Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-07-17

Enoch's generation was rlpenlng ior
the food, and every Imagination OF
mans heart was only evil continually
yet he walked with God" He encour-
ages us to walk thus ever under dim
cult circumstances. Christ said to the
church at Pergamos: Il know where
thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat
is: and thou holdest fast my name
and hast not denied my faith" o
cheering to hear of saints in Caesars
household" and to know that Christ
SO lived at wicked Nazareth that the
Father could say, This is my beloved
Son, in whom l am well pleased
He lived in the twilight of revela-
ton. There was as yet no Bible, yet
he walked with God" How shall he
rise up to condemn usi
He was married. Some have thought
celibacy necessary to the highest holi-
ness, but Enoch refu.es the idea. We
actually knew a mother who declared
she could not be a Christian until her
children we're larger and less exasper-
ating! But we are told "Enoch
walked with God after he begat Me-
thuselah," and it is suggested that the
coming of this little life into his was
the beginning of his heavenly CONVEX
sation.
His Walk.
He walked by faith Hebrews 11:5).
There IS no record of him having rev
Citations more than we have who also
walk by faith Faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the word of
God, :" and such a faith is basis enough
for walking with God.
He pleased God Hebrews 11:5j.
How Indifferent this makes us to
mems opinions! 1T is a small thing
with me that I am judged of mems
Judgment" How blessed to know we
can bring joy to the heart of God
and that we may walk worthy of the
Lord unto all pleasing" tCol.1;10).
He warned the wicked. Jude tells
us that Enoch prophesied, saying. Be
hold the Lord cometh with ten thou
sand of his saints, to execute judg-
ment upon all. Those who walk with
God long to bring to him them that
are without" Good men may, like
Samuel Rutherford. lack the evange-
listic gift, but they will have the eva
| gelistic heart which made Rutherford
sing:
If but one soul from Anworth
Meet me at Gods right hand.
My heaven will be two heavens,
In ~Immanuels land.
He was progressive in holiness. He
walked with God, and pressed toward
the mark for the prize. The perfec-
ton of Christians on earth is very
imperfect, and even in heaven we
shall still be walking in white.
His Exit.
His strange departure proved i'm
mortality to be a fact, just as Elijah's
translation later assured Israel and
as we are assured by Christ's restrrec-
ton.
His departure was felt. Hebrews
SAYS that Enoch was not found" as If
they had sought him. He was missed.
1t is still so when a saint passes. Wit
hess the multitudes that gathered at
the funerals of John Wesley and Cath
crime Booth and Jerry McAuley.
He went out in the prime of life.
He was taken when 365 years of age.
and as compared with others. of that
day, this was just the morning of life.
corresponding to the age of thirty
i three now. We wonder when men are
caught away just as their usefulness
begins. But surely God does not deal
unkindly with his friends. ITO depart
is to be with Christ, which is far bet
ter" Taken away from the evil to
come"-this might be written OF
Enoch and of many another saint.
His departure was easy. He was
not; for God took him" or as Hebrews
reads, God had translated him." The
psalmist seems to apply the language
of the text to death. Psalm 1918 tells
US, "He will deliver my soul from the
power of the grave for he will take
me;" and Psalm 1924 reads, Thou
wilt guide me by thy counsel and
afterward take me to glory" AS with
the translated saint, so with the dying,
the Father will stoop down to the
child who has been walking with him
and men will say. He was not; for
God took him" Sturgeon bears wit
ness, after ministering to many feeble
saints, that he had not found one to
whom dying grace was not given.
Moreover, should we be alive at the
Lords coming, we shall be translated
as literally as Enoch. Il Thess. AIS,
III