What a mill-stone his
communion roll will be round such a minister's neck! And how his
congregation will gnash their teeth at him when they see to what his
miserable ministry has brought them!
Let a man examine himself, said Paul. What about your inward and sinful
cogitations? asked Prudence. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge
within thee? demanded the bold prophet. Now, my brethren, what have you
to say to that particular accusation? Do you know what vain thoughts are?
Are you at all aware what multitudes of such thoughts lodge within you?
Do they drive you every day to your knees, and do you blush with shame
when you are alone before God at the fountain of folly that fills your
mind and your heart continually? The Apostle speaks of vain hopes that
make us ashamed that we ever entertained them. You have been often so
ashamed, and yet do not such hopes still too easily arise in your heart?
What castles of idiotic folly you still build! Were a sane man or a
modest woman even to dream such dreams of folly overnight, they would
blush and hide their heads all day at the thought.
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