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was the one preached by Gipsy Smith
at Union recently near the close of
the series Of meetings conducted in
that city. Wo take the matter from
the columns Of the Union Times:
Sowing and Kcaping.
Mr.. Smith took his text last even
ing from Galatians CT: "Be not do
Ceived; God is not Knocked, for what
soever n man soweth that shall he
also reap"
1t is time that every man shall pre-
pare to face facts, and whether it be
pleasant knowledge or not, he ought
to be prepared to Know this one fact
that God sees and knows him
through and through-thc worst and
the best about him--and there is
nothing hid from the Father and the
, Judge of Che Earth.
BE not deludcd. DO not live In
fools paradise. AS to your charac-
ter, private and public life, motives,
desires; rs to what you have been,
and what you are to-day, and as to
what you propose to be, do not be
deceived. God is not mocked. God
is no fool. The text in itself is start
ling for the very thought Of mock
cry ought to make us shudder.
When VIC realize that God is inf
mite, eternal, unchangcablc; that He
is omniprcscnt, which means that He
is everywhere; and omniscicnt, which
Isk Ia &c ,1l
knowledge - when we realize these
facts a man is tool to mock God
If we realize the meaning Of the
word, our faces would whitcn and we
would trcmble. The word knocked"
means 20 snecr at" It is as if one
would say, 81 regard the teachings
OF God as Of no value. | consider that
His warnings are entirely unncccs-
sary, and that His repeated dcclara-
tions regarding 'he danger for the
unpenitent are Of no more worth
than the telling Of fable | wish
l could lead you all forward in
thought to that great day when time
shall be no more, which is described
in the Goth chapter of Revelation,
the 11th and 18th verses: "And
saw a great white throne, and Him
that sat on it, from whose face tho
earth and the heaven fed away; and
there was found no place for them.
And saw the dead small and great,
stand before God and the book was
opened, which Is the book OF life;
and the dead were judged out Of
those things which were written in
tho hocke acccrd'~~ - thc'" wor'~- ="
I &G sure no ono could be 50 tNuughtr
lra8 aa to nn iadtGarcut 20 Gri.n, aud
no enc coulJ br ap wicked as to mock
Iliu
God is no fool. You may fool one
another - ncighbor members Of
your family, master. employecs--but
you cannot fool God. Lincoln once
said, You can fool all tho people
some of the time; you can fool some
OF the people all Of the time; but You
cannot fool all the people all of the
time But you cannot deceive God
for moment. God refuses to be
lie knows. 1t may not be pleasant to
think and know and to awaken 10
the fact that God knows mo at nv
worst, but it is true. BE not de-
ceived: God is not mockcd.'
The text in its setting in the New
Testament warns us against the
Squandcring Of our time antk talcrt
here. It gives us the picture OF the
and sowing from his own resources.
Wo do the same thing in the same
way. God has given us a mind, and
with that mind we think Of impure
things instead OF tho pure. He has
given us q heart, and in that heart
we cherish that which is wrong in
stead Of encouraging love. He has
given us will, and with that will
wo choose the sinful rather than the
way which leads along the paths Of
Righteousness. Ile has given rs .
body, and We yield that body to the
sowing OF passion instead OF placing
ii upon the altar OF living sacrifice
for Him. We are all the time sowing,
and it is we'll for us to remember
that God is saying His word, "What-
soever a man soweth that shall he
also reap and tho word that" Is
as big as the word whatsoever
= and Il little bigger, if you have i'm
1ginati0n for laryoSts arc rnrcrolIy