Why Men Ate Acorns

“The main reason why men dote upon the world is because ihey are 7wt acguaittted with a higher glory. Men ate acorns tilt they were acquainted with the use of corn; a candle is micch £re the sim riseth.” Now it has happened unto us to eat the bread of angels, and to see the Sun of righteousness, and never again can we find content in baser things. All the joys of the world are now but beggarly elements to us, compared with our delight in Christ Jesus our Lord. Carnal wisdom has become folly in our esteem; the mirth of fools is a weariness; and the pomp and glory of earth are mere baby toys, scarce worthy of a glance. What grace is this which has revealed such precious things to us! Worldly-wise men think us fanatics and fools, but we know what they are, and where the folly really lies. Oh, that their eyes were opened to join with us in the joys which they ridicule I If they will persist in their bhndness it shall not be for want of plain testimony on our part, for we are bold to declare in all companies that there is more satisfaction in Christ’s worst things than in sin’s best things, and that a half-hour of his presence is better than all the feasting of royal courts for a lifetime. Oh that they would believe us so far as to try for themselves! Alas, they munch their acorns, and scorn the bread of life!