'The lily

The lily

You have seen a lily floating in the black, sullied waters of a foul bog in the country. All about it are pollution and impurity; but amid all the vileness, the lily is as pure as the white snowflakes which fall from the winter clouds.

It floats on the surface of the polluted waters, but never takes a stain of the pollution. It ever holds up its pure face toward God's blue sky, and pours its fragrance all around it.

Just so, it is possible for a true Christian to live in this sinful world, keeping his soul unsullied, and breathing out the fragrance of Christ!

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this . . . to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27

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