FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD.
James 4: 4: "Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." "If the churches were keeping the commandments of God, could the church and the world be on such easy terms? When pastor and people have forgotten their baptismal vows; when the vain pomp and glory of the world are sought, and the pride of life and lusts of the flesh are no longer abhorrent in their eyes; when together they are at ease in Zion, they may flatter each other into the belief that they are true disciples of Christ. . . . Their objection to zealous efforts to awaken them, they may term opposition to religious frenzy. Such characters were numerous in Christ's time. While there were a few who kept the commandments of God, the majority were running in the way of Satan's commandments. It was so when Wesley began his mission, and the victims of the great delusion throughout Great Britain and Ireland repelled and persecuted him. Is it not possible, and even probable, that many of His followers are to-day walking in the way of more than one of the commandments which originate in the author of all evil."-New York Christian Advocate.