My dearest idol must be thrown down!
(Alexander Smellie, "The Hour of Silence" 1899)
which the LORD had said to them:
You shall not do this thing!" 2 Kings 17:12
who sets up his idols in his heart!"
Ezekiel 14:4
"Their heart went after their idols!"
Ezekiel 20:16
Ezekiel 20:16
There is much danger lest I should
fall into the same sin of idolatry.
fall into the same sin of idolatry.
Idolatry is as prevalent today--
as in ancient times.
as in ancient times.
It is as prevalent in Christendom--
no less than in heathendom.
no less than in heathendom.
There are the idols of wood and stone.
Lurking in my heart I find too strong
a sympathy with the grosser forms of evil--
untold possibilities of heinous sin are within
me still. But these impure gods must go!
Lurking in my heart I find too strong
a sympathy with the grosser forms of evil--
untold possibilities of heinous sin are within
me still. But these impure gods must go!
There are the idols of silver and gold.
I pay an undue deference to fashion and
wealth. I covet a high position and a place
among the prominent ones of the earth.
But these gods too must be dethroned!
I pay an undue deference to fashion and
wealth. I covet a high position and a place
among the prominent ones of the earth.
But these gods too must be dethroned!
There are the carved images.
I may easily be beguiled by
the enchanting toys and trinkets
of the world. Contagion and poison
haunt its literature, its arts, its
amusements. At whatever cost,
these deities must be cast out!
I may easily be beguiled by
the enchanting toys and trinkets
of the world. Contagion and poison
haunt its literature, its arts, its
amusements. At whatever cost,
these deities must be cast out!
There are the molten images.
Sudden fires of appetite, swift flames
of temptation, leap up within me; and
before I know, I may be overcome
by them. These powers of darkness
must be conquered in a heavenlier
strength than my own!
Sudden fires of appetite, swift flames
of temptation, leap up within me; and
before I know, I may be overcome
by them. These powers of darkness
must be conquered in a heavenlier
strength than my own!
There are the teraphim--
the idols made in the likeness of men.
I am in peril of exalting friends, wife,
children, to the seat which JESUS CHRIST
alone should occupy. My dearest idol must
be thrown down, and JESUS must be LORD of all.
the idols made in the likeness of men.
I am in peril of exalting friends, wife,
children, to the seat which JESUS CHRIST
alone should occupy. My dearest idol must
be thrown down, and JESUS must be LORD of all.
May Zinzendorf's motto be mine:
"I have one passion, and it
is JESUS, JESUS only!"
"I have one passion, and it
is JESUS, JESUS only!"
"The dearest idol I have known,
Whatever that idol be,
Help me to tear it from THY throne,
And worship only THEE!"
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