and his eyes fell upon the verse at the bottom of the page.

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth."

That had been the text of the sermon a few weeks before.
Sleepily, heavily, he tried to fix his mind upon it and recall
it.
What was it that Doctor Snodgrass had said? Ah, yes--that it was

a mistake to pause here in reading the verse. We must read on
without
a pause--Lay not up treasures upon earth where moth and rust do
corrupt
and where thieves break through and steal--that was the true
doctrine.
We may have treasures upon earth, but they must not be put into
unsafe places, but into safe places. A most comforting doctrine!

He had always followed it. Moths and rust and thieves had done
no harm
to his investments.

John Weightman's drooping eyes turned to the next verse,
at the top of the second column.

"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven."

Now what had the Doctor said about that? How was it to
be understood--in what sense--treasures--in heaven?