THE LESSON--That while wealth, honestly earned, may be a blessing,
the life devoted to the getting of riches cannot hope for true
happiness.

The Scriptures do not condemn the possession of riches, but they do
have some strong things to say against the wrongful attainment of
wealth and the harmful use of money. The talk here presented is
designed to impress this thought. In outlining the drawing be sure to
place the lettering exactly as shown in the design.


~~The Talk.~~

"The Bible has a good deal to say about rich people and poor people.
Solomon, it seems, thought it best to be neither poor nor rich, for he
wrote, 'Give me neither poverty nor riches," and I believe that this
sentiment would be that of most of us. At any rate, the richer he got,
the farther he went from God. But we must have money--enough to meet
the needs of our lives. We need it for the buying of our food, our
clothing, our homes, our books and in a thousand other ways. But I
hope that none of us will ever reach the point where the governing
principle in our lives will be to get money for money's sake.

"Money-madness seems to be the dominant characteristic of many
people. They appear to think that wealth will gain for them all that
may be desired to make life happy. We might illustrate the thought by
saying that they sow or plant their money and hope that it will bring
forth a fruitage of the blessings for which they long. [Draw the bag
of money, the earth line, the stalk of the plant and the outline of
the foliage, all with black.] And what do the possessors of riches