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and taking advantage Of his brothers.
necessity stands forth In even deeper.
blackuess.
Many parents have started their
children on the road tosln and
shame by giving them a training
and example in shrewd and dIshcn.
est practices. SLOW old are you?" was
asked q little boy. six at school, five
al home and four on the train.s was
his reply. We need to remember ia
cobs early history II We are 10 up-
derstdnd The tierceness Of his later
struggles.
Driven from home by the anger Of
wronged brother, he set forth for.
the abode of his uncle. The first
night on his journey he came to Beth
ell Oppressed BY fear, stricken by
conscience, he lay down TO sleep. 1t
was here he got vision OF God and
saw the angels ascending and descend
Ing. In art angels are always pi"-
tured as feminine, but in Scripture
they are always masculine. More.
over they are always busy. This truth
has saved me from the fear OF mono,
cny IN heaven,
1t was at Bethel that Jacob. got his
first conception OF a. higher litt It
was here that Goa gave him the
promise of blessing and here Jacob
tcovenanted to serve The Lord. This
Bethel, loo, was In the homeland. In
all his later wanderIngs he could look
lack Insnemory to this sacred spot. 1t
IS said the soldier boys in Cuba and
the Philippines during the Spanish
war whenever "Home, Sweet Home"
was played would sob. from sheer
inconsistencies. 1t Is great thing
when a soul gets {homeslek Tor the
sight Of the heaven home.
II might be well TO stop here to ask,
have you had a Bethel experience?
Can yon look back to some definite
time when you turned away from tho
old life and receivet~Ghrist, the Son
Of Ged, as your personal Savior and
Lord? II you have ever had such an
experience, though you may have wan
tlercd far away there will be some.
thing Juggling at your heartstrlngs 10
draw you back home to God. Many
can hardly be said to have backslid.
den because they have never had any.
thing 10, slide from. Many church
members know nothing OF regenera'
ton. They have never had a spiritual
birthday.
jacobs experience in his uAcle's
home was not conducive to the de-
velopment OF Cody character 1t Is
the story Of two shrewd business
men, each endeav0ring to Outwit aud
outdo the other. How much this re
sembles modern commercial life,
where so often the lower traits OF
character arc stimulated and the
higher nature is neglected and stur'-
cd. Jacob was making money, but ~
The cost Of the welfare Of his soul. Al
last the envy of his uncle turns him
oWt Of doors. We cannot recouutihts
struggles at tho ford OF .Iabhok or his
lmisfoulnes in the heather country.
His daughter Dinah wanted to shine
iii society. Like many a modern wo'
man she became fascinated by pleas
IRE and went wrong, bringing added
sorrow to her aged father.
During all his wanderings there
was longing in Jacobs heart to so
hack to Bethel. Al last this desire
ripened into decision. He said Let
us arise and go up to Bethel"
1t was like the prodigal In the far
country. Il will arise and go TO my
father" But to do this he had t.
come cut OF the heathen country. II
you are 10 get back to Bethel, you
have got to break loose from sim To
20 up to Bethel you must go up. When
you 90 from God you always go down
Another step in the decision to re
| mrn was putting away the strange
gods. Mammon, appetite, pleasure