POWER OF THE SWEETER SONG.
We can fight the world's evil best, not merely by trying to shut it out of our life, or ward it off, but by having our heart so full of good that the power of the evil will be more than counterbalanced. In the old legends the sirens sang so sweetly that all who sailed near their home in the sea were fascinated and drawn to their shore only to be destroyed. Some tried to get safely past the enchanted spot by putting wax in their ears, so that they should not hear the luring, bewitching strains. But Orpheus, when he came, found a better way. He made music on his own ship which surpassed in sweetness that of the sirens, and thus their strains had no power over his men. The best way to break the charm of this world's alluring voices is not to try to shut out the music by stopping our ears, but to have our hearts filled with the sweeter music of the joy of Christ. Then temptation will not have power over us, because there is a mightier power within us. A deep love for Christ is the best antidote against the debasing influences of sin.—The Ram's Horn.