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hde, he turns TO the Lord with all the
intensity of his lovable; nature and
finds in Him a satisfying portion; and
turning TO you and me he pleads: 30.
J taste and see that the Lord is good
blessed is the man that 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 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 may be able boldly to say in
meeting that his boast is i'm the
Lord, but If he has not learned what
1t means to stand with his Lord in
the heat of the everyday conflict
and peril, 1t is but an idle boast
and he knows not whereof he speaks.
The Worlds Boast.-And il David
made his boast in the Lord in what
think you, does the world boast
itself? Its 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.
Ii boasts of the riches. gold. silver.
precious stones, which are taken
! from its bosom; il boasts of it's now
I in
weak; il boasts of it's 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: il
boasts of its 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 i'm the worlds
history held sway for time. Per
STA, Babylon, Greece. Rome have
fiourished in their day. and made
their boast each in its turn OF their
wealth, and power, and wisdom. and
culture, and refinement. and then
persisted miserably 10y means Of the
very things in which they put their
trust
The world is an awful boaster. II
boosted of its own security and pros
pcritY even while Noah was busy
building the ark and God was fill
ing the heavens with rain with which
To dcluge the sin-cursed earth. II
boosted itself in ire rearing of the
tower Of Babel that st was going to
h11iiI into
another possible food, and even
while II wrought in the vain imagin-
ings OF its own heart the wrath of
God fell upon the foolish boosters
and scattered them hithcr and
thither. But they carried their
boastful spirit with them. and il they
no longer all spoke the same lam
guage. this one thing they had in
common.
Friend. where is thy boast? In
what are you putting your trust ?
In the things of time. which perish:
Goliath boosted in his strength. and
in the many gods of his nation. and
what was he and what were they
before that supplemented youth
who makes his boast in the I.ordp
The Philistine said: 81 will give thv
flesh unto the fowls OF the air. and
TO the beasts Of the field" David
said: Thou contest to me with n
sword, and with a spear. and with n
shield; bat ] come TO thee i'm the
name 81 the Lord Of hosts. the God
Of the armies Of Israel whom thou
hast defed. This day viii the Lord
deliver thee into mine hand" And
tho A., .,
at is better to trust in the Lord than
to put confidence in man. IT is better
to trust the Lord than TO put con
hdence IN princes" Is il not time
that the world began 20 learn the
lesson? Is IL not about time that
you began to learn the lesson. too?
The people OF the world are like the
little boy who. when asked If he did
not pray God to take care Of him dur
ing the day the same a. he did at NIGHT
replied that he didn't have to. as he
could take care Of himself then very
well. But thank Godi all hearts are
not blind to the greatest need OF the
soul. and the boast Of David in the
Lord sets other hearts 10 vibrating TO |
the same blessed tune. for our text
goes on TO say: For the humbi.. shall |
hear thereof and be glad" And II
didn't make the mighty warrior. tho
great king. the wise ruler sorry |
bit TO feel that his followers were |
found i'm such class. Jesus Christ |
Himself thanked His Father that these |
thing were hid from the wise and pru-
dent and had been revealed unto babes |
Why so? Not because he wanted n |
30. but because the pride 81 Tire human
heart docrccd 30 So and would not weld |
its will to The viii Of God
"Ihe humble shall hear thereof and |
be glad" The boast 81 David in The |
Lord Who never failed him did not |
move the heart Of King Saul who in