Untitled article by J. A. James

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · September 17, 1867

THE TREASURES OF THE WICKED.

By J. A. James

Every man is treasuring up stores for eternity; the good are laying up “treasures in Heaven where moth and rust doth not corrupt;” the evil and impenitent are treasuring up “wrath against the day of wrath.” What an idea is this! Treasures of wrath! Whatever the impenitent man is doing, he is treasuring up wrath. He may be getting wealth; but he is treasuring up wrath. He may be forming pleasing connections; but he is treasuring up wrath. Every day adds something to the heap. Every oath the swearer utters, there is something gone to the heap of wrath. Every lie the liar tells, there is something gone to the heap of wrath. Every licentious act the lewd man commits, there is something gone to the treasure of wrath. Every day he lives in sin, the book of God’s remembrance records it against him. The impenitent man has a weightier heap of wrath to-day than yesterday; he will have a weightier to-morrow than he has to-day. When he lies down at night, he is richer in vengeance than when he rose in the morning. He is continually deepening and darkening his eternal portion. Every neglected Sabbath increases his store of wrath; every forgotten sermon adds something to the weight of punishment. All the checks of conscience, all the remonstrances of friends, all the advice and prayers of parents, will be taken into account, and will tend to increase the treasures of wrath laid up against the day of wrath.—J. A. James.