The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-26
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himself? They are no foundations at
all. for they will not stand the test OF
eternity. They will not endure as long
as the undying soul For other founda-
ton can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ" And so we are not
sent TO tell you how to lay foundation.
We are not going to try to show you how
YOU can improve the foundation you have
been trying to lay on which to establish
your soul. but we come to you In the
name of the eternal God Of Heaven, and
point you to the only foundation, the
Rock Christ Jesus. The God who has
created you and placed within your
bosom that precious, undying soul, has
not left you to perish upon the shifting
sands of time, but has established sure
Foundation, an enduring Foundation,
and that Foundation is Christ. Upon
Him and Him alone the soul may rest In
peace and safety. AS we sing in the old
Gospel hymn: "All other ground is sink
ing sand" And so the man whose life Is
not founded on the Rock Christ Jesus is
the man without foundation; he is the
foolish man.
WITHOUT a foundation building
w Is unsafe, and certain OF de-
struction when the storm descends up
on it, and man without a foundation
Is unsafe. Unsafe! The fact that he
does not realize his peril does not
prove that his position is not unsafe.
The man who few years ago was
swept over the falls of Niagara, with
the careless laugh scarcely cold upon
his lips, while his friends or the bank
sought to warn him Of his peril, was not
kept from going down to death In the
roaring, plunging waters, because he
did not realize his peril. And the man
without foundation is in position
of peril, of awful peril, and in danger
of plunging his soul into eternal ruin,
even though he does not realize IT,
And the fact that the man without
foundation continues to prosper ana
flourish in this life does not prove
that his position is not one OF peril.
This is one of the mysteries OF LIE
which troubles the Christian sometimes.
The man without foundation seems
to have so much and to be GO securely
established, and the Christian who has
a foundation has so little. This was
what troubled the Psalmist. He says:
IL was envious at the foolish, when
saw the prosperity Of the wicked
Without foundation they seemed tc
, have so much and to endure. But when
! he went into the presence Of the Lord
"then," says he. II understood theil
end. Surely Thou didst set them In
slippery places; Thou easiest then
4 down to destruction" During thu
4 time of fair skies and gentle winds thu
house on the sand stood, but when thu
a storm came 1t fell. During the few
years of this life the man without
r foundation may seem to get alon,
I pretty well, but when the storms of LII
o settle down. and death cuts the sou
8 of, then the awful lack of foundation
, Is realized. The man without founda
) ton is in terrible peril.
1t D UT for this life, the man withou
d u foundation is unstable In all hi
IT ways The Psalmist in the frs
d Psalm sharply draws the contrast be
'e tween the man with a foundation an
Is the man without. The former is Xix
"a tree planted deeply and firmly b
rs rivers Of water, that bringeth forth hi
lie fruit in his season; his leaf also sha
"a not wither; and whatsoever he doet
ID shall prosper" But the man without
n foundation is like the chaff which tn
N wind driveth away" He is tosse
"a hither and thither. Inclination draw
III this way to-day, and circumstance
n and temptations drive that way t
N morrow. There is no fixedness of pu
IN pose, because God Is left out of tt
u. reckoning. Human reason, huma
10 judgments, human tendencies d
"a termine the life and conduct, and t
al day the man stands In this positio
III or holds this view. or adopts this pc
ne Icy, engages in this enterprise, seel
u this avenue of pleasure or diversio
n and tomorrow has shifted to anoth
position, he holds other views, he h
adopted another policy, engaged
q other enterprise, or is rushing aft
Sc the latest pleasure and diversion viii
III the world in its internal ingenuity h
nd devised The man without foundati,
n Is unstable.
er Not many weeks ago there car
is moving through the streets Of the sc
ry ton Of the city where reside houi
IA A house without foundation. Al
ey Il was on the move. AS | passed
n one evening with my little girl, 8
We suddenly exclaimed: why, par
SIX there is someone living in IT." Al
he sure enough there was. A house wit
oh out foundation sheltering its precio
be human lives. And many human 4
err without foundation is sheltering
ire eternal soul And 1t moves on. He
De. to-day, there tomorrow, perpet,
lat menace to the precious soul it shelte
DUT the house which was now
~ D through the streets was being TAX
VI AZ direct as possible to foundati
~ which would support II and give
= pcrmanency. Would that everyo
"a who hears or reads this message, W
~ is without foundation, might be led
On move upon the only Foundati'
90 Christ Jesus. God II not going to pt