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<p>Never again will we say any more to the work <br />
    of our hands—&quot;<strong>You are our gods!</strong>&quot;  Hosea 14:3<br />
    <br />
    The besetting sin of Israel was the worship of <strong>idols</strong>. <br />
    <br />
    Perhaps, if you have walked into the British Museum, <br />
    and seen the idols that were worshipped in former days <br />
    in the South Sea Islands, you have been amazed that <br />
    rational beings could ever bow down before such ugly <br />
    monsters.<br />
    <br />
    But does the heart of a South Sea Islander differ from <br />
    the heart of an Englishman? Not a bit! The latter may <br />
    have more civilization and cultivation—<strong>but his heart <br />
      is the same!</strong> And though you have not bowed down to <br />
    these monstrous objects and hideous figures—there <br />
    may be as filthy an idol in <strong>your </strong>heart! Where is <br />
    there a filthier idol than the lusts and passions of <br />
    man's fallen nature? <strong><br />
      </strong><br />
    You need not go to the British Museum to see <br />
    filthy idols and painted images. <strong>Look within! </strong><br />
    <br />
    Where is there a more grovelling idol than <strong>Mammon</strong>, <br />
    and the <strong>covetousness</strong> of our heart? You need not <br />
    wonder at heathens worshipping hideous idols—when <br />
    you have <strong>pride</strong>, <strong>covetousness</strong>, and above all <strong>that <br />
      hideous idol SELF in his little shrine</strong>, hiding himself <br />
    from the eyes of man—but to which you are so often <br />
    rendering your daily and hourly worship!<br />
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    If a person does not see that <strong>the root of all <br />
      idolatry</strong> is SELF, he knows but little of his heart.