Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. _Rev. 3:17._ [Illustration: COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. THE POOREST MAN IN THE WORLD.] [Illustration] THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. It takes more than money to make a man wealthy. Godliness with contentment is great gain, says the bible, and therein is the secret of a rich and happy life. Contentment is a prerequisite of happiness and no man can come into contentment until every aspiration of his nature is satisfied. The deepest aspiration that lodges in the human soul is the longing for that contentment and rest which salvation bestows. No one is really rich, therefore, until salvation is found, and if it be discovered, after heroic sacrifice and struggle, after plunging through temptation and peril, the joy of triumph will be that much the greater and when temptation has been conquered by faith and works, then Salvation makes one truly the Richest Man in the World. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. _Proverbs 13:7._ [Illustration: COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.] [Illustration] EVICTED! There are two tenants who seek to occupy every human heart and make it their place of residence. One of them is the Spirit of Good, the other is the Spirit of Evil. Jesus Christ is the personification of one; Satan is the personification of the other. It is within the power of every one to say whether his spiritual castle shall be the abode of righteousness and truth or whether it shall be the foul dwelling of sin and falsehood. If, perchance, the latter, by accident or unwatchfulness or even by our deliberate choice, has obtained control of our affections we may through the help of God cast out the unworthy tenant together with all his chattels of pride, envy, intemperance and their kindred brood, and turn over the House of Man-Soul to that other spirit whose mark thenceforth will adorn the door plate as a pledge that the dwelling will be forever impregnable against the assaults of sin. And Jesus said unto him, this day is salvation come to this house. _Luke 16:6._ [Illustration: COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO. EVICTED!] [Illustration] THE ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC.