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<p>&quot;They confessed that they were <strong>strangers<br />
      and pilgrims</strong> on the earth.&quot; Hebrews 11:13<br />
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    Many profess that they are <strong>strangers and pilgrims </strong>here <br />
    below. But they take care to have as much of this world's <br />
    comforts as they can scrape together by hook and by crook. <br />
    <br />
    They talk about being 'strangers', yet can be in close <br />
    friendship with men of the world. And could you see them <br />
    at the exchange, at the market, behind the counter, or at <br />
    home with their families—<strong>you would not find one mark <br />
      to distinguish them from the ungodly!</strong><br />
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    Yet they come to chapel—and if called upon to pray, they <br />
    will tell the people they are &quot;poor strangers and pilgrims in <br />
    a valley of tears&quot;—while all the time their hearts are in the <br />
    world—and their eyes stand out with fatness—and they are <br />
    as light and trifling as a comic actor—and have no concerns <br />
    except to get <strong>the largest slice of the well-sugared cake</strong> <br />
    that the world sets before them!<br />
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    It is not the 'mere profession of the lips'—but 'grace in <br />
    the heart', that makes a man a stranger and a pilgrim.<br />
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    God's people are strangers and sojourners—the world is not <br />
    their home—nor can they take pleasure in it. Sin is often a <br />
    burden to them—guilt often lies as a heavy weight upon <br />
    their conscience—a thousand troubles harass their minds<br />
    —a thousand perplexities oppress their souls. They cannot <br />
    bury their minds in business and derive all their happiness <br />
    from their successes, for they feel that this earth is not their <br />
    home. They are often cast down and exercised, because they <br />
    have to live with such an ungodly heart in such an ungodly <br />
    world.<br />
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    &quot;They confessed that they were <strong>strangers<br />
      and pilgrims</strong> on the earth.&quot; Hebrews 11:13
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