The Grenada sentinel., 1903-09-26
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foundations which man would lay for
himself? They are no foundations at
all, for they will not stand the test Of
eternity. They will not endure az long
as the undyfng soul. For other founda-
tion can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ" And so we are rot
sent to tell you how to lay a 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 at 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 a sure
Foundation. IN 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 a foundation; he is the
foolish man.
WITHOUT foundation a building
" Is unsafe. and certain of de-
structton 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 rot unsafe.
The man who few years ago was
swept over the falls of Niagara. with
II,
his lips. while his friends or tho 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 a position
of peril, of awful peril, and in danger
of plunging his soul into eternal ruin.
even though he does not realize 1t.
And the fact that the man without a
foundation continues to prosper and
flourish in this life does not prove
that his position Is not one of peril.
This Is one, of the mysteries OF life
which troubles the Christian sometimes.
The man without a foundation seems
to have so much and to be 60 securely
established. and the Christian who has
what troubled the Psalmist. He says:
Il was envious at the foolish, when I
saw the prosperity of the wicked"
Without foundation they seemed to
have so much and to endure. But when
he went into the presence of the Lord,
'then." says he, II understood their
end. Surely Thou didst set them in
slippery places; Thou easiest them
down to destruction *During the,
time of fair skies and gentle winds the
house on the sand stood, but when the
storm came it fell. During the few
years of this life the man without
foundation may seem to get along
pretty well. but when the storms of life
settle down. and death cuts the soul
of. then the awful lack Of foundation
ton is in terrible peril.
2 UT for this life. the man without.
II a foundation Is unstable in all his
ways. The Psalmist in the first
Psalm sharply draws the contrast be-
tween the man with a foundation and
the man without. The former is like
a tree planted deeply and firmly by
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall
not wither: and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper" But the man without a
foundation is like the chaff which the
wind driveth away" He Is tossed
hither and thither. inclination draws
this way to-day, and circumstances
and temptations drive that way to-
morrow. There is no fxedness of pur-
pose. because God is left out of the
reckoning. Human reason, human
judgments. human tendencies de-
termine the life and conduct, and to-
day the man stands in this position,
or holds this view, or adopts this pol
icy, engages in this enterprise, seeks
this avenue of pleasure or diversion,
and tomorrow has shifted to another
position, he holds other views, he has
adopted another policy. engaged in
other enterprise, or is rushing after
the latest pleasure and diversion which
the world in its internal ingenuity has
devised. The man without foundation
is unstable.
Not many weeks ago there came.
moving through the streets OF the sec
ton Of the city where reside a house.
A. house without a, foundation. And
It was on the move. AS passed It
one evening with my little girl. she
suddenly exclaimed: why. papa.
there is someone living In. it," And
sure enough there was. A house with.
out q foundation shelterfng its precious
human lives And many a human life
without foundation is sheltering an.
eternal -sonl. And II moves on Here.
to day, there tomorrow. 2 perpetual
menace to. the precious soul Il shelters
y UT the house which was moving
d through lie streets was beink takes.
asldirect assrossible to = foundation
which would support - and give tt