El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

The International sunday School Les
son for March I IL Trusting in
Riches and Trusting in God" Lake
Ia 1854
W. z smile when we read OF the IN
w balanced man who tries to
enter the white house to have
some fancied wrong to himself re-
dressed; or who attempts 20 get a
hearing for his grievance from king
George. Anybody who broods TOO
much over his own wrongs IS uhe4y ~
lose his balance. Some bereayed par
ents spend all their time in grieI, Tor
getting the nobler uses OF sorrow FeIs9 SOS
Who have lost property become soured with
life A man disappointed IN love 50 lar
loses his sense OF relative values that ne
such a figure emerges in this story The
r-reat teacher was addressing crowds east
Of the Jordan. His theme was the mgnesI
that could engage mortal nine Suqu ty;
a man from out Of the multitude claimed
his attention with Master bid my brolner
divide the inheritance with me" All thar
Tasue had said about inherIting eternal life
had zone clear over his head He was IN
terssted only in the little inheritance lett
by his father, wherein his broJher nae
more to him than all the affairs Of the king
How human and uptodate it ali Isl This
man won't become a Christian because ne
does not like one OF the oIIiesrs o. Ene
church The other Is outside the 1ola pc
cause he thinks that the rich men inside are
hypocrites- A neighborhood feud splits a
CONGREGATION. AS in the case OF this az
rTieVed man OF Cd, the ocean Of divine
truth Is measured by q tin cup Of personal
Religion Of Rules.
nhis rather pathetic figure OF the man
who was thinking about properly ~, Wnen ~, ne
because his life was in the grip OF goods
became the occasion for a great enuncla-
ton. Christ plainly declared that he was
not a legal adiudicatOr, maker or en-
fOroer Of regulations. He does not usurp
the functions Of the civil courts
An attempts to reduce Christianity to a
set Of rules have been failures The Christ
teaching would settle the mans property
urOblern: but he himself must apply It,
else the next case somewhat different In
clustons rom TINS Juolclal rulns- Bscause
Jesus enunCiated principles that hold true
everywhere and forever, his gospel fits the
10th century as readlly as the llrsl. anu
America as naturally as Asia The Koran,
on the other hand, is full Of minute pre-
BcriptiQns, which cannot be either accepted
OF fulfilled in our modern urban civilization
Father COnfessOr's Confession.
The incident served Jesus as a text for a
discourse against covetOusuess. which is one
Of the sins Of good people. Francis xavier
the famous missionary, reveals a striking
tendency from his long experience as q
father confessor He writes: Il have had
Inanv people resort to me for confession
The confession Of every sin that I have
ever known or heard Of, and Of sins so foul
that I never dreamed Of. has been poured
into my ear. but not one person has ever
confessed 20 me the sin Of covetousness.'
Bishop Wilmer says; "One man only has
become covetous; and it is a suggestive
fact that he Was-the most generous man
that I had ever known"
The new testament does not mince words
in dealing with cOVetousnesa It calls the
sin fdolatry The love Of money-Which
Paul calls "the root Of all evils a peril
threatening al classes This IS 10 occasion
for railing at the rich "A person with but 10
cents may De as generous as one with ten
million. COvetOusness is state of mind.
While it is a danger OF the day, 1t was also
a peril 1000 years ago Covetousness is to
be dreaded just as truly as malice and lust
are the fair words under which coYetous-
ness Oftenest hides; but love Of money is
COvetousness and a sin
Having and Being had.
Some people have money and money has
some people. The mirror has not yet been
invented which viii reveal to person what
he would really amount to if stripped Of his
wealth and all that wealth brings There
are many pauper souls living in palaces
and waited upon by buffers The latest cut
OF evening clothes often covers soul of
atomic dimensions. The notion that wealth
atones for ali Is a pernlcIous one which
IS receiving severe jars in our day. To be
merely a rich man, and nothing more. no
longer establishes a persons position
Sometimes God laughs at man. This sort
Of spectacle arouses his amused contempt.
and he exclaims grimly. Thou foolish
One- Such is the point Of the story which
Jesus told TO illustrate the futiuty Of
wealths reliance upon wealth A rather
blatant, pufled up egOtiEt, who. Ike mil
lions since, thought his own merit had
made the earth produce bountifully
Btrutted about complacently, splitting per
pe1dlcular pronouns all over the landscape,
ana laying out q bOasttul scheme for idle
ness. luxury ana merrimeut He had got
the better OF the world; it was at his feet;
he would enjoy 1t at his ease
Thou foolish onel This night IS thy
soul required q theea Thus the diseon-