Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-14

SnaH point out In the elaboration OF
our text.
To begin with, Lot made worldly
choice When the herdmen of Abra-
ham and Lot quarreled in Canaan,
Abraham gave Lot the choice of the
land before them. Lot beheld the fer
tile plain of Jordan and chose it, but
we read these significant words: 'aThe
men of Sodom were wicked and sin
ners before the Lord exceedingly"
(Gen. :13)
downward. First, he pitched his tent
toward Sodom" (Gen. 13 :12); then he
dwells Gin Sodom" (14:12); finally,
he sits sin the gate of Sodom" (19:D,
apparently a magistrate in that wicked
city. The Christian who compromises
becomes more and more enmeshed in
sin.
Still, God warned Lot. Other eyes
than his could see the fertility Of the
plain of Jordan about Sodom, and
hence we find several kings of the East
swooping down upon this section.
Among others, they took Lot captive,
together with his goods which he loved
so well, and he was delivered only
through the valor of Abraham. How
ashamed he must have been when he
met his uncle, whom he had dealt with
so ungenerously in choosing the most
fertile section! But, even though he
may have been ashamed, he settled
Id fo1a 1arJ
warns men Of the insecurity of wealth
and of its uselessness in time of trial
Alas that so few heed the warning!
The Unhappy Compromiser.
And now we note the Interesting fact
that Lot was unhappy. II Peter 2:7,
tells how he was vexed by the filthy
ways of the men of Sodom, whose sir
is proverbial. The same passage
/ speaks of him as "just Lot" and ''that
righteous man." We should hardly
have dared to call him such, but here
is clear evidence that he was saved
man by the grace of God. Indeed, it is
because he had divine life in his soul
however weak, that the ways of Sodon
vexed him. No Christian is happy will
the ways of the world with which b,
has compromised
One of the most pathetic of all tn
facts about Lot is that he had no in
f1uence for God in Sodom. After h
had lived there twenty years, Coz
could not find ten righteous men there
in. Alas, they knew why he had com,
amongst them and attached little i'm
portance to any pious talk on his part
It is always thus with compromisers
Worst of all, Lot lost his inf1uepc
over his children, for when he be
sought them to flee from Sodom 'h
seemed as one that Knocked" (Ger
10 :14).
Lots Losses.
Finally, as the result of Lots WORLD
lily choice he lost all. He lost his pos
sessions: in the overthrow of the cit
all these things on which his heart wa
set were consumed. He lost his wife
lingering, because her heart was i
Sodom, she was overtaken by an eruI
ton of salty mud and encrusted. H
lost his children: his married daugh
ters were probably destroyed i
Sodom, and his two single daughter
had better have died rather than CON
NIT their shameful deed of incest wit
their father. (See Gen. 19.)
How cheap do we sell out to satan
DR.. FL. Webb Peploe tells of gil
who was ensnared by a jewel sh
wore, an heirloom. She liked the az
miration it brought her. Finally, fee
ing it was marring her commune
with Christ, she had it appraised
After sleepless night she went to tn
jeweler who said: 81 am sorry to di'
appoint you, but it is an imitation
worth only a couple Of dollars" Ye
she had lost hours of communion wit
Christ for It'll