept It. Our trust is to be
based on GODS knowledge of our
needs, and on the fact that he is our
Heavenly Father.
BY this trust the children OF the
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