THE CURSE CAUSELESS SHALL NOT COME.
By T.
THE wise man tells us that "the curse causeless shall not come." Prov. 26:2. Then wherever we see the blight of the curse we may know that there is a reason for it. The curse is the effect; there is a cause back of it. In looking for the cause of the curse we are very apt to turn our eyes in the wrong direction. We are apt to consider ourselves innocent, and charge some one else with being the cause of the curse. It is difficult for proud, selfish humanity to come right up to the mark and say unequivocally, "I did it, I am the cause of this curse,—of this evil that we see everywhere." Instead of acknowledging our share in the general evil, we seek to place the blame on some one else. We willingly acknowledge the "perversity of humanity," but we are not so ready to say, "I am perverse; I have caused much of the curse myself." God has opened the way for every one, no matter how sinful he may have been, to come to Him and acknowledge his wrong, and He will heal him. He will not only remove from him the curse, but He will also remove the power that the curse has over him, if he will only let Him.