Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-12
They n ad FORGOTTEN,


Oh, how often our spiritual lives are
like that Of King David. one moment
we seem to he standing rs n target for
the iavelin Of King Saul and God res
cues us; the next we are playing the
fool down In King Achlsh's court
How much our spiritual lives seem to
be like that Of Peter We seem to he
In holy ecstasy We are bowling Mt
Chrlsts feet and crying. "My Lord
and my God, ! will do everything for
thee" The next minute we are de
nying that we ever knew him, while
his enemies are leading him away to
execution, and we are denying him
with au oath. When the pendulum
swings very far In ono direction ii Is
apt to swing back just as far In the
other direction. The prayers and the
conservation Of Puritan England We're
followed by the debauchery and the
dissolutcness Of the reign OF Charles
II. The days of fasting and prayer
which directly succeeded the food were
followed by the building Of the tower
of Babel by the people of the land of
Shinar Beware, o man. what thou
doest after thou hast knelt mt the ia
bic Of the holy communion. Beware
o woman. how Satan Is allowed to
1 touch you Just after you have seen
/ Christ's face revealed upon the Mount
| OF TRANSPORTATION! 1t Is when we
| feel the snfest that we are In the
greatest danger of slipping. Great
sins often tread upon the heels Of
great manifestations of Gods glory.
Lastly remark that the punishment
Of n mans sins may be the indirect
means OF driving him to do Gods
work In greater way than he ever
conceived he could do. These men oI
Shinar had no idea of obeying God by
spreading over the earth. They pro
posed to stay together where thcl
were. And they said, Go to, let us
build a city and tower whose toy
may reach unto heaven and let US
make name lest we he scattered
abroad upon the face Of the earth
These men Of Shinar were afrai(
their people would become so scattereo
that they could not protect them
selves from the assaults of an enemy
Thus they wanted to build n great city
and a tower which would he n centra
magnet to hold them together. Bu
God intended them not to stay 10
gether Therefore in Furnishing thou
for the defiance they displayed II
building the tower he provided fo
their dispersion It is always futile {.
resist Gods plans. The disciples Wcr
hidden at the ascension to preach th'
gospel through the world and to tarr,
in Jerusalem only till they had re-
ceived power but they tarr.e1 mt.
means were taken to dispense them.
great persecution arose. and they too
were scattered abroad. SO with us
we delay to go forth to preach whol
we are hidden we are liable to he nGlr
so uncomfortable that we shall he gla.
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Lastly. what n lesson this teaches +
those of us who are trusting In our
selves and rejecting the gospel, Wher
/ we are striving to establish our owl
righteousness we are upbuldinC tow
; or for our safety. That IS not God
, way for us. 1t is humi'latiug to ente
t the door with the disreputablc and III
criminal VIII not the tower we ar
building protect US from the wrath o
, Cod No: let us give up our ow
, work and yield to Christ In him alOu
t there is safety, Then when the wind
blow and tie foods descend we Sha
, be safe. for We are founded on a rock
2 fCopyrIgnt, 1907. by Louis Elopsch