A ship in the water is good, but water in the ship is bad. A
transatlantic liner, years ago, owing to some defect in one
of its pumps, began to pump water into the ship instead of
pumping it out. As they thought the ship had sprung a leak,
they pumped all the harder, with the result that the ship only
filled the faster. Presently the water rose so that their fires
were extinguished. Then, thinking that they were going to the
bottom, they abandoned the ship. Later on, some Englishmen found
her tossing in mid-ocean, water-logged. Going on board, they
ascertained the trouble, pumped her out, brought her in and
secured $300,000 salvage money.
Just so the Christian in the world is good, but the world in the
Christian is bad. The believer who allows the evil practises of the
sinful world to dominate his heart can not possibly succeed; and
yet there are men who, like those in the ship above mentioned, seem
to pump the world into themselves as fast as they can.--A. F.
SCHAUFFLER, _The Christian Herald_.
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=Worldliness=--See AMUSEMENTS.
=Worldliness, Vanity of=--See CHURCH INDISPENSABLE.
=Worldly Life=--See PLEASURE, MOCKERY OF.
=Worry=--See THINGS.