St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01

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nation was stranger to the true God,
and had chosen for itself the false gods
Of the heather nations about it. They
| delighted to indulge in all the licen-
i tious pleasures Of the heather worship.
They wanted to be like the nations about
them. They put werldliness before God
illness, the desires of the flesh before the
eternal needs of the soul. And the
result was that they knew not God. But
the Spirit of God, moving upon the
heart OF the young king Asa, led him to
resolve to seek the Lord. What an in
fluence one life can exert! How one
determined soul can encourage and help
those who are weaker to choose the
right! An Asa in Judah could lead q
nation toward God until it could be de-
clared: "They sought the Lord with
their whole desire, and He was found
Of them" And you and can, by seek
| ing God with all our hearts, not only
find Him, but inspire others with the
same desire to find God and encourage
them to seek with the whole heart until
He is found of them. Oh, that rul-
ers to-day might realize this truth,
and stand courageously for righteous
ness. Oh, that those in positions Of
trust and authority might have the
spirit of Asa come upon them. Oh,
that they might boldly declare their
own determination to seek God and
His Righteousness, and might use their
influence and authority to help others
to make that decision too. Oh, thai
in churches that are dead and cold
in Journalism, or poisoned with the
intoxication of pleasure and worldH-
ness, there might be brave, heroic.
God-fearing souls who would stand
boldly forth and declare the purpose
to seek the Lord with the whole heart.
Oh, that in the homes where God Is
unknown, where the things OF this life
shut out the things Of eternity, the
one who has found God in saving
grace might stand forth and seek Him
with all the heart for the salvation
of the dear ones out OF Christ. Goa
would honor such seeking.
A ND to whom is He the Findable God!
n Are there any who may not seek
and find? Verify, there are none, for God
has declared that "Whosoever will may
come.' He waits in the early morn tor
the seeker after Him. He continues In
His secret pavilion during the morning
toll and the noon-tide heat and the after
Moons unceasing activities. He watch
es during the darkening of the evening
hour, and He who keepeth His children
neither slumbers nor sleeps through the
long night And always He waits for
the soul that Is seeking Him. He sees
him from afar; He hears the eager step
Of hope as 1t pushes onward; He sees the
arm of faith outstretching to discover
the secret retreat of God, and as It
reaches higher and yet higher in its ca
gerness to obtain, it feels the sure, un-
failing clasp of the Divine arm. God
has been found. He may always be
found by the seeking soul. He is the
Findable God to the sinner. No soul SO
vile but that it may find God and be
cleansed from all its guilt. No soul so
far down the pathway of sin but that
it may find it's way back to God. Oh, how
God yearns to reveal Himself to the seek
ing sinner The father of the prodigal
son rushed down to meet the returning
boy when he was yet great way on, and
God always meets the seeking sinner
while he is yet struggling along the
pathway of repentance. No sin-sick soul |
ever turned from the old life to seek God |
but that 1t found the blessed Christ at the |
turn in the road ready to receive him and
lead him to God. And God is the Findable |
God to the saint-the regenerate, the |
saved soul. All, how often we have to
seek God! So frequently comes the |
break in our fellowship with Him. So
prone are we to fill our lives and |
thoughts with things earthly and forget |
The things Heavenly. We get away
from God And we must find Him again,
before we can know peace of mind and
Joy Of soul. Judah seeking God with the
whole desire and finding Him is but
faithful picture Of how every soul may
seek and find its God. Dear soul, you
who are away from God; you who have
Known Him; you who have felt what it
was to walk in sweet fellowship with
Him; turn and seek Him again with
rour whole desire and He will be found
If you.
: EEK the Lord! But how? In prayer.
} God cannot be found out in the busy
.ush of business, out in the mad whirl
If pleasure, when the heart is all CEN
erred in its own affairs and its own pur-
'uits, but God can be found as the soul
vithdraws itself to it's closet and there
,ommunes with God alone. David says:
My soul waiteth in silence for God
,nly" The silence of the hour alone in
,arnest seeking after God brings the soul
INTO His blessed presence We must
eek God in prayer. It is the vital air Of
he Christians life. God is lost because
'rayer is neglected. God may be found
through seeking Him in prayer. And
gain, we must seek Him by surren-
cred will. The self-willed, rebellious
leart never can gain the presence OF
sod. He shuts Himself away from such,
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