OBLIGATIONS OF RICHES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 249, 11 March 1913, Page 6

OBLIGATIONS OF RICHES.

THE 111 C 1:1 MEX OF NEW PLYMOUTH. POINTED TALK FROM THE PULPIT. In St. Mary's Church on Sunday morning the vicar (Rev. A. H. Col vile) said: "There may .he not very many rich men in New Plymouth, but there are porta inly many* who are what people call 'comfortably ofl',' and are prosperous in .the conventional sense of the' word. There are not a few who have certainly 'cast, their nets on the right side of the ship." liut has the operation brought' with it the vision of' Cod? Has there been any disposition on the part of the prosperous men in this town who own the name of Christ to serve Him in ■llis ChUtCh? Is there R?!J' indication .'Unit they have understood llio . true value of life and remembered that their ■Master who though casing little for property cared much for the welfare of mei)? It is not for me to judge. Xo doubt there are niany generously-minded people among them. But it is my duty and my privilege to remind them that jto accumulate a heap of 'property and then sit securely on the top of it' is-not making lives and doing nothing to help the lives of others. ''When I was a curate iit jhe Old Country I sometimes received visits from welloil' men and \vomen~\flw would- ask me iiow best they could help with their property the poorer: people' who lived near them. I haven't been very much bothered'by such people sjnee I'.came here. Xo.douU that . ifj. because there are very few actually poor people in this town. bu£. .theiV are many good causes which -need; assistance aTipiit which. I should be ;only. too h'itjipy to giy^ih- 1 formation! People complain of the number of claims made Upoif .ilffefrj, pockets, and it is quite true that'th'ose' who give freely I{re""!tTa- : r'nle'the people who are asked to give_ more, just as the people who' work MM'.tiw who are asked to accept more responsibility. I have very - great sympathy #itli them,, but,,l. have in, wj .mind at present peopfe wh'6 would describe themselves as members of the Church of England whose ;, praetical connection-rwith-that church is. of (}he slightest, ami who could make themselves and those about them infinitely • happier if . thejr took deeper and laj'gpr, viQWf} ; of : Tife. • Aft.erall-, my friends, we Are.her,?-in { thjs >yovld' but a*short-time,' yet to. our things are committed. It i§ Jiartl some-.' timl's to believe. tta,V /things' no't;our 'own,. th;}t, \vs. .af e only .lijEie'tejji;' an Is holding fpr .ojir-.unseefi.Titas-' ter. If we would understand their real' value in relaTTonTcT'onr owrr lives we must seek to .give for the vision of Cod. aiirt hvh't'lK iVe .<tMi£sV-'iipwanls through out sins and mistakes and failures to Him Ts~atTfe toTeitcTTus how best:to use r /pray in words fliat should 'constantly on the U)e/j7t>9ple;>()f "In all times' of our prosperity, 'good Lord' deliver us."