The Poor Rich, and the Rich Poor. 51

if we are His, then all things are ours in
Him. Nay, “if God be for us, who can be
against us?” And have we not the promise,
that “all things work together for good to
them that love God,” and that every blessing
may be ours for the asking, for has not
Christ, with whom we are to be co-heirs to
a heavenly inheritance, said, “ Whatsoever
ye ask the Father in My name, He will give
it you?” Seeking first the Kingdom of God
and His righteousness, all things else will
be added. In an earthly family the eldest
son has often an advantage, to the injury of
the younger: not so in God’s family, for we
become joint-heirs with Christ. Has not
the voice of heavenly wisdom said, “‘ Lay not
up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal, but lay up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor
steal?” and has not Almighty Power said,
“Take no thought for the morrow?” Yea,
though we are the poorest on earth, and
have nothing, yet may we possess all things.