The Dolores star., 1911-08-11
The Story
Of Lot

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These words bring before u the
story Of . man who was anxious to BE-
rich. Let " recall the story and see
what his ovsrpowsrins desires for
riches led him into. Lot was asso-
ciated with Abraham from the hrst
move from Ur Of the Chaldees. With
Abraham be tarrisd At Haran. and
went down into Egypt, and returned
from Egypt But to b perfectly fair.
Lot should b considered apart from
Abraham. A face that 10 comely may
suffer BY comparison with one that 10
beautiful. 90 the character Of Lot suf-
fers by comparison with Abraham.
and We will take him BY himself. That
he was . Just man We have on the au.
thority Of the New Testament.
Crises do not make character. they
only reveal IT, A crisis came In tho
affairs Of Lot. He and Abraham had
grown to such wealth In hocks that
they could no longer dwell together.
So Abraham took him upon . high
eminence and told him to choose any
locality where hs wished to dwell.
And hero It Is that Lots character ID
brought out In its true colors. He
thinks he has the chance Of his life.
No consideration Of Abraham enters
his mind. He gets where he can look
over the land. and then he chooses.
What did he choose?
Then Lot chose him all the plain
Of Jordan and Lot journeyed east: and
they separated themselves one from
the other. Abraham dwelled in the
land Of Canaan. and Lot dwelled IL
the cities Of the plain, and pitched his
tent toward Sodom."
He chose the well-watered plain In
the valley Of the Jordan because II
was rich and like Egypt. He had
never forgotten Egypt. with its great
cities and wealth. out Of his heart. He
saw that In the plain were cities. cen
ters Of commerce, where men were
making money fast. The only con.
sideration that entered his mind was
his own personal advantage.
You notice that 1t said that Lot
pitched his tent toward Sodom. Why
not within Sodom?" Because he knew
perfectly well that Sodom was . wick
ed city. that the people Of that city
dishonored the God whom he wished
to serve. So he did not feel right
about going into the city. but he
would get near It for the material ad-
vantage II would mean to him.
Hut lot W nee what happened. In
the fourteenth chapter OF Genesis We
read that Lot II living In the city. and
he has become an important man.
Lot sat In the gate" He had become
. chief magistrate. an administrator
Of justice. and one who extended tho
hospitality Of the city to strangers.
What a wonderful case OF success.
Was he not right that day he made
his choice! Try him by the business
standards Of today. Look at Abraham.
He Is still pitching his tents up and
down the hills and valleys. and that
10 all he has amounted to.
But let IN not be hasty In our eulo-
". Let us get all the facts. Lot had
become wealthy, and he had position,
but what had II all done for him? A
raw of Light In thrown on the story
BY our New Testament. We learn
that Lot "vexed his righteous soul
from dsy In day." Ia that A condition
to i've In, He was living among peo
ple who did not observe common de-
cency. BUT Won know. au his property
vak there. and he could not get away.
When men were saying, How well
Lot In getting along" he never had
an hours peace.
hut what had Lots wealth and sue.
cess done for his childreny Would not
they be well brought up and well pro-
ytded for, You know the awful story
OF corruption and sin that came out Of
that life. One evening two angels
came and warned Lot Of the doom