The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02

MIN. ftlOlC III q
u~nfriendly heather about him, and no
companion in whom to trust and CON
fde. he turns to the Lord with all the
intensity of his lovable nature and
finds in Him a satisfying portion; ana
turning to you and me he pleads; ~
taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the man hat trusteth IN
Him"
The experiences of life under the
hand of the Lord will blossom into
beautiful fruits of spiritual joy and
satisfaction so that the soul can de-
clare with David: "My soul shall
make her boast in the Lord but
the soul that puts its Lord on a pedes-
tai and makes Him an object OF
worship at appointed times and sea-
sons and in set places, and does not
take Him into the everyday expert
ences in the shop, in the home, on
the street, misses the very heart
of religion and the purpose of God.
He NAV be able boldly to say in
meeting that his boast is in the
Lord. but if he has not learned what
IL means to stand with his Lord in
the heat of the everyday conflict
and peril, it is but an idle boast
and he knows not whereof he speaks.
The Worlds Boast.-And if David
made his boast in the Lord, in what,
think you. does the world boast
itself? It's boast does not reach up
into the heavens, where God has His
dwelling place, but is found within
itself, and is of the earth, earthly.
1t boasts of the riches, gold, silver,
precious stones, which are taken
from it's bosom; it boasts of it's pow
err, and in its strength Expresses the
weak; it boasts of its learning and
wisdom and speaks unto itself great
things and high-sounding phrases,
forgetful of the fact that the fool
ishness of God is wiser than men; it
boasts of it's culture and refinement,
so-called, and fails to see under the
polished surface the seething mass
of corruption which has ultimately
wrought the destruction of every ma
ton which has yet in the worlds
history held sway for a time. Per-
STA, Babylon, Greece, Rome have
fourished in their day, and made
+ their boast each in it's turn of their
/ wealth. and power, and wisdom, and
r culture. and refinement, and then
. persisted miserably by means of the
: very things in which they put their
4 trust.
The world is an awful boaster. II
boosted of it's own security and pros
perity even while Noah was busy
t building the ark and God was fill
n ing the heavens with rain with which
to de1uce the sin-cursed earth. II
/ boosted itself in the rearing of tn,
tower of Babel hat it was going t.
a build into the heavens and above
V another possible food, and eve
I while it wrought in the vain imagin
t ings of its own heart the wrath o
= God fell upon the foolish boaster
and scattered them hither ant
k thither. But they carried thei
it boastful spirit with them, and if the,
d no longer all spoke the same Ian
e. guage. this one thing they had i
If common.
n Friend, where is thy boast? I
what are you putting your trust
e In the things of time, which perish
Goliath boosted in his strength, an
in the many gods of his nation, an
what was he and what were the
ID before that supplemented yout
i who makes his boast in the Lord
IN The Philistine said: 81 will give tn
le flesh unto the fowls of the air. an
ut to the beasts of the field" Davi
10 said: "Thou contest to me with
W sword, and with a spear, and with
ut shield; but l come to thee in tt
ye name Of the Lord of hosts, the &C
We of the armies of Israel, whom the
n hast defed. This day will the Lol
deliver thee into mine hand" Al
in the Lord did. As the Psalmist say
bv at is better to trust in the Lord ths
he to put confidence in man. 1t is bett,
to trust the Lord than to put co
all idence in princes" Is it not tin
N. that the world began to learn Il
cir lesson? Is it not about time tn
zee you began to learn the lesson. to-
it The people of the world are like t.
he little boy who, when asked if he d
NO not pray God to take care of him d,
ar ing the day the same as he did at nigl
om replied that he didn't have to, as
Ike could take care of himself then We
ich well. But, thank God! all hearts o
Ter not blind to the greatest need of I
soul, and the boast of David in t
TO Lord sets other hearts to vibrating
50 the same blessed tune, for IL te
= a goes on to say: "For the humble sh
of hear thereof and be glad" And
an didn't make the mighty warrior, I
icle great king, the wise ruler sorry
sti- bit to feel that his followers WI
found in such a class, Jesus Chr
ids Himself thanked His Father that tn,
was things were hid from the wise and p
the dent and had been revealed unto bah
he Why so? Not because He wanted
No so, but because the pride of the hun
NV heart decreed it so and would not vi
the its will to the will of God.
$ to "The humble shall hear thereof
for be glad" The boast of David in
|, to Lord Who never failed him did
the move the heart of King Saul, who