Ezekiel 14:5-6 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.… It was a true and beautiful remark made by the mother of Wm. Allan, the Quaker chemist, when she was seeking to win her son to give more attention to religion, and to devote less time to the prosecution of his studies in his favourite and fascinating science: "Remember, my boy, that Christ cast even the doves out of the temple." The lesson thus gently taught was effectually taken to heart. Young Allan learned, with lasting profit, that the most innocent and lawful of earthly objects of interest may not occupy that central place in our affections which our Saviour claims for Himself; but in the souls of the redeemed all other desires will, without painful effort, arrange themselves at due distances from this centre. Parallel Verses KJV: That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. |
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