The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-01-18
ERMONETTE.

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q "soIomon made affinity with
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took :
7 Pharoah's daughter and brought {
9 her into the city of David" Here {
9 was the first step in a course
which was to work the ruin of '
Solomon's life.
7 BE ye not ~unequalIy yoked to- {
9 gether with u~nbeIievers," is the Z
Z, Scriptural admonition. 1t was
one Of the laws of the Jewish :
+ dispensation on which great en-
= phasis was laid, and it is n OF 8
6 the admonitions of the Chris
tian d~ispensation which is clear :
I Iy and positively set forth by the {
+ Apostle Paul. {
9 Why should this be SO? Why :
q cannot we have happy, success
full union between the Christian {
= and the non-Christian? The apos- {
9 tie nswer the question when Z
g he goes On to ask: "for what
fellowship hath Righteousness :
with unrighteousness? and what {
. communion hath light with dark {
9 ness?"
q There is no relationship in life ]
so intimate and close as that OF {
husband and wife, and hence If {
9 such relationship is to be endur- J
8 ing there must be fellowship and ]
communion between the lives !
thus linked together. {
= 1t is then a question as to :
9 what direction such fellowship ]
and communion shall take. Will :
the Righteousness dominate the 6
unrighteousness, the light, the {
9 darkness? Or will the heart of
4 the wording lead away from !
I God the one who has pledged {
= himself to God? Will the world 6
9 illness stifIe and quench the light
4 of Gods truth which has shined /
In the hearth :
= Almost invariably the mar {
9 rage Of the Christian with the J
q non.Christian works disaster to ]
the faith Of the former. :
= SoIomon's union with Phara- {
9 obs daughter was a brilliant :
9 political marriage, with every J
reason from a human and world !
7 ly point Of view to commend it. 6
. 1t gave him a powerful ally to &
9 the south, assuring not only pro-
lection from attack from that !
quarter, but strengthening his {
= hands with the nations to the &
9 north and east. 1t gave a bril-
q liant aspect to the reign of King I
! Solomon and was the beginning {
= Of that spIendor and magnifi- {
9 cence which marked his entire J
& reign. And further, it brought ]
into the national life Of Israel a !
T liberal, progressive element {
9 which was broadening In its in !
q ~fiuence, commercially and So
4 cialIy. !
7 And yet In spite of all the tenn 6
= porary advantages which were &
9 to accrue, it was an unwise, un-
safe, and unhoIy alliance. !
I Unwise, because counter to 6
= the explicit command Of God, &
9 and certain II H that violation ]
q Of Gods command ultimately !
brings ruin. I
= Unsafe, because It was not G
9 only weakening the national i
q ideals Of a people wholly set /
apart to God, but a weakening Y
r also Of the individual ideals G
9 which were going to make the 4
q second step away from God |
4 easier. 7
T UnhoIy, because a violation 6
9 Of a righteous principle absolute G
q !y essential to the moral and !
4 spiritual upIift Of the human 7
7 race. Not wen a king could 6
3 transgress the sacred obliga- &
9 tions to God and escape the !
r consequences. 7
/ "Be not unequaIIy yoked to- 3
= gether with unbeIievers," Is a 6
9 command as binding upon those i
4 who occupy the exalted places !
I of life as It is upon those of G
= more humble station. 4
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