The Pursuing Dog
Story★★★dog near Syracuse chases the Empire State Express as it flashes past at high speed. ““What makes your dog do that?” inquired a curious bystander. “I don’t know,” was the reply, “but I often wonder what he would do with the train if he caught it.” What, indeed? And what can men and women who deliberately crucify their soul’s aspirations, or are ab- sorbed in fleshly lusts, do with a life of purest spirituality and holiness even were they admitted to it?—S. Parkes Cadman.
The point
A dog chases a speeding train and never catches it, raising the question: if a soul pursues fleshly lusts instead of holiness, what would it do with a life of pure spirituality?
Scripture
Galatians 5:16-171 Peter 2:11
Audience
Adults
Tone
Questioning · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 84 words