The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-09-13

his Is rliicrcnt. tgulIe lhPiy u II wv
ter than the fare Ia which | am ac-
customed. To reit.,'p to eat is to re-
ject something pleasant.
And so It is; lie line must be
drawn between The pleasant, huf
harmful; and the less pleasant, hut
holy. The Christian Is saved by One
and he follows one whose ways iii
exactly into this portion of Scripture,
for he forfeited the sweet mOrsels ana
the elaborate banquets, and accepted
the hunger and thirst by the way,
leading to the cross.
There are other dainties upon which
one may feed bpSi'ies those wi ich are
pleasant To the appetite. Dainties of
landscape, dainties of apparel, daintles
of literature. dainties of aiiode. N"t
many people possess all OF these at
! once and few People possess many ot
them But Christian people have met
the crisis in which they have settled
that there are thincS they are willing
To DO without NuI only that they
have duly consitc red things they
would prefer tn do without because
over against them Is something "t
greater worth than they all Happy
the man who has fully decided that
Lazarus at the gate is richer than the
man who fares sumptuOuSly every day.
| Lazarus has tomorrow stored away IN
| the safety-,lepOst box of the grace
| Of God, but for the man ut whose gate
| he lies, tomorrow spells everlasting
| bankruptcy.
| The children of Israel went after
| the nations that we're round about
them. concerning whom the Lord had
| charged them that they should not
10 like them" III Kings 17:15.) The
| Prophet Amos pictures them as
| people who abound In superfluities."
! Thus they claimed these cheap ami
| pprishing things while they turned
| from the sure covenant ami the unfail-
ing providence OF God. Through the
eve they saw and through the ear
they heard and through the lusts of
! the flesh they went after the delusive
| sights and songs and deeds eXempli-
| fled by the Idol worshipers In their
neighborhoOd. We must guard against
4
our Lord Jesus Christ paid the entire
debt and we receive His grace with
out money and without price, we must
consider that He does not save us that
we may lightly regard His will.
| Make of it what we may, the Chris
tian is a pilgrim and stranger on
the earth. Il pilgrim journeying home
a +t-.at n
Lord was crucinpd. There Is Il vast
| difference between our living in the
neighborhOod and our allowing the
neghborhood. 10 live its Goddefying
program in our souls.
What are those dainties when care
fully examined? Men risk all for
them, but the ardent quest is Il de-
fusion. 10 they imply Indulgence of
| appetite? What If with II is the sure
loss of physical health? Is /, that
one hungers for fame? What IL with
the ambition for distinction comes al
so the betrayal of the most enthusi'
astic f,attercr of all those who urged
us on? Did you pay all for beauty?
And did you with ii become possessof
of the virus of ncurahle disease? But
these are only Illustrations of the
fact that the many dainties of the
wicked have fellOwships from which
they never permanently part COM
pany. Happy the day when a man
draws the dividing line between good
and bad with flaming fire so that Ia
60 down 10 the had means to HIN that
he would have to pass through the
flame.
q, IL is great To step over the line
that divides between things and Jesus.
Just To see Him with the eyes of the
heart until the glory of His face
shines upon the things men consider
daintlcs and reveals how easily they
decay or how quickly they leave ~ or
how great are the losses they bring
with them. But do not begin by trying
to cross that line, Begin by receiving
Jesus Christ. This moment II may lie
forbidden daintles. but the next |: *,
Jesus saves. The forbidden dainties
will claim you until you receive Him
What you have may seem all attrac-
tive until lie is yours.
| Bait have dainties of which the
workers of iniqulty cannot partake
Have you never partaken OF ,n,mi
Then come to the feast. They will APP
pear nj their full value one day when
we who are in bodies of humiliation
now. shall find mortality swallowed
up of life" There Is the grace OF
God for us. No earthly field Yields II
II brings all the bounty: Love, JOY
peace. long suffering, goodness, tidel
ity, meekness, temperance! Such dam
ties Come to the feast. Drop your
loaded basket as II enroute TO picnic
for here there Is enough and e
spare" What You can bring will per
ish; what God provides never falls
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