WHAT is the value of this estate?” said a gentleman to another, with whom he was riding, as they passed a fine mansion and rich fields.
“I don’t know at what it is valued; I know what it cost its late possessor.” “How much?”
“His soul.”
A solemn pause followed. And well it might—he to whom the words were spoken had himself all his good things in this life.
“God said unto him, Thou fool, this this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God . . . . For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Luke 12: 20, 21, 34.
ML 02/17/1918