Then I struck a snag; I couldn’t see where to go next. Finally, after much wasted energy, I resorted to the pat tern’s suggested routine, and was soon out of difficulty. At once it sank deeply into my heart what the Lord often means for our lives. We are so anxious for that “ new look” to keep up with the latest style that we forget our most important need: that of catching a fresh vision of God. Long ago Moses asked the Lord, “ I beseech thee, show me thy glory” (Ex. 38:18). He was de sirous of a new vision for the new task which stretched before Him. Isn’t that a refreshingly glorious way to start each day, with God in all His power, wonder, and love manifested to us in the early morning hours—a new vision for the new task for the new day? sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Ba- shan. And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God. When God speaks to the elements, which are His, and with a mighty stroke utterly wipes out the invading army, He will invite the fowls and the beasts to feast upon the flesh of the slain. This has been done in the past and will be repeated at that future time, as well as at the close of the great tribulation period. Just all that is involved here, we may not fully understand. I believe that there will be literal fulfillment of this prophecy; for the number of the slain will be so enormous that it would be im possible to protect the bodies either from the beasts of prey 'or from the fowls of the heaven. Then, too, retribu tion will be visited upon the enemies of God. Men who have shaken their fists in the face of the God of all the earth, men who have brazenly and blatantly blas phemed His holy name will j be given their proper doom. Their bodies will be come meat for the beasts and birds, which God Himself invites to-that awful feast. Some have seen here a provision of God to prevent the land from becoming a stench. Because the people cannot bury the dead fast enough, God will bring in great swarms of birds and beasts to eat the flesh, so that pestilence may not sweep the land. At any rate, the fact re gains that the flesh of the once-proud, of the mighty, and of the haughty will become carrion food for the birds and beasts. What a lesson is here for us, too, my PALESTINE, RUSSIA AND EZEKIEL 39 (Continued from Page 10)
friends! One of the things which God hates is pride. God hates it because there is no reason for it. What do we possess that we have not received? Nothing. The air we breathe, the food we eat, the life that is ours, the sun that warms us, the breezes that cool us—all are God-given! And yet men boast and loudly vaunt themselves, as if, unaided, they had caused all these things to be. I sometimes wonder why God does not send a thun derbolt from the blue, and wipe such creatures from the face of the earth. And Christians, too, are by no means free from this fault. There are believers who glory in pride of station, pride of family, pride of wealth, when they should glory in the Lord. There is only one pride which is right and proper for Christians to have, and that is pride in a wonderful Saviour. Nothing else is safe for the child of God. The dismal end of Gog and his hosts awaits all who defy the living Lord. The final installment of these pro phetic messages will appear in July. Watch for the announcement of a new series of sermons from the pen of Dr. Talbot.
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O F COURSE, my old clothes are all right . . . but . . . well, Catherine has a coat just exactly like the one I want. How much? I don’t know. She made it. And I figure if I could make you a sport jacket, not having had any experience at tailoring, I can tackle a coat for myself. Really, I do need a light coat.” Thus on a bright summer morning I discussed with my husband that “new look” which my wardrobe sadly lacked. The following day, as I leisurely “win dow-shopped” through the advertise ments of the previous night’s paper, I was overjoyed to discover that one of the local stores was having a clearance sale. Half off on woolens! So delighted was I that I hurriedly turned off the washer as soon as I had hung out the necessary diapers, and dashed upstairs to change my clothes to go to town . . . rebuked somewhat to consider that I did not always “ dash” in a similar manner when the Lord made clear some task He de sired me to do. Needless to say, I returned home, elated with my find. It was a lovely piece of wool in cocoa brown—a shade to blend with nearly any ensemble. I eagerly awaited the day I could reach for the pinking shears and start in. Meantime, the washing had to be finished, then there would be dinner, ironing, mending — you know the routine. At last, several weeks later, I found a bit of free time. Cathy was content with her bottle, Beth was napping peacefully, and there were two hours lying fresh, unused, before I had to start dinner. So I brought out my prize and started in. It was cut out before long, and I began basting it together. I was so eager to see how the coat would look that I kept basting rapidly without consulting the directions’ sheet. J U N E , 1 94 8
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