Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
wALxno WITH GOD.

he was not, for God took him.-Gen-l
esis s "a
The. Bible r. the book OF God In +
this book one may breathe the atmosrr
phere- OF, God and walk with God In
the holy volume man and God are +
brought face to face
Bible writer's attribute all. to- tho di-k
rect agency Of God He created all
gatheredz the. waters rogether7into seas;
peopled the depths. with sen monsters,
made the dry land APPEAR placed great }
lights. in the, ARMAMENT, filed the
groves with singing birds : caused the !
earth to. be-. productive and gave man
universal dominion
In this, wonderful book WEI have a. +
record OF thes- first great sorrow tnar
fell upon the hearts Of parents; Of the I
first- foul. murder and it's direA conse-
QuencesA The race. rapidly deteriorat-
ed Sin broughts FORTH death
In thes. fifth chapter of Genesis the
dull monotony Of names-i Is broken by
a marvellous statement. The advent OIL
Enock was like u gleam Of Hghbs1n 81
dark night ALE about him was blaci0
and foul with sin, butt "Enoch- walkeh
with God-~
So. far as we csrrs determines the agel
In which, this good man lived was an
age of intelligence Then was the be-
ginning of things music art archifec-
ture.. city building~' culture, :. but mems
minds were away from Cod
Incidental references, ares made to
Enoch i'm the Epistlesr tor thes Hebrews
and from these we- learn that'it. was
not. easy them to-, walk with Cod any
mores than it. Is to-day i'm America II
means q struggle irs this age tdc be hons
est. sincere, upright an6 falthfuL III
business: at. home and in publics matt
ters. Thes down patH is easy, The ups
ward wau means climbing
But what does it mean to- walk wfthE
Goda That we, are7 Gods friends that
He is. our frfendA IVES walk with
friends not enemies, When we are on
good, terms with Cod it Is. q reak pleas
ure to walk WITH Him..
Walking. WITH God signifies that we
like His company, One reason why So
many IO-udX III i1Ot% hS>- - >S@~- -
Cod do4 not. WALK WITH Him. is because
thew. do not like then character Of Cod
Manu do not know, God. and nre= nou
anxious to. get acquainted with Him.
The earnest. soul cries out, Oh that L
might know Him.
We wallu. WITH God wheM WEI gos In
tbe. sames direction, travel His. path
way,. submits ours plans to- Him anek
hold our livess open tor His Inspection
When wes are OH intimater terms with
the Infinite. Ones we walk with Cod
Are there any satisfactory evidences
by which itr IS possible tor determine
whether or not weA are; walking wltin
Gode Yes. Whates To use musical
nhruse.. we wallu- WITH God. when our
souls are in, tuneswith the InfiniteAI ne
skillfuE musician quickly detects when
the musical Instruments are@ OUT or
time There is discord,- heartrending
discords tor his, trained ear When we
are not irr tune with God there IS sure
TO beslaclc Of harmony discord-in our
souls and lives.s
man walks with God when he con-
forms his conduct tn Gods WILL Inc
will of God should be the law OF every
sincere and devouh heart There's Is
depth Off meaning in, then modek and
beautiful prayer Of Jesus, Thy wfltsbe
done.'s When the. human will Isl In
harmony with thes Divine Wilt peace
RESULTS When any person is ready to
give up what is. displeasingx to- Cod It
is, Cod evidence that nois in the right
wav. and is, walking with Goda Like
Enoch in the far-off' age. we ought to
please Cod. 1T Isl the; business OF
christians and OF ALI truly devout and
religious people not to- please them
selvesy. butt Cod
1T Is not true than wheT we are espe
cially Interested I'M any person OF
scheme for betterin- QUIZ condition. the
nerso,r or scheme Isl i'm our, thoughts
night and davg Isl God INK our thoughts
Does everything about us suggest. God
Do we let Him rule our thoughts. ant
plansz Such a mar walksr with Coda
Reader, are you walkingx with God
At tho beginning Of this new year dix
you make your plans with reference t.
Godg IL you did. YOU may looks for
ward to- a happy and blessed, year,
Is pleasant to- walk with Gods.
And the end OF it, ALA Cod tool
Enoch home because all through If
they were friends Thfs pleasure await
US il we love God and ares loyal to hir
all our lives-home uE last-x