The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-01

49, 49, lie lived amid
wicked people
Enoch's generation was ripening Tor
the flood, and every imagination OF
mans heart was only evil continually
yet he walked with Cod lie encour.
ages us to walk thus even under DIM
cult circumstances. Chris, said 10 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 ut wicked Nazareth that the
Father could say. This IL my beloved
Son. In whom l am well pleased"
lie 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 us!
lie 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 II 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 li:0.
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 faith is basis enough
for walking with God.
lie pleased God (Hebrews iI:6.
How Indifferent this makes us 20
mems opinions! 1T Is a small thing
with me that | 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:l0l.
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.
gellstic heart which made Rutherford
sing:
II but one soul from Anworth
Meet me at Gods right hand.
My heaven will be two heavens
In 1mmanuels 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 resurrec-
ton.
His departure was felt. Hebrews
says that Enoch was not found" as II
they had sought him. He was missed. /
II Is still so when a saint passes. Wit
ness the multitudes that gathered at
the funerals OF John Wesley and Cath.
crime Booth and Jerry McAuley.
lie went out In the prime OF life.
lie 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
three now. We wonder when men ara
caught away just AZ their usefulness
begins. But surely God does not deal
unkindly with his friends. ITO depart
is to be with Christ. which IL 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 a. Hebrews
reads. God had translated him" The |
psalmist seems to apply the language |
Of the text TO death. Psalm <9:l5 tells |
us. HE will deliver my soul from the
power OF the grave for he will take
me-" and Psalm 1884 reads, Thou
wilt guide me by thy counsel and
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
rs literally AZ Enoch. Il Thess <:ls,
III