The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-04
II Saturday
Serlt1o1lette

+ Goodness is profitable unto all +
+ things, having promise of the life !
j. that now is, and of that which i
+ is to GOMEZ Tim. AS. +
i Just few hours ago l was +
= called up by a young man who s
i wanted my advice about an in i
*vestment. The company" is an =
+ industrial" Its personnel is of +
+ good quality. 1t is backed by large +
+ realty holdings of a specially val +
+ liable type. 1t has equipments i
+ worth a vast sum. And it has !.
+ large contracts at good dividend +
+ producing prices. But while it +
j. looked good" l had not tested +
+ it. l could not say surely that it /.
+ would be profitable"
+ But here is an old minister not 1.
+ hesitating to tell young man 1.
+ Of a certain investment that is +
+ profitable" and that not merely +
+ unto one thing, but unto all !.
+ things" 1t is profitable" in "the 1.
+ life that now is" And reaching +
j. out to a sphere where no other +
+ dividends of earth ever come, it 1.
+ is profitable in the life (which is I.
+ to come" No other promoter" 1.
+ could ever truthfully promise so +
+ much as that. +
T. Well, now, what is this thing :
+ that is so universally and eter- !.
+ nally profitable? Some wording 4.
+ will whistle and gasp and change i.
+ the column he is reading when l +
+ reply GOODNESS" But wait 1.
+ moment! What is goodness? The +
j. word is made by the omission of +
+ two letters. k and e, which trans +
+ forms "Godlikeness" into the more f
+ liquid word Goodness" Read f
+ our text, using the longer word, +
+ "Godlikeness is profitable" etc. +
+ That is, being like God is profita- +
+ bic. Isn't that fine! And it isn't 1.
+ mere sermonic rhetoric, either. 1t i.
+is, or may be, genuine reality. I.
+ We are like God in the very es- 1.
+ sence of our being. "God is +
+ spirit" said Jesus. Man also is 1.
+ a spirit. God is eternal. The man 1.
j. that heareth Christ's word and +
+ believeth in Him that sent Christ 1.
+ "hath everlasting life" He is +
+ eternal. +
J. God is wisdom. Would it not i.
+ be profitable" to be like God in +
+ that attribute? God is power. +
+ Would it not be profitable" to be i.
+ powerful with Gods potency? :.
+ God is holy. And what is flat? +
+ 1t is just wholth, holth, health. +
+ Holiness is just wholesomeness in +
+ body, mind and spirit. 1t is just i.
+ cleanness inside and out. And +
+ is not that "proftable?" Tenny- T.
+ son so thought, for he makes his +
i. Sir Geluhad sing: +
+ "My strength is as the strength CT =
+ ten," i
+ Because my heart is pure" +
+ Well, not to take too much time, j.
+ let it be inclusively said that God +
+ is justice, goodness and truth. +
+ And would it not be profitable" +
+ to be like God here? Can any +
+ thing finer be said of man than +
= that he is Just man, good man, +
! true man? Nothing! Likeness +
+ to God is profitable" Shall we 1.
+ not invest in it? Then, here, in 1.
+ "the life that now is" it will pay 1.
: dividends. And though "shrouds +
! have no pockets" in which we can +
: carry more out of the world than 1.
! we brought in, yet in the life I.
! which is to come, we shall still 1.
! reap our profits. +
+ ]. NJ. B. +
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