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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. und, ing 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
In 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 a foundation a building
w Is unsafe, and certain OF de-
struction when the storm descends up
on II, and man without foundation
is unsafe. Unsafei 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
the careless laugh scarcely cold upon
his lips. while his friends or the bank
sought to warn him of his peril. was not
kent from, A..
roaring. plunging waters. because ne
did not realize his peril. And the man
without foundation is in a position
OF peril. OF awful peril. and in danger
or plunging his soul into eternal ruin,
even though he does not realize IT,
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
ne man without a foundation seems
10 nave so much and to be 90 securely
established. and the Christian who has
foundation has so little. This was
what troubled the Psalmist He says:
was envious at the foolish. when
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Without foundation they seemed to
have so much and to endure But when
he went into the presence of the Lord.
then says he, Il 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 IL 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
on, then the awful lack OF foundation
is realized. The man without a founda-
ton is in terrible peril
2 UT for this life. the mon without
- foundation is unstable in all his
ways. The Psalmist I'm the first
Psalm sharply draws the contrast be-
tween the man with foundation and
the man without. The former Is like
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-
termi?e the life and conduct. and to-
day he man stands in this position.
, or holds this view. or adop,s 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 I reside a house.
A house without a foundation And
3 II was on the move. As / passed II
! one evening with my little girl. she
suddenly exclaimed: why. papa
+ there is someone living in IT," And
/ sure enough there was. house with
out foundation sheltering it's precious
/ human lives. And many a human life
without foundation Is sheltering an
/ eternal soIl. And It moves on. Here
to-day. there tomorrow. a perpetual
menace TO The precious soul IT shelters.
/ pUT the house which was moving
/ II through the streets was being taken
as direct as possible 20 a foundation
which would support II and give IL
+ peTmanency. Would tlat everyone