Riches Beyond Gold

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 33.

Riches Beyond Gold

Gold, gold, gold, gold, is the world's cry. Men blister under torrid suns, freeze in frigid zones, die of starvation and thirst, suffocate in foul dens, associate with the vilest men, soil and sell reputation and character, all for gold. And how many disappointed ones there are! To how many will the Klondike bring everlasting shame or ruin or both! How many hearts will sink into despair and death during the long Arctic night to come, God only knows. We hope there will be true representatives of Christ in that inhospitable region to minister to poverty-stricken souls, even among those who may have “struck it rich” in the sordid dust of earth.

But, readers, friends, we know of mines of untold worth, open to all. No inclement clime shuts out the seeker; it is a pleasant and goodly land, open to all classes. No customs officer bars the way, tho many have tried so to do, and are trying. The King of the country has set before all true seekers an “open door, and no man can shut it,” and he says, Come. The gold you get in the mines of earth has promise of the life only that now is; the mines of which we are telling you have promise not only of the life that now is, but of that which is to come. Will you not seek these riches?

Where are they found?—In the Word of God through Jesus Christ. They are the “exceeding riches of his grace,” “the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” The blessings of earth—all that are needed—and all the blessings of heaven, come with the glory of the grace of God by believing in Jesus Christ. Myriads have tested this inexhaustible mine and have found it to be more than they could ask or think. O soul, seeking for riches, why not seek for the true riches in Jesus Christ?