Who cares for pebbles--
when jewels glitter before him?
(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)
"To rule a kingdom, is a nobler
matter than to play with marbles."
What, then, is the folly of the worldling's
choice, when he prefers to be contending
among men for earthly toys--
instead of seeking those
things which are above!
How great is the degradation of
professing Christians, when their minds
are taken up with fashionable trivialities--
instead of living alone to glorify their GOD,
and acting as those whom JESUS has
made to be kings and priests!
Who cares for pebbles--
when jewels glitter before him?
Who would choose toys and rattles--
when the wealth of the Indies
is offered him?
Let us be no longer children or fools--
but act as men who have put
away childish things.
"Therefore if you have been raised up
with CHRIST, keep seeking the things
above, where CHRIST is, seated at
the right hand of GOD. Set your mind
on the things above, not on the things
that are on earth!" Colossians 3:1-2
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"A Door Unto Everlasting Life! Containing Several Arguments For Leaving Sin and Living Holily" by Andrew Gray (1634-1656)
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