name of Voltaire declared that in a period of some 20 years, he would completely stamp out every sem blance of Christianity. It does cause us to smile when we realize that within 20 years, he himself was dead and later his home was taken over by a Bible society for the storage of God’s Word. Do you see the ab solute absurdity of men's attempts to rule out the Lord? God laughs. Sinclair Lewis, a very intellectual writer, one day stood up before a crowd of friends and foolishly chal lenged, “If there is a God, I defy Him to come now and strike me dead.” He waited a few moments and when nothing happened, he had proven conclusively to himself at least that there was no God. We might easily liken this to an ant which would climb on a railway track, defiantly making the brash declaration, “I don’t believe that Santa Fe has a president. I’ve never seen him, therefore I don’t believe that he exists. If there is a president of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, let him come now with one of his special trains and run over me.” No special train arrives, so the ant has proven conclusively to his own satis faction that the Santa Fe Railroad Company doesn’t have a president. Do you see the folly of this? Keep this clearly in mind that God is not seated on the edge of His throne, overlooking the battlements of Heaven, trying to figure out what man is going to do next. He’s not wringing His hands in desperate frustration, nor is He biting His fingernails down to the knuckles try ing to devise a plan to thwart man’s status quo. Not a bit of it! The heav enly throne can never be imperiled by mere earthly creatures. The only funny thing about such a picture is its sheer and utter futility. God nev er laughs at anything which has not already in essence destroyed itself. Listen to God’s final triumph over wicked man in rebellion here in verse
NO BIBLE What is a home without a Bible? ’Tis a home where day is night, Skyless night, for on life's pathway Heaven can shed no kindly light. What is a home without a Bible? T is a place where daily bread For the body is provided But the soul is never fed. What is a home without a Bible? 'Tis a family out at sea, Compass lost and rudder broken. Drifting, drifting, hopelessly. What is a home without a Bible? List and ponder while I speak, T is a home with a Bible in it But not opened once a week. Lost, the Bible! Lost, its teachings! Lost, its help each day in seven! Lost to live by . . . Lost to die by! Lost! What’s lost? The way to heaven! I HAD NO TIME The day slipped by and time was spent And all the good things that I meant To do were left undone because I had no time to stop and pause. But rushed about, went here and there, Did this and that, was everywhere. I had no time to kneel and pray For that lost soul across the way. I had no time to meditate On worthwhile things. No time to wait Upon the Lord, and hear Him say: “Well done, my child," at close of day. And so, I wonder, after all When life is o’er and I hear the call To meet my Saviour in the sky, Where saints live on and never die, If I can find one soul I’ve won To Christ by some small deed I've done Or will I hang my head and whine, “Forgive me, Lord, I had no time.” — Mrs. Herbert Bell 9
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