LAY UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN by A. L. Hollenbeck

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, April 21, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 16

LAY UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN.

By A. L. Hollenbeck

BY A. L. HOLLENBECK.

“LAY not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where they do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” According to the divine plan, the work of converting sinners is to be performed through the instrumentality of those who are in harmony with the character of Christ. Those who feel the necessity of giving their hearts wholly to the Lord, who are willing to sacrifice everything of a worldly nature, always considering how they can best honor and glorify God, will be instruments through whom the Lord can work mightily for the salvation of souls. A disposition to covet earthly possessions will never be entertained by those in whom the Spirit of God dwells. Instead of seeking earthly happiness, their aspirations will tend toward things of a heavenly nature, and by willingness to sacrifice all they possess for the building of Christ’s kingdom, they declare that they are strangers and pilgrims on earth, seeking a better country, that is, an heavenly.

We are standing upon the very verge of the eternal world. Earthly treasures are heaped around many, and they are nearly buried in the rubbish of this world. Soon they may be off as cumberers of the ground. Those who are transferring their treasures to the kingdom of God will be free from the blood of souls, and when the Son of man shall appear, they will receive the reward of eternal life, and enjoy the society of heaven, which will be regarded by them as a prize of greater value than all the riches which they can bestow.

Memphis, Mich.