48 The True Riches; or,

and, forgetting the apostle’s aphorism,
“Godliness, with contentment, is great gain,”
strive for some greater! Disappointed they
must be, for he who once tried the process
to the full has left upon record that he
found it “vanity of vanities, and vexation of
spirit.” Hastening to be rich, they fall into
temptations, snares, and many foolish and
hurtful lusts; and, in the bitter end, find
that the seeming riches are but dross,
leaving the seekers poor indeed. Oh! what
sins have been committed in the pursuit of
- riches, and what a restless race it is! The
syren lures, whilst poor, helpless man, intoxi-
cated with the prospects of grasping the
glittering heap, toils on to his own destruc-
tion. I trust that some of my readers have
resolved, God assisting them, to become
“true nobles and heroes;” and whilst I ask
them to—

“Sigh not for the old heroic ages back,
These heroes were but brave and earnest men:
Be thou as brave a hero in thy track,
Striving, not sighing, brings them back again ;”

and, whilst ‘“ pressing onwards,”