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Worldly Amusements
If there is anything in our world that should inspire enthusiasm,
it is the cross of Calvary. “Behold, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.”
1 John
3:1
. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
John 3:16
. Christ is to be accepted, believed on, and
exalted. This is to be the theme of conversation—the preciousness
of Christ....
Parties of Pleasure
While there has been so much fear of excitement and enthusiasm
in the service of God, there has been manifest an enthusiasm in
another line which to many seems wholly congenial. I refer to the
parties of pleasure that have been held among our people. These
occasions have taken much of the time and attention of people who
profess to be servants of Christ; but have these assemblies tended to
the glory of His name? Was Jesus invited to preside over them?
Gatherings for social intercourse may be made in the highest
degree profitable and instructive when those who meet together have
the love of God glowing in their hearts, when they meet to exchange
thoughts in regard to the word of God, or to consider methods for
advancing His work and doing good to their fellow men. When
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nothing is said or done to grieve the Holy Spirit of God, but He is
regarded as a welcome guest, then God is honored, and those who
meet together will be refreshed and strengthened.
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and
the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was
written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought
upon His name. And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in
that day when I make up My jewels.”
Malachi 3:16, 17
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