THE POOR RICH, AND THE RICH POOR.

 

TS ae now illustrate what I mean.
Let me give you a few instances
of what 1 would call ‘poor rich”
men, and then a few instances of
“rich poor” men.

Who are the “ poor rich” ? Those “ with-
out.God and without hope in the world.”
Who are the “rich poor”? Those who
can say of God, “Thou art my portion and
my inheritance ;” “My soul doth hope in
Thee ;” “In Thy favour is life;” “Christ
in me the hope of glory.”

 

“This is the charm, by sages often told,
Converting all it touches into gold ;
Contené can soothe, where er by fortune placed,
And rear a garden in a desert waste.”
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