Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-25
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SEEK THE LORD.


said or written for the purpose of explaining
what is meant by the sentence, "Seek the
Lord" 1t is 50 plain that ten year old
child will not be likely to make mistake
with respect to its import. 1t is the exhorta-
ton which comes to US from all the works Of
God, and it is command often repeated in
his word. Clearly, it is an exhortation which
is is not needed by the multitude; and a COM
mand which the larger portion, even of those
in christendom, disregard, or wilfully do not
understand. Only few of the human fami-
ly pretend to seek the Lord, and of those few
the great majority seek him in some wrong
way or other. The simple fact is, but few find
him.
The reason so few find the Lord is, he is
not sought for as he should be. A large
number of those who professedly are seeking
the Lord, seem to have no definite idea of
what they are to seek the Lord for, or how
they are required to seek him. They have
no distinct notion of what they are doing, or
how it should be done. We must seek the
Lord that we may find in him a redeemer.
We must seek the Lord as the slave seeks for
some one who will rescue him from the thral-
dom of bondage and make him free. Too
many seem to overlook the fact that they are
slaves. Satan exercises over all Adams race
the authority of master. The Lord must
be sought, that the dominion of this most ex-
acting master may ho dAaIrnuad- We ara
prone to forget the fact that we are slaves,
and think and act as if we were free. We
are not free. We must be redeemed-bought
with a price. For this we must seek the
Lord. He and he alone can redeem us.
We must seek the Lord that, having been
redeemed, we may be kept from falling into
sin. Perhaps we do not exaggerate when
we say that there is tendency in every man
to return to the service of sin and Satan
The Bible figure is this. The SOW that has
been washed, returns to walowing in the
mire, and the dog returns to his own vomit
This language is easily understood. There is
tendency in all to sin, and Satan continues
to tempt. We must seek the Lord that we
may not be overcome by the flesh, or yield to
the temptations of Satan. We must seek him
that we may be supported under all our trials
and succored in every hour of danger.
The manner in which we should seek the
Lord is no less important than the purposes
for which he is to be sought. The right thing
may be done in wrong way. In such cases
the results will not be favorable. If the Lord
is not sought in the right way, he will not be
found. This is one reason why so many never
find the Lord. Possibly they know why they
should seek him; but they undertake the
search in wrong way, and never, neither in
this world nor in eternity, find him, only as a
in-punishing God.
First, amongst the requisites in seeking the
Lord in order to find him, is earnestness. We
must seek for him as man would seek tor
his most valuable possession, were it lost
Our whole soul must be concentrated on the
subject. Our minds must be intent upon the
work. We must seek him as if our all, tol
time and eternity, depended upon finding him
Every other work, every other thought, mus
hold as of secondary Importance to this. We
must not seek the Lord as men are wont te
seek for the lost property of their neighbors
but we must seek as if we were searching tol
our own lost souls. Again, we must seek hin
constantly. The search must never be glver
up until we find him. We must i've no sleeE
to our eyes until we find him. This one OBJ
iect must be constantly before our eyes. The
search must commence with every one OF u:
no,c, and continue, without intermission, du
ring all our subsequent life. Again, we mus
, seek the Lord with great humility. We mus
not only get down on our knees, but oul
hearts must be humble We must feel tha
we are poor and needy, blind and naked
that we are sinners; that from the soles O.
our feet to the crown of our heads, we art
, nothing but moral corruption. We mus
feel that we deserve nothing at the hands o
, God but everlasting destruction from hi
presence. We must seek the Lord as poo
:, condemned criminals, seeking for their lives
r Finally, we should seek the Lord expect
E ing to find him. thousands have fount
him, and why may not l ?" must be the senti
ment of the seekers heart. We must fee
! that the Lord will sometime or other be fount
!. by all those who seek him for the proper end
0 in the right way.
r nas~ A time of affliction should be time O
r supplication We have as much reason t.
seek unto God for blessing upon our dali
K rod as upon our daily bread. The school Q
q affiiction is the school of instruction. Dis
tresses are Divine touchstones, to try whethe