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A
Fable With A Lesson
Have you read the story of a traveler whose horse was
eaten by a wolf ? The story says that a traveler riding
through a lonely district on horseback was attacked by a
wolf. The traveler, somewhat heedless of the wolf, went on
his way. The wolf from behind began eating on the horse
without the traveler's knowledge. He ate and he ate until
he had eaten into the horse. He kept on eating until
finally he ate to the head and to the feet and the
traveler came riding into his town on a wolf instead of a
horse. All that was left of the horse was the skin. There
was a wolf inside.
Some folks start out for heaven saved and sanctified. They
are attracted by the cares of this life, by neglect of
prayer, by impatience, by idle words, by the pleasures of
the world, by worldly thoughts. To these they do not give
much heed. But they eat and they eat and they feed on the
spiritual life, and they do it so slowly and so subtly
that the traveler is unaware that his spiritual steed is
being eaten away. It will be well indeed if he discovers
before he reaches his destination that he is riding on an
empty profession.
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