The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-02-03

Righteousness; and an 'nese
thing, .Lall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33. A.
Continuing the Sermon on the
Mount our Lord calls for putting
Gods kingdom first in the lie
worth living.
The life worth living invests
in heavenly treasure and is trust
fuI amid earthly changes. ~
The invested life deposits treas.
ure beyond the reach OF thief
and rust. (2) The serene life
rises above the chilling and de-
nressant worries of life. 1t rell--
es on God in the midst of hard
duties and shows that the trust
ing life is the triumphant life.
PRIVACY IN THE
SECURE LIFE
Laying up treasures in Heaven
implies that we put Gods King
dom first in our investments.
We can do such a thing as lay
I'D treasure in heaven. 1t is not
buying a ticket to heaven but
depositing treasure there; not
winning salvation but making
investment; it is not regeneration
but reward. To make eternal
investment several things are ne
cessary: % The conSecrated
hand-the hand that tolls and
earns and accumulates and lays
by. 1t is not wrong to be thrift
ty; the sin lies in selfishness.
Hence the ban on accommodating
material things only; and hence
the possibility of transmitting
earthly into heavenly treasure.
The wisdom of such course is
evident: earth is insecure; heaven
is the safety-vault of the uni
verse. (2) The consecrated
heart-the heart that loves the
treasure and yearns toward 1t.
(3) The consecrated eye-for
the eyes must focus perfectly If
they fill the body with light;
while with one looking heaven
ward and the other earthward
there must be confusion and
darkness. f4) The consecrated
life-the life that does not at
tempt to serve two masters but
rejects mammon in order to
serve God Loyalty and wholly.
To those woh would live such
a life of conservation there is
here (verse 24) a seven-fold
call:
(1) There is a call for service.
God is, or ought to be Master.
Man is, or ought to be, bond
servant, owned, as well as direct
ed, by his Master. His whole
duty is wholly to serve.
(2) There is a call for volun-
tary service. Man is a free
agent. While he must be bond
servant, it is left to him to
choose his master. Whom he
serves he elects to serve.
(3) There is a call for exclu-
sive service. 1t is impossible to
give the whole of oneself with
his entire time and talent to
more than one master. No soldl-
er- can fight at the same moment
with two opposing armies. HeI
can but be on one side or the
other.
(4) There is a call for devot-
ed service. Of two contestinS
and contrasted masters only one
can be loved. God calls for the
whole heart and the whole life.
(5) There is a call for assert
i've service. One should "hoid
to" the right master and the
right side with all his energy.
(6) There is a call for UNI
worldly service. Let no one be
the bondslave of wealth or world
illness in any form. 1t is good
business to make business secon-
Diary. He cannot effectively
handle his goods who makes them
his gods.
Cd There is a call for godly
service. We can serve God.
That is the only godly thing we
can do. And we become like
God in no other way.
PRIVACY IN THE -
SERENE LIFE
Living a serene life on earth
implies that we put Gods King
dom first in interest and effort.
Faith in God is the one sure an
tidote to anxiety. We should
therefore live the life of trust
in our Heavenly Father who has
never failed us one moment.
(1) Trust him for serenity of
spirit. We are not to be thought
less or lacking in foresight, but
over-anxiety betrays doubt and
distrust. We never learn the
cure of care until we cast all our
care upon him who cares for us.
(3) Trust him for today's sup
plies. We need today's ration
today, and to him alone we must
look for it, no matter how provi-
dent we may have been. Yet we
fret about food, less indeed as to
the amount and regularity of it
than the little details of prepare
ton and service. We are often
disturbed about dress, less about
its adequacy than its cut and
color. Anxiety plunges us into
world of worry. Yet what rea-
son is there to be troubled more
about food than the life is sus-
tains. more about raiment than
the body it covers?
(3) Trust him for tomorrow's
necessities. Think of the birds
who cultivate no fields and build
nc barns and yet God provides
for them. He actually includes
the nesting in the circle of his
infinite care. Will he feed a