The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

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with God. II may be something
trifling and insignificant, but what
ever it is we should find it and dis
pose Of it. A famous Bishop was
asked how he could find the road
to heaven and the man was told,
"Turn to the right and keep go
ing"
F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story
oil a foolish young man in 1.-THE
Great Gatsby.' The hero of this
story was graduated at Oxford,
toured the continent and then set
tied down on Long Island to collect
rubies, run a fabulous estate and
conduct doubtful business. He
had"Marie Antoinette music rooms
and Restoration salons, its period
bedrooms Swathed in rose and Law
ender silk and vivid in new flow
ers; dressing rooms and pool
rooms, and bathrooms with sunken
baths. It had a bar which was
stocked with Scotch and Rye; it
had a swimming pool and private
plane and private beach. Here was
the dream car, rich cream in color,
bright with nickel, swollen here and
there in its monStrous length with
triumphant hat-boxes and super
boxes, and terraced with a labyri-
NTH of windshields that mirrored a
dozen suns. a sort of green leath-
er conservatory" The story ends
with Gatsby lying dead at the bot
tom of a symbolic swimming pool.
All of his ambitions had been re-
allied while he was alive. The rich
young man wanted something bet
ter-something better than good.
Sometimes we're inclined to
think that Jesus touched a most
important conclusion when he said
that it was 'easier for a camel to
go through a needles eye, than for
rich man to enter into the king
dom of Cod" Some say that the
Scripture meant cable rather than
camel and that it is hard or i'm
possible to get a cable through a
needles eye. Others say that it
meant the narrow gate in the walls
of Jerusalem through which the
camel caravans could not pass.
Neither is correct. Jesus meant
that a man who puts riches above
God cannot get into heaven. A man
is not necessarily evil because he
is rich nor poor man good be-
cause he is poor. Riches need not
be a bar to heaven nor is poverty
ticket. It all depends on the mans
estimate and communion with God.
The disciples were puzzled. 4sWho
then can be saved?" was the ques-
lion. The answer, with men this
Is impossible; but with God all
things are possible" We lind our
selves rather helpless and cannot
save ourselves from fear or failure
Or disappointment or bitterness or
sin or death. That famous organi-
cation known as Alcoholic Anony-
nous emphasizes and knows from
the experience of thousands, that
man must throw himself upon the
help of God or he CANNOT be cur
ed. God can can the rich, the
poor, the alcoholic or any who will
come to him. Nicodemus and JOS
eph of Arimathea are two rich men
who dedicated their riches together
with their lives to God in following
Jesus.
Some say, money is the root Of
all evil" The Bible says 1.-THE
LOVE of money is the root of all
evil" Roy Smith tells di two men
in a city both of whom were equal
ly wealthy. One gave a gift of $25,-
900 for Club House for boys while
the other spent the same amount
on a private train for a BIG
PARTY. One was good steward
serving the Lord and seeking a
better way of life. The other might
be said to be irresponsible in hand
ling the Lords estate. When one
gives his heart to God, he gives all.