The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
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MY son, give inc thine heart
Prov. SSiii. &c.
RMS request is made for two rea-
sons Because, unless the heart Is
given nothing is given, ana if the
heart be given all is given
1t Is Wisdom who speaks here.
Wisdom is but another name for
God, or, to bring it more clearly to our
minds. for the Lord Jesus. who. is
Incarnate Wisdom.
He asks for the heart" the affec-
tions, the centre of our being give Me
thy heart" is tho first, the daily. the
chief, the ultimate demand of the
blessed Spirit.
Only love will thus seek love. What
does indifference care for the love of
others? 1t considers only its own bene
fit it does not seek or care for the
heart.
Only for love would Wisdom seek
the hearts of such poor creatures as
we are. What service can we render
Him whom angels adore? What mat
ters our love or hate to Him?
Yet Wisdom gains son when the
heart Is given: for no one IS true son
who does not love. "He that loveth is
born of God, for God is love" If son
already, Gods love bids us become yet
moro wise, by more complete yield
ing of the heart to God, to Christ and
to Wisdom. We cannot push this pre-
cept too far. Is it not so in earthly
things? Is not the son who considers
his fathers honor in all things, and
who tries to become daily more like
him, more of a son than one who,
wrapped up in selfishness, cares for
nothing else?
Wisdom persuades us to obey this
loving, this yearning request. 1t is for
our lasting and eternal good that we
love the Lord and seek His wisdom.
For evil-lovers Will seek us, the world
with it's tempting bats Will allure us,
and our hearts willfbe given either to
one or theaother. To our ruin or our
ennobling, the choice will be made
For he who has the heart has the man.
TO be engaged with the highest love
helps us to overcome the lower. The
higher will constantly elevate and en-
noble. the lower will degrade and ruin;
the higher Will live forever, the lower
must die. Gods servant cannot be
Satan's slave.
1t will please God for us to love
Him. A father is charmed with the love
Of his child. What nm honor. to be
asked and to be allowed to love the
Lord,
Nothing else can please Him. What
ever we do without our hearts will
grieve Him, for 1t will be but an empty
formality. Fish were never offered to
God. for they could not come to the
altar alive. The heather reckoned II
to be a. fatal omen when the heart OF
the victim was not sound.
God deserves our heart, for He made
it. He keeps 1t beating night and day
He bought itrs,He cheers It; He pre-
4 pares 1T for heaven, and He gives
i heart for heart, his own love FOL
ours.
There Is no getting Wisdom withou
giving tho heart to it. God will no
give Himself to the heartless. Moth
ing can be done we'll unless the hear
Is thrown into 1t. This Is true /,
worldly things and it is equally tru
In things spiritual.
I Love would have us obey. the re
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: your heart-delay is wicked, as we'll a
: dangerous.
{ Freely give God your heart; 1T can
f not be done else. Force cannot compe
g love; it must be spontaneous.
d Altogether give Cod your heart. Hal
: a heart is no heart. a divided hear
: is dead, and God is not the God @
; the dead"
e Once for ALL give Him your hear
t and let it remain IN His keeping for
|. ever Give it to Him to-day.
/ Where is Your heart now?
! Is it Indifferent. cold, worldly? AS
|, Him to take It az 1t IS, and mako
II new and worthy Of Him.
e Is it restless? Thou hast ,nada /,
Is for Thyself, 0 Lord; our heart is res
e less, until IT rests in Thee"
,r Come, and believe in Jesus. give Hi
o thy heart. and ask that you may y
Ia ceiVe power to become a son Of 60
Ia and serve Him With an humble. lovir
ID heart.
,e Give Thee mine heart?. Lold, so
!, would,
And there's great reason that shoul
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u And thought It worth Thy cravln
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And that which Thou dost chief
crave,
d. Thou shalt not Of it miss
bs Although ! cannot give 1t so
3, AS | should do, III offer IL now
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