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Enoch's generation was ripening for
the food, and every imagination OF
mans heart was only evil continually;
yet he walked with Cod" He encour.
ages us to walk thus even under diff
cult circumstances. Christ said to the
church at Pergamos: II know where
thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat
is: and thou holdest fast my name
and hast not denied my faith" How
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 / am we'll pleased
He lived in the twilight of revela-
tion. There was as yet no Bible, yet
he walked with God" How shall he
rise up to condemn us!
He was married. Some have thought
celibacy necessary to the highest holi'
ness, but Enoch refutes the idea. We
actually knew a mother who declared
she could not be a Christian until her
children were larger and less exasper-
ating! But we are told "Enoch
walked with God after he begat Me-
thuselah,- and 1t is suggested that the
coming Of this little life into his was
the beginning of his heavenly conver-
sation.
His Walk.
He walked by faith (Hebrews 11:5).
There is no record of him having rev.
elations more than we have who also
walk by faith" Faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the word OF
Cod" and such faith is basis enough
for walking with God.
He pleased God (Hebrews 11:5).
How Indifferent this makes us to
mems opinions! "It 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" (Col. 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 evan
gelistic heart which made Rutherford
sing:
II but one soul from Anworth
Meet me at Gods right hand.
My heaven will be two heavens,
In Immanuers land
He was progressive In holiness. Hs
walked with God, and pressed toward
the mark for the prize. The perfec
ton OF Christians on earth Is yer!
imperfect, and even In heaven W.
shall still be walking In white.
His Exit.
His strange departure proved i'm
mortality to be a fact. just as Elijah
translation later assured Israel ant
as we are assured by Christ's resurrec
ton.
His departure was felt. Hebrew
says that Enoch was not found" as
they had sought him. He was missed
1t is still SO when a saint passes. VIII
ness the multitudes that gathered a
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 tina
day. this was just the morning OF life
corresponding TO the age of thirty
three now. We wonder when men ar
caught away just as their usefulnes
begins. But surely God does not des
unkindly with his friends. ITO depar
J Is to be with Christ. which Is far be
! ter" Taken away from the evil {
come"-this might be written
Enoch and OF many another saint.
His departure was easy. He wa
not; for God took him." or as Hebrew
reads. God had translated him." Tn
, psalmist seems to apply the languas
OF the text to death. Psalm 49:15 tel
us. "He will deliver my soul from IN
power OF the grave for he Will TAX
: me-" and Psalm 1924 reads. Tho
, wilt guide me by thy counsel an
Z afterward take me to glory" AS wit
= the translated saint, so with the dyin
the Father will stoop down TO Il
r child who has been walking with hi
r and men will say. "He was not; ft
, God took him" Spurgeon bears wi
: ness. after ministering to many feeb
Q saints, that he had not found one
o whom dying grace was not given.
Z Moreover, should we be alive at q
!. Lords coming, we shall be translate
q - literally as Enoch. Il Thess. Al