Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-16


terrible wilderness, and now they are
passing over Jordan, still having ex'
perience, although near the journeys
end. They were having a new expert
ence in travelling a way they had not
Travelled before
Life Made Up of Changes.
This is peculiarly true of the day in
which we live. In some portions OF
the world the people live as they have
lived for two thousand or more years;
but that is not so with US, and it will
not be so wit. them very long. Life
IS not a monotony. Changes are quite
| true of the Christian life as well as
| the secular. There is here sugges-
| ton to be careful about new condi-
tions. Now one is prosperous AID
successful in every way, but change
may come in conditions consequent
| ly one cannot boast of the future. On
| the other hand when things are going
wrong there is cheer in the thought
that matters will not always be thus;
the night will give way to day, mourn
ing to joy, failure to success.
New Experiences.
By such new experiences there is
certain toughening of the muscles and
necessarily a purpose to adjust ones
self to them and to be ready to yield
to the things that are for the best.
The circumstances being changed,
old experiences cannot be depended
upon. To put fractions horse in the
hands of a child, or an automobile in
the hands of a man who has never
driven one, would be foolish-almost
criminal. A change of place of work,
of residence, and of surroundings
necessitating new experiences, indi-
Gates that caution should be used.
The younger people of this land to-
day are brought up against new re-
; ligious teachings. What are they to
: do? At such a time there should be
great caution. The new thing may be
better than the old, but the law of
experience would indicate that If the
. old thing was good in the former day
: it will do very well now. 1t is bet
J ter to hold to it than to fly to some
thing untried, unless there is investi
! CATION that shows there is, safety ir
' the change. The great peril of the
young of today is this presentation Q.
5 new things in religion-all kinds o.
5 fads and theories are presented, ant
with great plausibility. But thu
!, proper thing to do is to have caution
:, and to look for the guidance of thu
I Lord.
Courage Needed.
In our new situation in the battl
of life we need special courage, be
: cause the methods that have been uset
u successfully heretofore may not b.
! used now. If the soldier knows hi
enemy is going to fight as in the for
y mer days he knows how to meet him
But if the situation is so changed tha
the soldier does not know what hi
enemy is going to do, he is unnervec
In the Christians course there i
no need for trepidation and Joss 0
heart. We read in the context, i
speaking of the ark of the covenant
Il "Come not near unto it, that We ma
know the way that We must 60" Ther
are two thoughts here. First. the ar
. of the Lord the symbol of the pre-:
. ence of God, is most sacred objec
. The Old Testament history tells L
= that man was struck dead for toucl
ing it. The other thought is that W
: must always keep ourselves in sigf
= of the ark, that we may be guided b
it. When they would see the ark mo-
ing forward, then they were to NOV
~ in the same direction.
Today the Christian may understan
~ that if he walks where God leads
will certainly come to the rigl
~ destination. There was a certain wa
70 for the children of Israel to go
q . was the way Of God. 1t meant to the
= battles, and hardships, and tests, bl
:, it was the way of victory and co
- ouest. and if they had been faithf
- in following Gods leading from Sin
through to Canaan, they would ha7
come quickly into the promised lar
Al and been saved that terrible for
III wears in the wilderness.