been made by the enemy to destroy the spiritual battlements of the home. Our Supreme Court has made it im possible to have any testimony of God within our educational system. It is absolutely against the law. Now when we turn away, and when God is shut out, what else can we expect to result? We have but to pick up one issue of the newspaper to see the reality of this. The results are terrible and be yond human comprehension. Since Christ is the Bread of God, when man turns from Him all he has left is garbage. For proof just look at the '‘stuff” to be found in magazines, bill boards, television, radio, and in every other area of life. Think how “trashy” today’s popular songs are. It would even be stretching a point to call them musical. When man turns away from Christ, he turns to confusion, hatred and wickedness. These things can and do readily break down the physical body. Look at the trouble the army is ex periencing in getting men who are able-bodied. I have read that they sometimes have to reject as many as fifty per cent whose bodies can’t stand the rigorous and necessary tests for the armed forces. It is my earnest suggestion that you be honest with the Saviour. If you can truthfully say you don’t want what He has to offer, just tell Him so. There is no use kidding yourself. If you think you can find peace and satisfac tion elsewhere, let Him know. In the long ago David said, “In thy pres ence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Can you find this to be true someplace else than in Christ? Is the world, the flesh, and the devil sweeter to you than this? Be honest with yourself. A beautiful girl, in her early twen ties, came to me one time with a prob lem. I didn’t know her and she didn’t want to confide in any friends. She was in a real predicament and I sim ply suggested she face the truth about herself realistically. When she had fin ished, I kindly asked her, “Aren’t you tired of living this kind of life? You haven’t enjoyed wickedness, have
you?” “Oh no,” she wept. “But it just seemed that the only way I could find satisfaction was to get a little deeper each time.” That is the way Satan works; that is one of his clever tricks. We knelt down together to tell the Lord just how she felt. It enabled her to see the truth. She told the Lord, “I don’t want to go on living in sin like this. I need Your help. Will You save me?” She came to the only One who could really help her. She had been going away from Christ and found that it didn’t pay. Nothing but grief, sorrow and trouble had been her lot. What an exchange when she was born again. The Lord Jesus wants you! Every thing He has is for your good. He may be saying to you, “Will you also go away?” Young person, will you go to the high school teacher? Will he give you anything for your soul with the false theories of evolution? What is there for you. The same is true for every age. Only the Saviour has the answer. He is the One who meets the need. The question is being pressed to your life: “Will you also go away?” Look up into His lovely, wounded, precious face and say, “Lord Jesus, I will not. I believe You have the words of eternal life. I believe You will give me the Bread and Water of life which will sustain me. I believe You will give me everything my heart wants and needs for satisfaction and peace hereafter. I believe You will take care of me now and in the here after. I trust You completely with my life,.my soul and my heart.” I urge you to do this right now. * Too many people believe they're thinking, when actually, they are merely rearranging their prejudices. * * * While scientifically speaking the world may be round, yet spiritually speaking it is flat. * * * It is not enough to merely carry Christ as the compass of our life. We will need Him to keep us away from all of the mag nets. 8 * *
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