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Weekly Devotional j
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By James Mackenzie
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On one occasion, disturbed in his
mind because of his inability to com-'
prehend and understand the doctrine)
of the Trinity, the great Augustine
left his study and went out for a stroll<
along the seashore. There he saw
a child filling a spoon with water, and
pouring it into a hole he had dug in
the sand.
“What are you doing with that wa
ter, my boy?” he asked.
The lad replied, “I am going to
put all the sea into this hole.” The 1
scholarly man smiled to himself and
continued on his way, when a voice
seemed to say to him, “And you, Au
gustine, are trying to do the same as
that boy when you seek to confine
the depths of God in the narrow limits
of your finite mind.”
Human nature, I fear, hasn’t chang
ed much since the days of Augustine.
Because of our human limitations it 11
is impossible for us ever in this life j
to fully understand many of the great j
teachings of the Bible, such as pre- ,
destination, justification by faith \
alone, the origin of sin, the eternity (
of God, and the relationship between ]
the humanity and the deity of Jesus. (
Some even go so far as to discard ;
these great truths, saying, “What I ■
cannot understand I cannot believe.” ;
Yet we do not follow this line of i
reasoning in any other matter. For
example, for the life of me I cannot <
understand the why and wherefore of <
the telephone. But at one time in my ]
life I had faith in the word of some- (
one who told me that it worked, and i
I acted on that faith, and now my ‘
faith has been vindicated by my ex
perience. At first I only had faith in
the telephone; now I have knowledge
as well as faith.
Just so in the spiritual realm, faith
comes before knowledge. It is foolish
for a man to stand before a telephone,
or a radio, or a television set, and
deny that it works merely because he
doesn’t understand it. It is just as
foolish for a man to deny and disbe
lieve the Bible just because it is too
deep for his shallow mind to contain.
We are not called upon to understand
God, only to believe in Him, and to
accept by faith what the Bible teach
es us about Him. “He that cometh to
God,” said Jesus, “must believe that
He is.” And as we take the step of
faith, God will impart knowledge to
us, and confirm our faith by experi
ence. Don’t worry about the things
in the Bible it is impossible for you
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accountable for them.- Conform your
life to the things in the Bible that you
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| you continue on in the Christian life.
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pastor, the Rev. James MacKenzie, as
I follows:
I Sunday School, Sunday morning at
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a sermon by the pastor, the Rev.
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Boys’ Brigade Tuesday evening at
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fancier can say is “My dog was pois
oned.” He can accept in good grace
the disaster of an unavoidable acci
dent, or death from natural causes.
But when his dog falls victim of pois
oning his sorrow is heightened by
frustration, for he is seldom sure
whether the casualty resulted from
an accident or the evil deed of some
neighbor.
But not all poisoning cases are
caused by evil-doers. Probably most
of them are accidental. It could hap
pen to any dog that is allowed oc
casional freedom in a fairly thickly
settled community. So we agree with
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• number of things,
I’m sure we should all be
as happy as kings.”
• ~' —Stevenson.
• A Santa Claus appeared at a spastic
children’s Christmas party. Wheeled
l into the festivities was a 17-year-old
boy. He was strapped to his chair
because he had no control over his
arms, legs or even his head. Santa
Claus bent over him and asked what
he wanted for Christmas. His uncer
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mother. “All he wants,” she said, “is
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Seventeen years old, able to watch
’ other boys and girls from his window,
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a he had never felt the rain on his face
or arms. He didn’t ask for bright
e gifts. He could never hope to walk
or move like other boys. He simply
wanted to feel the rain.
We, with health and strength, en
c 'joy the Christmas season among our
d friends, giving and receiving, enter
d taining and being entertained. How
r great is our good fortune, even with
s out a single ornament or gift on our
a Christmas tree Especially at this
t season we should be humbly thankful
-Hhat we do not sit where that boy sits
s —with our greatest Christmas wish
s that-we might feel the rain. Santa,
himself, counts his blessings as he re
i members this occasion. I know. I
was that Santa Claus.
e his stomach. The easiest way is with
t hydrogen peroxide. Use the regular
drugstore strength (3 per cent), mix
r it with equal parts of water and pour
s it down the dog’s throat,
e The dose is at least a tablespoonful
y to each 10 pounds weight of the dog.
(This preparation is harmless and
should make the dog vomit In two
minutes. Allow his stomach to settle
and then give him a teaspoonful of
Epsom salts in a little water. This
is done to quickly empty the intes
tine.
It is seldom possible for the lay
man to know just what poison his dog
has taken. After you have used the
hydrogen peroxide and the Epsom
salts it will be a good idea to get
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* phers—and give a teaspoonful in Wa
| ter. This is an antidote for arsenic.
| Hydrogen peroxide is a good antidote
. for phosphorous, which ia often used
in rat poisons. Epsom salts is an an
; tidote for lead poisoning.
[ Here are some easily gotten anti
, dotes for other common poisons:
Mercuric compounds: egg white,
milk—half a cup.
Acids: bicarbonate of soda, egg
shells, crushed plaster—one table
spoonful.
Alkalis: vinegar, lemon juice—sev
eral teaspoonfuls.
Strychnine: sedative drugs (nem
butal ( phenobarbital)—one grain to
each seven pounds weight of dog.
- Sedative drugs: strong coffee—
one cupful.
Food poisoning: Hydrogen perox
ide, empty bowels with enema of
warm water, when stomach has set
tled give Epsom salts—one teaspoon
ful in water.