It may be the world's fascinations that draw him
from Christ's side. It may be sinful human companionships that lure
him from loyal friendship to his Saviour. It may be riches that enter
his heart and blind his eyes to the attractions of heaven. It may be
some secret, debasing lust that gains power over him and paralyzes his
spiritual life. Many are there now, amid the world's throngs, who once
sat at the Lord's Table and were among God's people. Unfinished
buildings their lives are, towers begun with great enthusiasm and then
left to tell their sad story of failure to all who pass by. They began
to build and were not able to finish.
It is sad to think how much of this unfinished work God's angels see as
they look down upon our earth. Think of the good beginnings which
never come to anything in the end; the excellent resolutions which are
never carried out, the noble life-plans entered upon by so many young
people with ardent enthusiasm, but soon given up. Think of the
beautiful visions and fair hopes which might be made splendid
realities, but which fade out, not leaving the record of even one
sincere, earnest effort to work them into reality.
In all lines of life we see these abandoned buildings. The business
world is full of them. Men began to build, but in a little time they
were gone, leaving their work uncompleted. They set out with gladness,
but tired at length of the toil, or grew disheartened at the slow
coming of success, and abandoned their ideal when it was perhaps just
ready to be realized.
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