Homilist Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart: Writing is a very ancient art. Moses knew it. There is a yet older writing, the penmanship of the soul. In this art every man is a busy writer. The soul registers every impression made on it. In comparing soul-writing with that of the pen, two things are observable correspondence and dissimilarity. I. CORRESPONDENCE. Both imply readers. Accuracy in both requires training. Both are either useful or injurious. II. DISSIMILARITY. Soul-writing is more universal; more voluminous; more permanent; more useful to Christianity. Truth written by the soul in the life is more legible than truth written by the pen. It is more convincing; and it is more persuasive. Conclusion: 1. Life is a book which we are writing day by day. 2. The book of life should be a Christian book. 3. This book of life will have to be examined. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: |
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