The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-14

lreads, Add thou not unto His words,
Hest He reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar" In the service OF
God, 1t is just as offensive for man
kind to offer unto Him that which he
has not required as to neglect those
things which are required in His
word.
"There is another scripture that is
very similar to this and yet adds an
other thought, Deut. 4:2, eye shall
not add unto the word which | COM
.mand you, neither shall we diminish
Taught from It, that ye may keep the
commandments of the Lord your God
witch | command you" 1t is COM
manded that we are neither to add to
nor diminish aught from the word
.of the Lord in order that we may
truly keep the commandments of God.
In Joshua 1918 we have promised
some of the results of thus keeping
the word of Cod only be thou strong
and very courageous, that thou may
est observe to do according to all the
law (which Moses my servant COM
Imanded thee; turn not from 1t to
the right hand or to the left, that
thou mayest prosper wheresoever thou
goest. This book of the law shall
not depart; but thou shalt mediate
Therein day and night, that thou may
est observe to do according TO all
that is written therein for then shalt
thou make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success"
IThis certainly Is a very excellent rec
lpe for prosperity and success in life.
"In Deut 17:1S we have very force
lful language as to mans duty with
reference to the word of God. God,
that Israel would demand
q king that they might be like the ma
,tions around them, Notwithstanding
1.-THE fact that he had chosen to place
Judges over them who should teach
them the word of God. says, "And 1t
shall be when he sitteth upon the
throne Of His kingdom that He shall
write Him copy of this law in
book out OF that which Is before the
priests the Levites. And it shall
be with him. and he shall read there
lin all the days of his life; that he
may learn to fear the Lord his God,
to KEEP all the words of this law and
these statutes to do them; that his
heart be not lifted up above his
brethren. and that he turn not aside
from the commandment to the right
hand. or to the left; to the end that
he may prolong his days in his king
dom, he and his children in the midst
of Israel It was not sufficient that
Ithe king should read the word of God
occasionally, but the Lord commando!
that he should read therein all the
I days of his life. It WAS offensive TO
God that Israel demanded king;
but If the king would follow Gods in
structlon, God would still he king in
Israel. for His word would be the rule
J Of the life Of the king, and If the
king was faithful in the teaching Of
the word to his people II would be
the rule in the life of the people as
well
saul was the first king of Israel.
Shortly after he came TO the king
Isemble the armies of Israel and 20 to
the land Of the AmelikItIes and to
destroy the Amelikites. man and
Ibeast. But Saul diminished from the
word Of the Lord, and brought back
ithe best of the sheep and the oxen,
and then he proposed to offer them as
a great sacrifice to the Lord. II was
fright to offer sacrifices in those days;
, but the sheep and oxen OF Israel had
been dedicated to the Lord, while
| those of the Amelikites had been
dedicated to the gods of Amelek, and
| to offer them IN sacrifice to God would
be an insult to Deity. Saul had d-
Unfinished from the word of the Lord
| in bringing back from the battle that
which the Lord had commanded him
ITO destroy, and in an attempt to cover
| his sin he added to the word Of the
Lord in sacrificing unto Him that
which was not required.
History is full of illustrations of
! the results of the violation of the
Igrand principles stated in the Bible.
Coming down to New Testament time
| We find that lesus, the Son of God,
lived life of perfect conformity to
the word of God, and commanded His
disciples to do the same. In refer
lence to the Importance of the Sabbath,
the Saviour commanded them to pray
that their flight from the besieged
Icity OF Jerusalem forty years in the
future, should not be on the Sabbath
day. And history records that the
prayers Of the disciples were answered
But the time came when there was
a falling away, according to Paul in
? Thess 2:3 The church began first