An Enriched Heir by Henry Varley

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 14, 1879

An Enriched Heir.

By Henry Varley

WHEN in the United States I heard of a young man whose father had recently died. He left him a large estate encumbered with a very heavy mortgage. By the time the annual interest was paid on the debt there was little or no income left for him. It so happened that an English engineer was visiting the place, and he said, as he walked with him through the estate, "I strongly suspect that you have both coal and iron beneath this soil." "Do you?" said the young man, his face lighting up at the very thought. Well, the result was that mines were opened on that estate, and in less than three years that young man had not only paid the interest but the mortgage, and was a wealthy man, by developing the resources that were there.

Now, we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—the possessors of the unsearchable riches of Christ, but we must dig deep into the mine of our spiritual inheritance in order to come into the enjoyment of its spiritual wealth. Many Christians fail, through weakness of faith, to enjoy all the comforts and blessings and privileges which are their portion through God's gift to them of his Son Jesus Christ.—Henry Varley.