Settling Toward Sodom: The Peril of Worldly Ambition
By Dr. Hall
Lot chose a bad location—“toward Sodom,” and it is easy and common to follow the bad example. A bright young fellow, from a Christian family, is looking out for a position. It must be a good one; that is, it must yield large profits, and bid fair to give him a “rapid fortune.” Something offers—is examined and is accepted. True it brings him in contact with the unprincipled, the reckless, and the most devout worshipers of mammon. It associates him, possibly, most closely with the openly godless. It throws him upon them for society and countenance. It renders him a minority of one in a company of practical idolaters. Surely he is settling “toward Sodom.”—Dr. Hall.