The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-03
DAVIDSON TALKS
ON 1.-THE RICHEST
MAN IN ARDMORE''

An unusually large audience at the
Broadway Baptist church heard the
pastor, Il. l.. Davidson, Sunday night
deliver IA burning message on the sub.
ject, The Richest Man in Ardmore."
He said in part:
Everybody wants to get rich. There
would be no harm in this if every
body knew what it means to be rich.
Riches consist in the possession Of
the things that contribute to ones
highest welfare, happiness and useful
ness. A squirrel is rich that possesses
nimble limbs, a good fur coat, plenty
of forest trees with holes in them, and
a large store of nuts. A bird is rich
that has a fine plumage, voice to
sing to its mate. wholesome food and
a place TO roost, A hog is rich that
has a wealth of bristles, sound tushes.
plenty TO eat and a mud hole in which
to wallow. While man is an animal
he is more than an animal he is an
and moral being made in
the image Of God and has powers for
and enjoying things that
no other animal on earth has. The
best of man is intellectual and spir.
itual and mere animal wealth cannot
be compared in value to Intellectual
and spiritual wealth A man needs no
more of aimal wealth than he can
use Owning II vast pile of anything
certainly does not make man rich.
Who then is rich?
Mans Riches
THAT man is rich who has accumu.
lated a number of good tastes. A man
who owns tin flute and can make
music on it is richer than a man who
owns a Steinway piano but cannot
strike a chord on IL.
THAT man is rich who has good
supply of knowledge. OF all the riches
which the past has accumulated for
us nothing is so useful in terms OF
actual life, pleasure and efficiency a.
knowledge. 1t enables him to commune
with the universe-the rocks, the FLOW.
ers. the birds, the clouds, the stars.
These all have message for man
but speak it in their own language and
rich is the man who understands ana
can converse with them in their re-
spective languages
4 Store Of Good Habits
~ man is rich who has laid up
store of good habits These are bet.
ter than stocks ana bonds to fail back
On for en'c;t1 nment, for hea.,l nd
lor hel) in aecd.
"a man is rich who has acquired
strong will, :. that ne is master Of lis
desires AID rot mastered by then.
"A man is rich who has acquired
friends. Ore real friend wlo likes
YOU anil ~! stand by you. no matter
what rap.rns, is worth a i,,t full
of pussy Zee. servants and go ou'.
'oned ,artrys.
"A ua:. i :'ch who has earned
good iclutst n. The wise man SOD,
"a good name is rather to be cicSrn
than erca. riches, and loving favor
than silver and gold, A man may lose
his money by no fault of his but he
cannot lose his reputation except by
his own fault. A man may lose every
thing but his equation and continue
dizziness on that
"A man is ricH who has attained to
an upright character. Character Is
what man is when stripped OF his
possessions before God \ man il
m, assured ny what he is not what he
has. Character is the only thing n man
can take with him into eternity.
THAT man is riches who has op-
oned and cultivated the greatest mum.
Der of avenues through which the
wealth of Gods universe may flow into
his soul. A worm cannot possess much
of the wealth of the universe or en-
JOY it for lack of capacity. The greater
the capacity the greater the possibli.
ties OF wealth and the enjoyment of
it.
The Permanent Security
That man Is richest who has his
wealth invested m the safest. most re.
liable and permanent securities. A man
is not rich though he has millions in
vested in toy balloons that will soon
burst and be a mass of ruptured blad.
ders The father OF John Wesley. az.
Afl nf VI UaN lilllAN
from his burning dwelling, cried
come. neighbors, let us kneel down.
Let us give thanks TO God. He has
given me all Of my eight children. Let
the house go. am rich enough. II
is a curse to have wealth one does nor
know how to use or invest. Fatty
Arbuckle is an immortal example OF
this.
THAT man is richest whose wealth
can be most easily and profltably
into the coin of the realm
to which he is going. \ man going
TO great Britain must have his wealth
converted into pounds. shillings and
pence. to France into francs; TO Ger.
many into marks \ man going 10
heaven should seek 10 convert his
wealth into that which will be- cur
rent there. Man was meant 10 be "A
creature of thought. OF moral aspirs.
tons Of character that is To prepare
him for companionship with God ana
Of angels in the other world. The man
who spends all OF his time and moral
forces gratifying his animal nature
is fool and will some day wake up
in eternity to find himself pitiablc
bankrupt, with all OF his earthly lfc
spent In pampcring that which has
gone down to dust Lay up for your.
self o man. treasures that neither
moth nor rust can corrupt and thieves
cannot break through and steal"