is spiritual, and its province is not to determine
questions which are commercial and political. The Church, however, does
provide and inculcate principles which are involved in all moral questions
and which determine justice and right in every sphere of human life. Thus
Jesus refused to "divide the inheritance," but he pierced to the root of
the request and saw that the man was neglecting the civil law and seeking
the support of a religious teacher because he was moved by avarice; and it
is this same "love of money" which lies at the root of most of the
injustice and inequity and cruelty which burden the world to-day.

Therefore Jesus turned to the multitude with the warning: "Take heed, and
keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in
the abundance of the things which he possesseth." To enforce his message
Jesus told the story of the rich man who was heaping up goods for selfish
enjoyment in future years, and who was suddenly confronted by the
necessity which death brings of leaving to others all that he had amassed.
His foolishness consisted in forgetting that fortune and life itself are
dependent upon the will of God, and that a man really owns nothing but
owes everything to God, and that the real value of life consists in the
unselfish use of wealth and of opportunity according to the will of God.
How his vain words, "my fruits," "my barns," "my grains," "my goods," "my
soul," are contrasted with the solemn message: "This night is thy soul
required of thee."

"So is he," continued Jesus, "that layeth up treasure for himself, and is
not rich toward God." It is the sheerest folly to forget that riches
neither form the real content nor assure the continuance of life; it is
madness to heap up goods while neglecting God.

11. The Cure of Anxiety. Ch. 12:22-34

22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be
not anxious for _your_ life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on. 23 For the life is more than the food,
and the body than the raiment. 24 Consider the ravens, that they
sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and
God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds! 25
And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure
of his life? 26 If then ye are not able to do even that which is
least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest? 27 Consider the
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