Be Not Overcome by Evil, Overcome Evil With Good
October 20.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
ROMANS 7, verse 21.
Come, in this accepted hour;
Bring Thy heavenly kingdom in;
Fill us with Thy glorious power,
Rooting out the seeds of sin.
C. WESLEY.
If we wish to overcome evil,
we must overcome it by good.
There are doubtless many ways of
overcoming the evil in our own hearts,
but the simplest, easiest, most universal,
is to overcome it by active occupation
in some good word or work. The best antidote
against evil of all kinds, against the evil thoughts
which haunt the soul, against the needless
perplexities which distract the conscience,
is to keep hold of the good we have.
Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words,
and prayers, and deeds. Little doubts will not avail
against great certainties. Fix your affections
on things above, and then you will be less and
less troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles
of things on earth.
A. P. STANLEY.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
ROMANS 7, verse 21.
Come, in this accepted hour;
Bring Thy heavenly kingdom in;
Fill us with Thy glorious power,
Rooting out the seeds of sin.
C. WESLEY.
If we wish to overcome evil,
we must overcome it by good.
There are doubtless many ways of
overcoming the evil in our own hearts,
but the simplest, easiest, most universal,
is to overcome it by active occupation
in some good word or work. The best antidote
against evil of all kinds, against the evil thoughts
which haunt the soul, against the needless
perplexities which distract the conscience,
is to keep hold of the good we have.
Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words,
and prayers, and deeds. Little doubts will not avail
against great certainties. Fix your affections
on things above, and then you will be less and
less troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles
of things on earth.
A. P. STANLEY.
