The Changed Bed

“A sick man thinketh to have ease 17i ajiother bed, in another room: carry him thither, his pain continueth. If a carnal man had lived in the prophets times or the apostles ti?nes, he would have been the same as now; see Matt, xxiii. 29, 30. A briar is a briar wherever it groweth; change of tinies will not avail without a change of heart. Adam simted in Paradise; the apostate angels in heave?ij Lot was unchaste ifi the mountains, where were none but his own family; in a howling wilderness luhere they had no outward ejiiicements, the Israelites were given to fleshly lusts” This is a needful rebuke of a very common folly, let the reader see that he fall not into the error. We ought not blame our occupation, but our disposition. We may not saddle our poverty or our wealth with the sin which is purely of ourselves, for this is only an oblique way of blaming God for our faults. Change of place is not wanted, but change of heart. If, dear friend, you are unholy where you are, you would be the same in any other position in life. The fault is not in your stars, but in yourself, that you are still an impenitent sinner. Lay this to heart; abandon all idle excuses and seek your Saviour.