...him.' 'Soul,' said the rich man in the parable, ' thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take in pointing out the repose which the soul may find...God from the depths of affliction, the wretched mour those things be which thou hast provided ?' By the fatal words, ' many years,' multitudes are bewitched...

...many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall these things be which thou hast provided ? " How solemn the appeal ! While he lay waking on his bed, in anxious solicitude what he should do...

...prosperity ; and he was planning to live for years to come, the admiration and envy of his neighbours. But God said, — "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided ? " One thought more. This life has to do with the present...

...owner quits the "earthly house of this tabernacle." The fool mentioned in the gospel said, " Soul take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry ;" but God said, " Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee." The blooming youth is frequently cut down in a moment. The drunkard is often...

...stall; but of that world's wealth it is true that it cndureth for ever. Of this world's wealth it maybe said, "Thou fool; this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be ?" but of these better riches, it is written that they are unsearchable and unspeakable,...

...which these words are taken, and the answer which in the parable is immediately returned to them : " But God said, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?" But I have not made these last words a part of my text,...

...silver, houses and lands! What were the feelings of the rich man, when God said to him, " This night thy soul shall be required of thee : Then whose shall these things be which thou hast provided ?" Luke xii, 20. If our hearts were rightly disposed, we might expect spiritual good from pious connexions....

...impressed him so deeply years before, came back to his recollection with new force : — " This night thy soul shall be required of thee. Then whose shall these things be?" And he trembled with strange agitation to think that he was no less mortal than the one in whose ears...

...awoke his soul ! It was God that spoke ! And, oh, how terrible were the words, " Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee ! Then whose shall these things be which thou hast provided ? " " So is he," in character and feeling, in doom and destiny, "who layeth up treasures for himself,...

..."Ye have this sorer evil to fear, sir—lest the Lord should say unto you, ' Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee. Then whose shall these things be which thou hast laid up in store ?' " " I've done that too long, sir, already," replied the toilbrowned man. " In future,...