Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-12-19

fore are his works called good were c
strong ss he, then should my work b
called So"
But now, whenever evil appears,
comes not as au organizing. but alway
as a separating, power. What. then. i
evil :! Ia its origin. probably. a servant
good, as the shadow to the light, and which
has wandered from its destination a ser
want who has come TO wear his master
clothes, and who. disguised in them, seek
TO play his par, power which points ou
nothing more than the impotence of the
fallen spirit, when it is tyrannzed over by
its own perverted imagination, in the same
degree as i, shuts itself up from the Divine
l will not, with my weakened powers
plunge into the abyss Of metaphysics
which | never had strength, in the vigor o.
my faculties, 10 fathomI and in order to
explain the fall of man from Gods holy
order in the universe. | will only add What
follows.
God, as The idea Of good, as living good
ness, must exclude all evil from his h.ing.
This exclusion, however. supposes the pos.
sibili,y OF evil hence follows a choice
(the conditions Of lree-will.) G"d'. choice
10 made from eternity man must work it
ou, for himself; but in the choice lies the
idea Of evil Temptation y the idea brings
the desire, and this leads again TO sin.
Man must pass from condition Of
childhood and innocence, to condition Of
intelligence and freedom. He had the lib
erty of choice between a blessed reality.
and The empty, deceitful image of a good
he allowed himself to be led astray by the
latter. Gods image was darkened in his
heart, he fell, and nature was divided into
struggling elemea,s. But he had liberty
and ability to remain faithful; his fall is
his own fault. and its consequences mus!
all be ascribed to himself alone. His
condition here upon the earth, his subjec-
ton to matter, his bodily and mental sufTe-
rings. The unexplained mystery OF his
whole life, is but consequence Of his fall.
But God, the eternaIIy good. the highest
love, will He forsake his fallen. his wretch.
ed child! Will He do less than an earth
ly mother for her own! o, no; He will
never turn away His face; He will seek
His child He will call him He will SUI
fer He will give HIS hearts blood to win
him again. to unite him again 10 Himself.
Ii God lives in hoIicr worlds as Dispen.
SET Of bies.e1ness. he must live on the
earth as Reconci'er. The hymn Of re.
gret and Of inconsistencies which has arisen
on the earth from time immemorial-this
inward cry" Come, Lord p is from ever.
lasting. to everlasting. answered with,
" Here, my child"
"Here, my child :" Yes. . my God.
in this iuturi,y, Thy child believes with his
whole heart, and by the ligh, Of the doc.
triue Of reconciliation see life and the
world arrange themselves before my eyes.
If believe in God, the All. Good and rich
in love, believe also in the Redeemer Of
The world, believe lha; the life which the
heart seeks truly exists, and will gladly
impart itself to US. l believe that it con-
slantly comes nearer and nearer TO US, un-
Ill it has removed all obstacles, and unites
itself with Us iuiy aud Intimately. be-
lieve ,ha, le will give Us oil, His fulness Of
lite-Himself; believe, that. as eternal
love, He will suffer for and with US. until
He lives in Us wholly.
Hence, believe tina. already since the
second birth Of man upon the earth, the
work Of reconciliation has besuo-that
everything which history has 10 show as
good and great is an influence Of this Spir.
it. this eternal Word, which watches over
the world as the sun over the flower-buds.
az the mother over the child, and pours
out its life in proportion as the awakening
world can receive it. FbsIieve, also, that,
as soon as the world is ready for il, the
reconciliation will be accomplished. and
God will live again on the earth in the clio.
sest communion with men. Something,
then, must happen in life, in the history Of
humanity, which may wholly reveal the
love Of God to man. Love, which must
call forth a return Of love, something which
may powerfully excite 10 man the con.
sciousness Of his fall, may call him back
to the rememb'ance of bis pa,ernal home,
and Of his lcsi ho!iaess and glory which
may lend sin power and strength to sub.
due .he evil in himself, and TO be born
again a child Of God something which
may take eway the power o! dss.h.: and
ihr.Hineie life.
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what .'sSsk. Iwifi 90 10 Him, who, holy
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