Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09


blessing OF the Lord, it maketh rich;
and He addeth no sorrow herewith
proverbs X, 22.) He said
The thing which strikes me specially
as l visit your great city for the first
time is the marked contrast between
the palaces Of your superior quarter
and the novels of Blacktown-the con
trast between great riches and great
poverty. But think not that | have
come to speak words which would en-
gender strife or even discomfort Rath-
er my message is one CT pecce.
The inequalities. mental and phys
zeal, which prevail amongst us as mem
bers of a fallen race, produce natural
ly our inequalities as RESPECTS wealth
and social conditions: it is well, there
fore. that we should not accept the
rabid views entertained by many, but
we should think soberly, G:spassionate-
ly. We should remember that Ged
Himself is Very rich. All the sold ana
silver are His, ard the cattle upon
a thousand hills. th Infinite power.
beyond human connreGeu8 on.
We shou q remember that it is WIZ
ten that 'AbraA N was verE rich" arc
that his riches Gld NOT Interfere With
the fact that IL "Ivss the friend o.
Cod" and that 10 him God gave ina
great promise sHci.rc,i u th5 Diria' oetF
which is the basis If al hoNe for the
blessing of the world: In thee and il:
thy Seed shall al the families of thu
earth be blessed" Other noble char
acters on the PAGES of history are not
ed as having possessed great wealth.
We should therefore view the mat
ter of poverty and riches philosophi-
cally. Both poor and rich should BIZ
encouraged 10 use faithfully the oppor-
tunities which they possess and to
wait patiently for the Lords time and
way for the introduction of the new
order of things which He has promis-
ed, assured tina it is not in our power
to hasten or delay the Divine program
Bible Counsel For the Rich.
The Apostle says. Charge those
amongst you who are rich that they
trust not in uncertain riches" The
history of centuries corroborates the
Apostles words. The rich and promi
nent of one cay become the poor and
forgotten Of another "Riches take
wings" in manner that poverty rare
" initiates The talents and opportu
mites which have brought great wealth
to some of our prominent Americans
have brought wealth and prosperity in
smaller measure to those associated
with them in their enterprises. In
deed, in some respects the entire world
and particularly America, owes them q
debt of gratitude for thcr energy ant
perseverance in the = lse OF theil
talents along such broad lines.
My mind took this course of reason
ing as looked at the handsome edifict
occupied by the Y. NJ. c. A. of thi;
city, and / was informed that it was
the gift of one of our American mer
chant princes, Mr.. John Wanamaker
Of New York and Philadelphia. l sale
to myself, Behold an instance in which
riches have been generously expended
even in far-off land, for the benefit
of the masses and with a desire t.
promote clean and noble manhood
along Christian lines.
Gods Blessing Maketh Rich.
Our text IS an epitomized statemen
of the Gospel of Christ. All Gods
blessing for our race will come through
| the Seed of Abraham-The Christ. The
giving of His Son to be mans Redeem
err and Deliverer from sin and dealt
was Gods blessing to Matchmaking
man rich. Messiah. having died fol-
| the redemption of the world, is about
| to bestow upon men the Divine bless
ing promised to Abraham-"In thet
and in thy Seed shall all the families
of the earth be blessed"
| That blessing to the non-elect worlt
| will be a glorious opportunity for ris
ing up out of sin and death cond tion'
i to full human perfection in the image
| and likeness of God-as Adam possess
| ed this before his fall. 1t will NEAR
| the bringing of the earth to the condi
| tons pictured in Eden. The earth
God declares, He formed not in vain
but to be inhabited. At present maj
is in a condition of enmity and separa
| ton from his Creator and his earthl,
home is disordered. Gods footstool
for 5000 years. has been the scene O.
! a terrible reign of Sin and Death.
The only hope is in Messiah's King
dom, which God has promised shall
be established for the overthrow O
Satan, the abolishing of ignorance ant
superstition. the enlightenment of man
kind and the uplift Of all the willing
and obedient and for the destruction
of the wilfully wicked In the Secont
Death.