Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 114, 20 March 1942, Page 8

Everyman’s Hut

“I’d rather see a sermon , Than hear one any day; I’d rather one would walk with me Than merely tell the way. The eye’s a better pupil And more willing than the ear;' Fine counsel is confusing, But example’s always clear. The best of all the preachers Are men who live their creed; For to see good put in action Is what we each one need. I soon can learn to do it If you let one see it done, I can watch your hand in action, \ But your tongue too fast may run. j The lecture you deliver May be most wise and true; . But I’d rather take my lessons By observing what you do. I may not understand The high advice you give, But there’s no misunderstanding How you act and how you live.” Commenting on the conduct and life of Christians, the Apostle John wrote: “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.” That is the standard set in the Word of God, and, in general, it is the standard by which the world judges the Christian. The world is

quick to see any failure or shortcoming. This is as it should be, for it is through Christians only that Christ Himself can be revealed to the world. There is no other channel of revelation. The Apostle Paul wrote: “ . . . Christ liveth in Me,” and by all means in his power he sought to live up to that standard. How successfully he did this is proved by the many who were brought to Christ through him, and the many more who were helped along the Christian pathway through his counsel and example. To-day the bewildered people of the world are looking for something or someone reliablesomeone in whom they can im-

pose implicit trust, confident that that one will not fail them. Christ is the only One who never fails, who keeps for all eternity all who come to God by ‘Him. Let everyone then that, names the name of Christ depart from iniquity, that those who are seeking may not be stumbled by inconsistencies in the lives of His followers. It may cost something, but it is a good investment.