consideration to running for public office.

We must have godly men who are willing to

seek election to local, state, and national
offices. We cannot be content to vote for the
"lessor of two evils." It is wrong for us to
vote for evil, even if the alternative is worse!
Pray that qod grant us men who will stand
for righteousness and ask yourself, "Am I that
manl"
5. We must pray. Our qod delights
in bringing victory out of what appears to be
certain defeat. Now is the time to seek Him.
Fast and pray. Beg qod to tum to us again.
Listen to Samuel Langdon who
preached the follOwing in an election sermon
in 1775: "If qod be for us, who can be
against usl The enemy has reproached us for
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calling on his name, and professing our trust
in him. they have made a mock of our
solemn fasts, and every appearance of serious
Christianity in the land. On this account, by
way of contempt, they call us saints: and that
they themselves may keep at the greatest
distance from this character, their mouths are
full of horrid blasphemies, cursing, and
bitterness, and vent all the rage of malice and
barbarity. And may we not be confident that
the Most High, who regards these things,
will vindicate his own honor and plead our
righteous cause against such enemies to his
government, as well as our liberties. 0, may
our camp be free from every accursed thing!
May our land be purged form all its sins!
May we be truly a holy people and all our
town cities of righteousness."
Only when qod's people are devoted
to righteousness in public and private can we
have any confidence that qod will fight for
us. Let us therefore humble ourselves and
tum from our wicked ways. Then qod may
hear our cries from heaven and tum to us and
heal our land. Q
Byron Snapp
Book Review
A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness by Jeremiah
Burroughs. Soli Deo Gloria Publications. 1991 hb. 219
pp. $18.95.
R.C Sproul begins his introduction to the reprint of
the 1649 Puritan work with these words: "My guess is
that few people will ever pick up this book and read it.
Its theme and content are too alien to modem
Christianity to evoke much interest." (p. i). I believe he
is right. Yet this is the very reason you and I need to
read this volume.
Being sinners saved by grace we can easily get caught
up witli'iile'enjoyment of GOQspliysicaIElessings ana-
forget God. In so doing, our spiritual lives are weakened
and our Christian witness can easily become a shambles.
This book consists of several sermons based on PhiL
3:19,20 and Gen. 5:24. In them this faithful pastor
explores what earthly-mindedness is and how to
Scripturally deal with it. He follows this with an
examination of how we can walk with God in our daily
life.
The chapters are short and provide much opportunity
for self-examination. As we have come to expect from
Puritan works there are an abundance of Scriptural
citations. With the citation the verse itself is usually
written out. Thus the reader does not have to put down
the book and search Scripture nor can he read the
reference without being faced with the contents of the
verse.
Applying the message of this book to our lives we will
grow in the Lord and certainly stand more faithfully in
our culture. We willbe reminded time and again not to
let our witness be encumbered by our love for physical
possessions.
I hope Dr. Sproul and I are wrong. I hope this book
gets wide, soul-searching reading by officers and
laymen. If so, we are certain to see a church that is more
God-honoring and awake than is currently the case. n
30 THE COUNSEL of Chalcedon October! November, 1994