LOTT S TENT
Uncle Josh
I-i Ge iisis 13; 12 we find thisscrip
t ire’‘And Lotdwelt in the cities of
the plain,and pitched his tent toward
S > lom’’bet us look at the step leading
to this text.In verse 10 “Lot lifted
up his eyes’’ and s iw beautiful plains
of tlie Jordan; in the distance he saw
the great cities of Sodom and Gomor
rah wic ked cities it is true Lot knew
this.he should not have thot of going
there Lut as it was then so it is now.
the longer we look at sin the better
looking it becomes to us because our
eyes lose their irtteuess our vision is
marred and thus tl.e awfulness of sin
does not affect us as the first look , no
doubt his conscience cried out at first
"no no!’’ But he smothered the cry
and in the eleventh verse “chose him
all the plain. ’’
Several years ago two boys sat in a
Kentucky prison o e early spring
morning just as the sun was break
ing thru the tree tops endeavoring to
lighten the dark place of death.
They h id not sleep much,they could
noteit.they were listening for the
jailor to come,They did not want him
to come.To them it was an awful
sound when they heard his steps in
the corridor.The day before they had
heard the hammering in the back
yard. Every nail driven went to their
hearts They were merely boys In the
yard they saw what they knew was
there, a rough scaffold;form a cross
beam dangled two stout ropes.
What a sight to us;whatareal
horror to them. A few moments later
the s ime sun was shining upon to
lifeless forms. A few years before,
they had not planned to end thus.
Very few of us who find ourselves in
a:i .nvful position ever premeditated
to thus seal our doom, but like hoi
they saw some thing, it looked invit
ing; Of course it was not right. And
like Lot they made the choice. Now
Lot did not go at once to Sodom,but
he pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Can you not see him driving the tent
stakes, if you look carefully you will
s^i the 1 oar of the tent is toward the
rich valley and wicked cities. There
he is now st lading at the door look
i .g toward tro lble.
IIow many there are who would
be glad to go bn. k over the trail to
tlie tent pitching time How eagerly
they would pull up the stakes,
reverse the old tent and drive the
stakes with determination with the
door of the tent turned away from
the plains of richness and cities of
wicked men.
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WISE AND OTHERWISE
MIKE IN POLITICS
“Well ye see it was this way.
The meeting was a big one and
while one of the orators was pull
ing down the stars and throwing boquets at
the excite 1 audience,the chairman tapped me
on the shoulder and says he.“Mike,we want
you to make a speech,give them hot stuff rip
them up the back,skin them alive; somebody
will have to do it and you are the one"
Fired with all the above I threw me shoulders
back and launched out. I grabbed the opposite
political ring by the hair of the head and 1
skinned them alive; 1 went after their leaders
bare handed, 1 leaped in the air and the
audience shiieked ami shouted, I threw me
arms about like a Dutch wind mill, and it
brought the house down.I felt meself blos
soming into the coming leader of me party.
After it was all over says I to meself now
wha* did \e sav any how? Maybe me boy ye
said too much 1 went to bed but couldn’t slape
a wink. 1 lay there and concluded me spache
w..s too hot.Says I,now Mike.it looks as tho
ye had made an ass of yere self. Indade tht