word Pleasure, using red for the
lettering.] And they expect to be leaders in smart society, so we will
add to the list Social Prestige. [Add Social Prestige.] They expect
their associates to be impressed with the evidence of luxury in their
palatial homes and in all they have and do. So we will add Luxury to
the list. [Add Luxury.] And through it all they think they will
possess that degree of satisfaction and contentment which we call
comfort, so we will add this to the list. [Add Comfort.] And, finally,
let us add a word to indicate that element which the wealthy sometimes
possess in a worldly sense, representing their ability to direct the
happiness or unhappiness of those who are less fortunate in their
possession of worldly goods. That word is Power. [Add Power,
completing Fig. 21.]

[Illustration: Fig. 21]

"Here, then, is the picture of the result as longed for by the
possessors of riches, whose lives are devoted to the attainment of
things of this world alone.

"But, alas, how often are bright hopes shattered! 'He that maketh
haste to be rich,' says Solomon, 'shall not be innocent.' A glance at
the daily paper tells us how true it is that when the love of money
takes possession of the heart, pleasure is driven out. How often, too,
does the aspiring social leader find himself outrivalled in the
foolish race, and social prestige vanishes. And with such experiences
as these, the home of wealth loses the longed-for luxury, comfort and
worldly power. And what has come to take the place of these which were
only dreams? [With the broad side of the black crayon fill in solidly
the portions of the foliage area, leaving only the word Sorrow. Add
the words, "The love of money is the root of all evil," completing
Fig. 22, which shows the root and the trunk of a tree that looks more
like the tree of death than "The Tree of Life."]

[Illustration: Fig. 22]

"Such is too often the result of the love of money, which, as Paul
tells us, 'is the root of all evil.' But, happily, there is another
side to the matter. Many of the wealthy of the earth have blessed and
are blessing mankind and in return are themselves blessed. In harmony
with the thought, Dr. Van Dyke says: I do not mean to say that the
possession of much money is always a real barrier to real wealth of
mind and heart. Nor would I maintain that all the poor of this world
are rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom. And if some of the rich of
this world (through