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The
Value Of Truth
"Buy the truth, and sell it not." Prov. 23:23.
It costs something to gain possession of truth, but it is
well worth all it costs. It is the most valuable treasure
of which man can gain possession. What is truth? It is the
way to true happiness, the way to perfect manhood, the way
to Christ and heaven. It is the "pearl of great
price." What does it cost? It costs all that a man
has. It costs him the world, all earthly possessions,
earthly ties, and his own life. When truth is gained it
brings to us all that was given for it. It gives a new
world, it gives earthly ties purified and made dearer, it
gives earthly possessions sanctified, and life now and
forever. "Sell it not." Truth is a precious
treasure, and where treasures are thieves will come. These
thieves will come in their most deceptive and cunning
devices. They will come as an angel of light. They will
come as if sent from heaven. Many a man who gave all he
had to purchase truth has bartered it away for a trifle.
For a bit of worldliness, for some fleshly gratification,
truth has been lost in a few moments of time. It has been
sacrificed for gold. Men have exchanged truth for a false
thing called "New Truth," which they have gone
courting all their days.
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