Homilist Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.… This is true of all earthly things. No man is satisfied with any human idol. I. CORRUPT AFFECTION. All worldly love is corrupt. There is nothing good in silver. It has only present beauty and usefulness. II. THE GLAMOUR OF TIME. How bright is the tinsel of an illuminated theatre! Such is the spell cast over the things of time and sense, until the Spirit of God causes the sunshine to beam in our hearts. III. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF AMBITION. Like a mirage the object sought eludes the grasp. No acquisition is final. The more we get the more we want. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. |
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