Gold Nugget 256 - The Test of Value

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      Permanence is one of the principal notes of value.  The insect that hums through the air of one summer’s evening is comparatively worthless; the elephant that lives through a hundreds is valuable.  The wayside seed that lives its brief months is worthless; the giant oak that outlives the storms of generations is valuable.  And so our idea of extreme value, of absolutely priceless worth, is put into the figure of permanence – eternal, abiding, and continuing.

      The highest conceivable good is eternal life; the worst conceivable woe is eternal death.  This note of value tests things earthly; they are short-lived, and comparatively worthless.  It test things spiritual; they are long-lived, good, cannot die, and they alone are truly worth of the pursuit of those in whom God has breathed the breath of life.

The Pulpit Commentary, Isaiah II p. 275, Isaiah 51:6, (R. Tuck)

Gold Nugget 256

The Test of Value

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