Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-21
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
For April 24-Isa. S. $40; Amos g. Al; Luke Is: 1925
BY DR. MARION NH. HULL

| of-dare book? Do we need a new BIZ
| BILE to deal with new conditions? Or
is The old book sufficient to deal with
tie age-old problem in an unchanged
human nature? To ask the question
is to answer it to any one who
knows the book.
1t makes distinction between true
and false riches. Wealth comes from
veal which means well. Wealth is
that which means our well-being.
may mean this; often it does not.
On the other hand poverty is not
pauper1sm. Poverty may be asso-
ciated with that which is for our
Well-being. The Bible recognizes
| this when Solomon says, There is
that maketh himself poor yet hath
great riches. There is that maketh
himself rich, yet hath nothing
(Prov. 1870. Solomon also, in EccIe-
| slastes, speaks of "a wise poor
man."
The possession of money may bring
happiness, but it often brings woe.
When you possess money, it is your
servant to do your viii and bring iov
to your heart and to others. When
money possesses you it is one of the
hardest taskmasters, and it's slaves
are miserable.
The Example of Christ
Jesus revealed to us what OUT true
should be. There are many today who
are teaching that Jesus was our eX-
ample and that we should live as
He did. But, strange to say, the lead
ers of these cults do not follow His
example in this respect. He I had
noth1ng so far as riches are con-
cerned. He was born in a stable. He
had no home. He had to catch a fish
to pay the temple tax. And when He
died He was laid in borrowed tomb,
He never had anything nor tried TO
secure anything material-that is on
earth. On the contrary, though He
was, rich yet our sakes He became
poor that we through His poverty
might be rich.
Paul followed His example; for he
worked at his trade of tent-making In
order to support himself: and he
wrote the Philippians that he knew
what it was to be hungry and to
wrote of himself las poor, yet MAX
ing many rich"
The Teaching of Christ
Jesus taught as we'll as showed
what our relationship to these things
should be. You remember His words.
on earth, but lay UP for yourself
treasures in heaven" And again
MAKE to yourselves friends of the
mammon of unrighteOuSneSS i. E.,
use your material wealth as a means
of laying UP spiritual wealth.
Really that is the only value taht
money has. Wealth is something that
can be exchanged for something else
that is productive of pleasure or pre-
ventive of pain.
Last fall many farmers had many
bales of cotton, but they were poor
because they could not exchange their
cotton for something. else that would
produce pleasure or prevent pain.
Jesus was, therefore, right in teach
ing that we ought not to accumulate
material things here. but exchange
them for that which would have
value unto the ages of the ages.
What is your attitude toward these
things? Are you seeking these
things first, or the Kingdom of God:
Do you possess them or do they pos
sess you? Do you appreciate that
you ahve nothing but what you have
received? That it all belongs to God
and that you are but His steward:
Or are you thinking that it is yours
to do with as you please? AS a
steward are YOU faithful? For "it is
required of a steward that he be
found faithful"