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v. 11. Choose all the plain. Mater ial blessing is often accompanied by moral blight.—Sel. The real possess ion of earth and all its wealth depends today, as ever, on “ seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteous ness.” Fox-like cunning, wolf-like rapa city and devil-like selfishness, yhich make up a large portion of what the world calls “ business capacity” do not always secure the prize.-—Maclaren. Only when we are Christ’s are all things ours.— Sel. What came of it?. The next news we hear of Lot, he is jn the briars, he and all his carried cap tive. Sensual choices are sinful choices and seldom speed well.- Henry. His choice was excellent in a worldly point of view, but it was most inexpedient for his best interests. How many, alas imperil the good of their own souls for the prospect of worldly advantage.—e- J. F. & B. The man of faith can easily afford to allow the man of sight to take his choice. Let nature range where it will, its boldest and highest flight, there is never the slightest danger of its lay ing its hand upon faith’s treasure. It will seek its portion in quite an oppos ite direction..—C. H. M. v. 14. Abram heard. Genuine faith, while it always renders us independent, never renders us indifferent. It will never wrap itself up in its fleece while a brother shivers in the cold,—Mc Intosh. An officer in our national army recently said that one of the secondary reasons for such strenuous drilling of our men in the cantonments was to teach them implicit obe- MY dience to what might GIRLS seem to them sometime the most insignificant of commands. Obedience has come to have a new meaning to most of our men. Looking back over last week’s lesson obedience seems to be the central thought in it. Abram heard God, obeyed God and erected monuments
quarrels of professors are the reproach of profession and give occasion, as much as anything to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme.-r-Henry. The hea then round about must have seen and overheard this quarrel between the servants of Gods children. Herein lay one of the saddest elements of the mat ter,— Thomas. Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they quarrel. -—Herbert. v. 8. Let there be no strife. The peo ple of God should always approve themselves a peaceable people. What ever others are for, they must be for peace.—Henry. Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.— Schiller. Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the -conqueror.— Quarles. We be breth ren. If we love one another nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mis chances may happen,-—Longfellow. v. 9. Whole land is before thee. An acre or two, more or less of grass land does not look all-important when our vision of the City which hath founda tions is clear.S-Maclaren. The Chris tian can always safely forego his rights and give others the best end of the bargain. 1 Cor. 10:24; Phil. 2:4; 2 Cor. 8 : 9 --Torrey. Why did not Abram make choice of Sodom?. Because he looked at it from God’s point of view. No doubt he had a heart that could be attracted by well watered plains just as powerfully as Lot’s heart, but he did not allow his own heart to choose.— McIntosh. Abram let God choose for him and was given all the land.— Moody. How beautifully Abram had recovered from his fall in Egypt. While there, he had learned the great lesson that no one needs to descend to deceit in order to obtain his desires.— Thomas. A child of God can afford to be mag^ nanimous.—Sel. v. 10. Lot beheld the plain of Jor dan. Some, men will give up the most inspiring ministry in the world for ten feet more garden or a paddock to feea an ass in.— Parker.
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