The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-08
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
BY HIGHT {. MOORE .

not entitled to occupy the throne
or sway the scepter. Covetousness
puts money above manhood. 1t
shackles its devotee and makes
him it's victim. 1t hardens the
heart and dcadens the noble I'M
pulses and destroys the vital quail
tiles of life. Everybody should be-
ware of covetousness III every
phase and form. All should keep
themselves from it through vigil
ance and prayer and self-control
and discipline. With all diligence
of mind and heart take heed"
The reason is ample and impera-
tive. Life is not a matter of dol
lars and cents, houses and lands,
earning capacity and financial
achievement. Life is a larger and
better, infinitely larger and bet
ter thing; and happy are they
who reach and realize it to the
full! (2) Jesus gave in the par
able of the rich fool the woe up
on covetousness. There was the
wealthy landowner in, the midst
of great prosperity. He was en-
gagged in an honorable business.
/ He was exposed to few tempta-
tons. He was not q monster in
character, but a man whose lead
inps trait has been duplicated a
million times over. Apparently he
was talented and economical, in.
dustrious and prudent, honest and
moral in all his dealings. Yet he
climbed the sweaty slope of toll
to the summit of worldly success
only to find himself on the edSe
of a yawning abyss. He laid his
plans without God. He measured
success by broad fields and full
barns. He did not reckon on the
uncertainty of life. He planned
to feed his soul on unsatisfying
vanities. His life was wrapped up
in riches which centered in him
self. But God spoke the word OF
DOOM, The plans that embraced
many wears were cut short by an
immediate death sentence. The
property he had amassed must
now slip shorugh his hands to be
parleyed oven, scattered, and
squandered. Thus fell the sudden
blade of justice that night, and
! into darker night went forth
the soul of the rich farmer from
his fair estate. Foolish are they
who accumulate only for the
earthly life, ignoring the infinite
existence beyond the grave.
COVEToUSNESS OVERCOME
! U Timothy 6:6-l0)
CONFINEMENT is GREAT
GAIN" The sin of covetousnes'
may be conquered or counteract
ed. Hear Paul teach Timothy how
to avoid greed. There was then a.
now a wrong view of goodness a.
"a source of gain" or as "a pay
ing concern" As n matter o.
fact, it does pay but not necessar
ily in worldly goods. Goodness i!
highly gainful when contentmen
accompanies it. The ,contentet
, spirit is satisfied with food anc
clothes since we brought nothin.
into the world and carry nothint
| out of it. Certainly we are PENN
, less before birth and after death
. On the other hand, chose VIII,
: are eager to be rich get temple,
and trapped" through many fool
ish, harmful cravings that plung,
e people into destruction and ruin
Let the love of money take roo
+ in the heart, and it will bear evi
fruit of all sorts in the life: fo
out of it grows, not all the evil j,
: the world, but all kinds of evi
0 known to sinful man. Let tn,
: man of God fly from these things
shun them, and escape the poiso,
they eXhale and the piercing sor
I rows they bring. ~,
GOLD IN THE GOLDEN TEXT
Thou shalt not covet. Eek. 2O:I7
Master any inordinate desir
Tor gain. Check every craving TO
the property of others. Stop al
yearnlng for the things you can
not get and ought not to have
Ihat is the only way to live tn
un1ettered life. Only then, ca,
your truer aspirations soar, ava
at will into the upper air.
.GroVcl not in the mud and til
mlre when the, far heights sum
! mon upward.y aGoyetousnesS s
: ldoiatry.p Beware of it! Rec
, yourself from it!