Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-07-05

Ject something pleasant.
And so it is; the line must be
drawn between the pleasant but
harmful; and the less pleasant, but
holy. The Christian is saved by One
and he follows One whose why's fit
exactly into this portion of Scripture,
for he forfeited the sweet morscls and
the elaborate banquets, and accepted
the hunger md thirst by the way,
leading to the cross.
There are other dainties upon which
one may feed besides those Which are
pleasant to the appetite. Daintics OF
landscape, duinties Of apparel, dnlnties
Of literature dainties Of abode. Not
many people possess all of these at
once and few people possess many Of
them. But Christian people have met
the crisis In whlcl. they have settled
that there arc things they are willing
to do without. Not only, that they
have duly considered things they
would prefer to do without because
over against them IS something of
greater worth than they all. Happy
the man who has fully decided that
Lazarus at the gate Is richer than the
man who fnres sumptuously every day.
Lazarus has tomorrow stored away in
the safcty.dcpOsit box Of the grace
Of God, but for the man at whose gate
he lies, tomorrow spells everlasting
bankruptcy.
The childr>n of Israel "went after
the nations that were round about
them, concerning whom the Lord had
charged them that they should not
do like Them" (II Kings 17:l5.) The
Prophet Amos pictures them as
people who "ahound In superllutics."
Thus they claimed these cheap and
perishng things while they turned
from the sure covenant and the unfails
Ing providence Of God. Through the
eye they saw and through the ear
they heard and through the lusts Of
the flesh they went after the dclusive
sights and songs and deeds cXcmpli-
fed by the idol worShipcrs In their
ncighDorhocd. We must guard against
the same sinful tendency today. Since
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
VIC may lightly regard His will.
Make OF 1t what we may, the Chris
tlnn IS Il pilgrim and stranger Oh
the earth, n pilgrim journcylng homo
and stranger on IA sphere where his
Lord was crucincd. There is vast
difference between our living IN the
ncighhorhood and our allowing the
ncighborhood, to live It's God-defying
program in our souls.
What are those daintics when care
fully examine d? Men risk all for
them, but the ardent quest is de-
luson. DO they imply indulgence Of
appetite? What If with 1t is the sure
loss OF physical health? Is |, that
one hungcrs for famc2 What II with
the ambition for distinction comes al
so the betrayal of the most cntnusi.
nstic llnttcrer of nll those who urged
us on? Did you pay all for beauty?
And did YOU with 1t become posscssor
OF the virus Of incurnblc discnse2 But
these are only Illustrations Of tho
fact that the many dnintics Of tho
wicked have fellowships from which
they never permanently part COM
pnny. Happy the day, when q man
draws the dividing line between good
and bad with flaming fire so TINT to
60 down to the bad means to HIN that
he would have to pass through the
flame.
O, 1t 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
dninties and reveals how easily they
decay or how quickly they leave ,n 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 It may be
forbidden dainties, but the next |: Is,
Jesus saves. The forbidden daintles
will claim you until you receive Him.
What you have may seem all attrac-
tive until lie is yours.
But have dainties Of which the
workers Of lniquity cannot pnrtake.
Have you never partaken Of them?
Then come to the feast. They will an.
pear at 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 It.
1t brings NIL the bounty: Love, Joy,
peace, long suffering goodness, fldel.
ity, meekness, temperance Such dain-
tiesl Come to the feast. Drop your
loaded basket as If enroute to picnic,
for hore "there is enough and to
spare" What you can bring will per.
ashS what God provides never fails