The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-03

cred with &nOwy Nothing az ~.
heaven you can build out OF money
out OF wealth. out OF honor. out o
position. out of education withou
room in hell. without God, withou
Christ without hope all is vanity.
At last, good for Solomon, here,
the best part of fat last n,
spreads his wings of faith, soar,
above this old world and above tn,
sun He looks above his five hun
dred million dollar palaces. above hi.
forty thousand horses and twent,
thousand horsemen, he looks above
his goldren oxen and his 22.210 gal.
ions of wine in his sea OF gold, he
looks above his three billion dollar.
worth of bea4en gold and silver on ths
floor and doors and he looks above
s,,ays &c srss,hf mn s4,,r s,,,- IN. y
a,bnya, his servants, he looks above
his seven hundred wives and iMs
three hundred concubines. and when
his view point changes. then the
meaning of his life changes. He sees
all without God is vanity and he says
Surely, l know that it shall be well
with them that fear God"
Well, hadn't 1t been well with Soio-
mon? He never says another wor d
now about vanity and at last he looks
beyond the world and he closes the
book of his life. Here's what he says,
let us hear the conclusion OF the
whole matter:
Fear God ard keep his command
ments for this is the whole duty of
man. For God shall bring every
work into Judgment with every
secret thing whether II be good, or
whether II be e yil."
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and he stopped looking at everything
from the standpoint of the world and
began to realize that he had q soul to
save and he looked at verything
from Gods standpoint then he saw
what fool he'd been to live In this
old world and let the world dazzle
him.
Noah looked for life higher than
the sun, 1t was that that kept him
building that ark for 100 years with
out seeing 3 fash of lightning or
without hearing a clap OF thunder OF
seeing drop of rain. II he had been
living for what he could have seen, II
never would have been said Of him
that he was just man made perfect
Abraham had a vision that lifted
him above the sun. He was LOOKING
for a city whose builder anr maker
was God and that grand old man
never says anything about all being
vanity.
Moses had vision that pierced the
clouds above him. When he saw the
reproach of Christ 1t would bring
he refused to be called the son OF
Pharaoh's daughter. he chose rather
to suffer affliction with the people OF
God. II he'd have chosen to have
been called Pharaoh's daughter's he
never would have been Moses, he
never would have led the children
of Israel he never would have given
us the law. never would have stood
on the Mount of Tranfiguratio ton. He
was looking beyond the cloud when
he bade farewell to the people. and
he said, The eternal God is thy ref
use. unde meath are the everiastin6
arms: and he shall thrust out the
enemy from before thee, and shall
say. Destroy them"
II will call heaven and earth to
witness, this day against you have |
set before you life and death, bless
ing and cursing.--choose."
he was looking at things higher
than the world. He wasn't dazzled
by the beauty of this world.
Joshua. that grand. battle-scarrei
man with iron courage, said, Choose
va this day whom ye will serve, bu;
as for me and nay house we will serve
The Lord"
He was looking at things from a
viewpoint higher than the world
What profit hath a man of all his
labor which he taketh under the
sum-"
What are you going to get out o.
this life IL you only live for what til,
world can give you and keep God OF
n
greatest man said after he had tried
IT all. ut is all vanity. there Is moth,
ing in IT."
What are you going TO do. you N.
tie piker on a beer salary?
II Solomon couldn't find anything
In 1t. what arc you going to do? You
are Keeping one on the side, he had
seven hundred, What arc you going
to do? You think you are some.
Try this fellow. He went down
the line. He was the real thing from
that standpoint He said. 'It is al
vanity; there is nothing In it,
And Job. He was looking beyond
the sun when he said. Though he
STAY me, yet will trust him. Il
know that my redeemer liveth. He
shall stand in the last days upon the
earth"
David was lowing beyond the sur
T1savfd. SoiemoH's fsther} wi,ea he
said. The angel of the Lord en-
campsb round about them that fear
eth, TO deliver them. No good thins
will he withhold from them that walk
eth uprightly. The Lord Is my shep-
herd, l shall not want"
He was looking beyond the sun
when he viewed tho thing and said
There is nothing in 1t without Jeass
Christ"
Daniel was looking beyond the sun
when he went to the lions den with
no more anxiety than he would have
answered first call for dinner in the
dining car. And he cried out, They
that turn men to righteousness shall
shine as the stars forever and for
ever"
Paul was looking beyond the sun
when he said. Il krow If my earthly
hNisc were dissolved, 4 have house
in the heavens. eternal, not made with
hands. / have fought good fight,
! have finished the course, have kept
the faith. take pleasure In re-
proaches and in prosecutions: nothing
shall separate us from the love of
God in Christ Jesus -.
John was looking beyond the sun
when he said. Behold. what man
ner Of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us"