Riches and the Sleep of Death
AnalogyObject Lesson★★★★Life is often a continual struggle after that which we can not take with us—riches. They are given to some, much as a nurse intrusts valued ornaments to a fretful child, to keep it quiet until it falls asleep. Then, from the helpless hand, the nurse gathers the ornament to please with it in turn some other child, and thus the round goes on. When the sleep of death falls on man, it matters not whether rich or poor, what possessions he has pass from his nerveless grasp into the control of others.
The point
Riches are given like ornaments to a restless child to keep it quiet until sleep (death); when death comes, riches pass to others regardless of wealth status—nothing is truly possessed eternally.
Scripture
1 Timothy 6:7Ecclesiastes 5:15Luke 12:20
Audience
Adults
Tone
Sobering · Wise
To tell aloud
under a minute · 93 words