Thorns and Burrs

“Ears of corn do 7iot catch otir clothes and hang about them, but thorns a7id burrs will do soP In passing through the midst of this crooked and perverse generation we are far more likely to learn evil than good. It is well to keep our clothes well brushed when traversing this world’s dusty roads, for it is not a fragrant spice, but a defiling dust, which we gather in our journeying. Often have we gone for a walk and brought home mire upon our shoes, but we never remember to have come home with our clothing improved by our perambulations. The tendency of all around is to soil us, and mar the beauty of our holiness. The Lord help us to be very careful on this point. May we be among those of whom there were a few even in Sardis, “who have not defiled their garments;” for the Lord Jesus says of them, “they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.” What a walk will that be! What joy had Enoch in such a walk on earth! What honour will be given us by such a walk in heaven!