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by C. H. Spurgeon

Child's-Play

“To ride a kingdo7Ji is a 7iobler desig7i tha7i to play with childre7ifor pi7is or 7tiits.” What, then, is the folly of the worldling’s choice when he prefers to be contending among men for earthly toys, instead of seeking those things which are above! How great the degradation of professing Christians when their minds are taken up with fashionable trivialities instead of living alone to glorify their God, and acting as those whom Jesus has made to be kings and priests! Who cares for pebbles when jewels glitter before him? Who would choose toys and rattles when the wealth of the Indies is offered him? Let us be no longer children or fools, but act as men who have put away childish things.

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