Welsh Journals

No. 16. APKIL, 1865. Pkicb 2d. akhtg Jfrinttrs d % ^mi%\tmm ™'anraurn. " And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into ever¬ lasting habitations."—Lr/KB xvi. 9. ,E have scarce need to say that the word " mammon " -■signifies wordly riches. They are called " unrighteous" )because they promise what they never fulfil. Were you in the service of a master who promises you certain results for certain services, but who, when the time of reward comes, denies you the promised results, you would at once call him unrighteous. Thus it is with wealth. It promises much, very much, to him who serves it, who sets his heart upon it, and makes every effort to possess it. " Get me," it says, " and you will get the most valuable thing." And people, from age to age, get under its spell. It charms them, and allures them into its pursuit and service. Tell them what you may there is no persuading them. Its attractions are irresistible, and men will follow it, at the expense of trampling under foot the lovely forms of truth, and right, and mercy. But after follow¬ ing it for a life-time, and getting much of it, they find that it fails to give much of what it promises. In this respect, it is full of deceit, full of unrighteousness. In being exhorted to make to ourselves friends of this mammon of unrighteousness, we are exhorted to bring it under obligation to us. We generally connect with the word "friends " the fact of affection. We cannot conceive of there, being true friendship without affection. There must be sym¬ pathy of heart before any two persons can be " friends." The word, however, is not employed, in this exhortation, in this