Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-17

years, and then 1t was merely said
 God took him." Then another period
 of about two thousand years passed
 when the mystery was further cleared
 up, the record showing that the man
 had been translated that he should
 not see death He was the only man
 of the patriarchal era, as Moses was
 of the Jewish era, and Christ was of
 the Christian era, to be taken to heav.
 en by translation.
 He walketh with God
 High in salvation and the climes of bliss, Exempt from death.
 Possibly the same queries were made then that would be made now, as to the mysterious disappearance of person, and among others this ques- tion would be asked, '1n whose com pany was he last seen?" Our text tells us, and the answer presents to us fact that is of practical interest and which we will consider. He was last seen walking with God.
 Can Man Walk With God?
 Why not? Is not a man created in the image and likeness of God, in righteousness and true holiness? Al. though the features of this common likeness are battered out of recogni. tion, yet the purpose of mans crea- tion that he should hold the closest fellowship with God remains, and if, recognizing his marred condition he comes in penitence to God as David came, he will be received as one after Gods own heart and walk close with him.
 As to the fact of walking with God we have, first, the case in question Then we have the clear statement that Noah walked with God. Near the end of the Old Testament we have the statement that certain priests walked with God in peace and equity. The Psalmist said, Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil thou art with me-" If we believe that the fourth person in the furnace into which the three Hebrew children were cast was the Son of God, again do we have men walking with God, for the king said, T see four men loose, walk ing in the fire" All through the cen turies men and women have walked with God, and no picture of touching elbows or linking arms Is too strong to express the contact. Walking with God is the Christians goal. and he sings:
 So shall my walk be close with God,
 Calm and serene my frame,
 So purer light shall mark the road
 That leads me to the Lamb.
 Walking with God involves separa, tion from the world, negative re- suit. It then involves congeniality in personal qualities. Gan two walk together unless they be agreed" In the case of man walking with God, the qualities in God must indicate the mutual qualities, and those which man may possess are holiness, merciful- ness, the spirit of self-sacrifice, and love.
 Enoch Walked With God 300 Years.
 Walking with God implies prolong- ed and constant companionship with him, and in the case before us, the walk continued for 300 years. When Jesus called his disciples he said, "Fol- low me-" meaning that he would have his disciples attach themselves close ly to his person, and at the end of his he commended those who were then with him.
 We cannot ask unselfishly, Is this walk for mans benefit? It implies a mutual conferring of benefits.
 A natural consequence of walking with God will be close intimacy with out any suggestion of offensive famil- iarity. God holds trysts with his peo- ple Christ and his people have com- mon secrets; all that is Christ's be- longs to his followers. How sweet it | Is to have God take us into his con- f1dence, and reveal to us the depths ] of his love for us!
 In the case of Enoch we have a sug- gestion that prolonged walk with God will result in something better than any communion to be realized on | earth. Enoch was translated, and | God took him to himself and redeemed as he was by the blood of Christ yet to be shed for him, he had blessings in iods presence greater than those of angels. Walking with God Is a proph- scy of heavenly translation.