September 14

Religion—doleful or delightful?

“Ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto” (Deut. 12:7).
“Alway rejoicing” (2 Cor. 6:10).

Some people think that there is no joy in religion—it is a gloomy thing. When a young person becomes a Christian, they would say, “Alas! he must bid farewell to pleasure—farewell to the joys of youth, farewell to a merry heart. He must exchange these pleasures for reading of the Bible and dry sermon books—for a life of gravity and preciseness.” This is what the world says. What does the Bible say? “I sat down under his shadow with great delight.” Ah! let God be true, and every man a liar. Yet no one can believe this except those who have tried it.

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