LIFE IN CANAAN
by Alexander Maclaren
'And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the
east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai
on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon
the name of the Lord.' -- GENESIS xii. 3.
These are the two first acts of Abram in the land of
Canaan.
1. _All life should blend earthly and heavenly._
They are not to be separated. Religion should run
through everything
and take the whole of life for its field. Where we
cannot carry it
is no place for us. It is a shame that heathenism
should be more
penetrated by its religion than Christendom is.
2. _The family should be a church._
Domestic religion. New Testament households. Abram a
priest. The
decay of family religion, worship, and instruction.
3. _The service to God should be more costly than to
ourselves._
Pitching a tent cheaper than building an altar. Give
God the best.
We build ourselves ceiled houses and the ark dwells
in curtains.
Pagans build elaborate temples, but their houses are
hovels. Too
many Christians do the opposite.
4. _Building for God lasts, for selves perishes._
A tent is stricken, and no trace remains but embers.
The stones of
Jacob's altar may be standing yet. The Parthenon of
Athens remains:
where are the hovels of the people? 'He that doeth
the will of God
abideth for ever.' Permanent results of transitory
deeds.
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