The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-13
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And Enoch walked with God; and ne wassnot. for God took him."---Genv.
 Walked with God" It has an obso- lute sound. and seems unnatural and strange. It makes me think of apostles and prophets and martyrs, or the saints and its interests 50 Tabsorbins. Per haps then it might be possible for q man to walk with God; and we think we had been living at that time we might have done so too.
 But we are living now. and the situation is altogether different. In our big cities with all the push, and drive. and rush. all the social demands and business exactions, the duties and cares which engage our constant at tention in this busy city life-how can we walk with God? Is 1t not simply impossible? What time have we for prayer or study of the Bible, and medi- tation?
 Yet if we are to walk with God to- conditions which now exist. We can not alter the trend of daily life. we cannot reproduce the past. It Is im- possible to leave our every day duties and responsibilities; but while we dwell in them we must so use them that we may be quickened and helped, guided and gladdened, by the things which are eternal. In the very thick of affairs the racket and noise, we may yet hear the voice of God, find and feel Him, learn to know Him, and so walk in close communion with God. But how?
 Many persons act as if in order to reach God they must take journey of some sort. They seem to think that God cannot be in the office of the busi- ness man or on the floor of the stock sought for in church and on Sunday. And so of course. they do not try very hard to find Him s2 the office or shop if He is not there? From this idea religion has come to be considered a local thing, a sectional thing, to be taken up and used only when the ac- casion arises, and then as carefully put aside until 1t is needed again.
 Regulating religion in this provincial way you will often hear men say
 Business is business, and religion Is religion; they belong to different spheres. have different rules of conduct and standards of judgment, and they must not be confounded.' The man who so speaks may know something of business and it's methods, but he has not the faintest conception or the true meaning of religion. For religion does not mean to ignore God in the great week. and then for few hours on Sun day to attempt to walk with Him.
 An. no! Religion tells us that God Is everywhere. eually everywhere-lusst ts shop, the drawing room, the kitchen; just as much on the floor of the stock exchange as in Ant the 6Ta Ggtefs seca@st ei0set YOU are there, and where you are God is. The place in which you dwell is consecrated by your presence and by the God who is in you.
 Ii Is indeed helpful most helptul- to turn aside to some particular place the closet or the church-and there to commune with God. The time and place Is thus made sacred place, a consecratcd building; but remember that consecrated though it be when you go away from 1t. you do not go away
 No! No God goes where you go; where you walk He walks; where you mouth In thy heart. Then. with all diligence keep thy heart pure ana loV, ing keep thy thoughts pure and Kind keep thy speech pure and charitable let no. unclean communication, sugges- ton or insinuation come out of thy mouth the citadel slk Of w,th thy eod
 And so, my friends, throughout all life, and the whole range of conduct as you meet one another Tn tr2de, ,,r TIT affairs in ordering your household, projecting your extensive and far reaching plans-eYerywhere, there IS voice divine within you. You can hear if if you wili-be true to 1t and let 1t speak There is light divine within you-be true to it and let 1t shine. There is a life divine within you-pe true to 1t and let 1t win! That IS true religion-that is to walk with God;
 Did you think |. was something else That 1t was some rapturous. beatihc state. possible for those of olden times but not for you? No! No!-a tnou : sand times no! The path on which to walk with God Is just that plain prae- tica1 commonplace path, which you are treading every day of your ire. Anu walking there with purity, with hn- manitv. with honor, with high pur- pose, you are walking with God lust as much as any prophet or martyr ever did. ,o.. ,..o..
 As l look forward to the last great day. seem to see one coming up 10 inc gates of the beautiful city. It IS not an angel with shining robe and golden crown. Ii is not saint Wltn inc halo round his brow, wan yet giorified by yigils and prayer. It IS inc figure of a plain, everyday man inst out of the shop or country mousse If inc end of task for the day The dust of toll is on his clothes the stain of work Is on his hands. the lines of care are on his face; but ne holds up his head as one who had not wronged nor defrauded. nor slandered his nelghbor. there Is fearless Iooh in his clear eye which says: l nave been square and honest, ana true Wlth my brother man" ,.,-- .-
 Do 1 ask, Who is this man2 Why IS he here?" voice replies, Well done good and faithful servant. enter thou into the joy of the Lord for thou hast loved mercy hast dealt justly and walked humbly with thy God"