Canadian Churchman Toronto, Ontario, Canada

There is no rationing in the spiritual sphere. The supply is limitless. We can all have as much as we are willing to take. The riches are "unsearchable," and no matter how much of them I appropriate, they remain "unsearchable" for you also. The love is boundless, and no matter how deeply I respond and how wonderful my experience of that love, it remains for you as boundless as ever. The salvation is "to the uttermost," and no matter how deep and broad is my experience of that so wonderful salvation, it avails "to the uttermost" for you also.

When we share our bread, we have less for ourselves, but when we share spiritual truths or experiences, our own are deepened and increased. Each of us, by his indifference and carelessness, sets the only limits to spiritual gifts. Let us then, each one, by fuller surrender gain fuller supply.

Journal-Herald Dayton, Ohio

The Teacher from Galilee told of a rich man who had so much of material wealth that he decided to tear down the old barns and to build new in which to store his vast accumulations. But in the night his life was taken from him and none of his possessions meant the smallest least to him. "So is he," said Jesus, "that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." ...

The various teachings of the Sermon on the Mount and of Paul's letters, ... studied assiduously and kept to with prayerful attention, change a man's nature. They direct his attention away from things material so that hour by hour and day by day and year by year he becomes more spiritual, comes to know that the things of time are not so valuable as the things of eternity.

Waldron Smithers, in a letter to the Eltham Times, London, England

All statesmen and politicians who promise unconditionally material benefits—shorter hours, better houses, higher wages, better food, and the like—are but misleading their constituents unless they also tell them that all these things can and will be added (automatically) if they first seek the things that matter—the intangible things.

The only way of ordered progress for humanity ... is freedom; liberty of conscience, press, and speech; and the development of individual character and responsibility. And these can surely best be found in a kingdom with a democratic government, such as we are privileged to enjoy in England today.

The responsibility of each one of us is heavy, for unless every man and woman in a democracy is willing and able to shoulder his or her full share of the burden, democracy cannot function properly.

The principles of the Sermon on the Mount, if applied to presentday problems, point the only way to peace and prosperity, and freedom from fear and want.

Mankind must realize that to obtain peace and prosperity and the material comforts and amenities of life, we must put first things first, and that only in proportion as we do put first things first shall "all these things" be added unto us.

Let all the nations of the world base their policies on these fundamental and eternal principles. Then, and only then, shall we reach our goal, and, like the Israelites of old, be able to look upon the promised land.

Evening Sentinel Holland, Michigan

There is no need of anyone's being really poor, since poverty is relative. No man is poor who has the use of necessary things. One thinks himself poor when he does not have the money to buy that which he craves. The best things are not bought with money; such as integrity, honor, truthfulness, patience, kindness, righteousness, love, and faith in God. A man's best estate is something more than money.

Chester Ferris Advance, Boston, Massachusetts

The wealth of a Christian can be couched in no small terms. It may be intangible, hidden from other; but to its possessor it is priceless. It may seem costly, but it alone satisfies and cannot be taken away.

Rev. David B. Pearson Exponent, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

"God is love." When was love anything but generous? When has love ever dealt out things with a scant and miserly hand? ...

Love never counts. It is the nature of God to give, and keep on giving, ... because God is Love, and Love "never faileth." ...

Jesus says [Matthew 7:9–11]: "What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"

If you are tempted to question the generosity of God, look at Jesus! Once in the world's history there has lived a man whose supreme joy was ungrudging giving. He knew, as no other man has ever known, how much more blessed it is to give than to receive. He lived, "not to be ministered unto, but to minister;" not to receive, but to give; not to save his life, but to pour it out for others. If generosity so great has appeared in time, it must be because there is a generous heart in Eternity.

Southwest Topics-Wave Los Angeles, California

Patrick Henry wrote in his last will: "I have now disposed of all my worldly property to my family. There is one more thing I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had this and I had not given them a shilling, they would be rich. But if they had not the Christian religion, and I had given them all the world, they would be poor."

If we have everything but God, we have nothing. Having God, we have everything. God's children hold in the hands of faith the most precious of all treasures, the riches of God's grace. This is worth vastly more than all the money in the world.

Money cannot buy happiness; it cannot buy love; it cannot buy health; above all, it cannot buy heaven. God is rich, and to have Him is to have the best riches of all.

All thing of this world are by their very nature temporary. The things of God are eternal. He gives blessings which time and storm cannot destroy.

War's destruction may be all around us, but we have a life that cannot be destroyed by bomb or sword. It is as strong and timeless as God Himself.

In his grand triumphal procession a king was asked, "What is wanting to make this perfect?" With a sigh the king answered, "Continuance."

Our trust is not in the "uncertain riches" of this life, "but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy."

Chester Warren Quimby Christian Advocate, Chicago, Illinois

There are two kinds of wealth—"treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust" consume, and "treasures in heaven."

There is treasure on earth of houses and lands, stocks and bonds. ... But there is also treasure in heaven.

By "treasures in heaven" Jesus was not thinking of thus laying up for a spiritual rainy day after death. He was referring to the indestructible, intangible wealth of the Spirit.

These [treasures] neither moth nor rust can consume. These no invasion of death can destroy. For they are of heaven and therefore "in heaven."