DOUBLE-MINDED by The Rock, of England

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1889

DOUBLE-MINDED.

By The Rock, of England

A CELEBRATED American speaker has lately told us of a man who said of his clock, "When it points at two, it always strikes twelve, and then I know that it is half past seven o'clock." A funny clock, not to say somewhat puzzling, to those who are not accustomed to such intricate mental calculations. But how many Christian people resemble that clock? They think one thing, they say another, and they act in a different way still, much to the confusion of those around them. Too many, alas! have beautiful thoughts, and splendid theories, but their practice conforms entirely to the way the wind is blowing. They trim to please everyone around, but they succeed in pleasing no one. In a dark world of sin we need bright and shining lights, to be sure and steadfast, and not, like the will-o'-the-wisp, to be dancing about here, there, and everywhere. Such lights, far from doing good, do an infinite amount of harm, by leading poor, unwary souls into the mire and filth of the crooked paths of the world. Well might poor David, conscious of his own weakness, pray, "Lead me into a plain path because of those who observe me" (marginal reading), and we cannot do better than follow his example.—The Rock, of England.