AS we look at our beautiful picture this week we are made to think of the great changes that take place. One would hardly think that such would have been the appearance at one time of the now beautiful Hyde Park, but such is the case.
The artist who painted the picture, and the engraver who engraved the copy, are both gone from this world long ago, so as we look at our picture we can say “It is all a thing of the past.” Also think of that verse, “The fashion of this world passeth away.” 1 Cor. 7:3131And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. (1 Corinthians 7:31).
There is another thing we might think of, and that is the restfulness and apparent contentment of the people who lived there, as we see them sitting dining under their vine.
Contentment is not by having everything that the heart could wish in this world. These people did not have the mane comforts of life that people have today, but very likely were more content; and if they knew the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, and God as their Father, and walked in His ways, they surely would be happy and content.
May you, dear children, walk in God’s ways and be content with such things as ye have.
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