50 The True Riches ; or,

beauty of your riches; and then the strength
of the keeping-place must be such that
thieves shall not be able to break through
and steal, otherwise the mere possession will
be to you an additional care and burden.
I should like you to have no care, no trouble,
no anxiety, but to feel, each day you live,
that your treasure is getting larger, and that
all the events of life only turn out for the
furtherance of your true interests.

I can fancy I hear you say, “Is this
possible? Have you not drawn a fancy
picture? Shall I indeed be rich? Shall
I be entitled to an inheritance? Can J deal
in securities? Is it true that I can be heir
to wealth, enjoy it while I live, and not
lose it when I die?” Yes, thank God, it
is possible; for “true riches” are to be
possessed through His own Son, Jesus Christ,
who, “though He was rich, yet for your sakes
He became poor, that ye through His
poverty might be rich ;” “and we have this
treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
All things may be ours, for we have the
declaration that all things are Christ’s, and