TREASURES OF THE WICKED

Every man is treasuring up stores for eternity — the good are laying up treasures in Heaven, where moth doth not corrupt; the evil and impenitent are “treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath.” What an idea is this! Treasures of wrath! Whatever the impenitent man is doing, he is treasuring up wrath. He may be getting wealth; but he is treasuring up wrath. He may be getting fame; but he is also treasuring up wrath. He may be forming pleasing connections; but he is treasuring up wrath; every day adds something to the heap. Every oath the swearer utters, there is something gone to the heap of wrath. Every lie the liar tells; every licentious act the lewd man commits, adds something to the treasure of wrath.”

The sinner has a weightier treasure of wrath today than he had yesterday; he will have a weightier tomorrow than he has today. When he lies down at night he is richer in vengeance than when he arose in the morning. He is continually deepening and darkening his eternal portion. Every neglected Sabbath increases his store of wrath; every forgotten sermon adds something to the weight of punishment. All the checks of conscience, all the remonstrances of friends, all the advice and prayers of parents, will be taken into account, and all will tend to increase the treasures of wrath laid up against the day of wrath.”

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