New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-26

is the canse of all the troubles II men wonld under
stand and take care of that, all would be we'll
Our text also says: Depart from evil and do
good" And the apostle says " BE OF overcome OF
evil; but Overcome evil with good" From all tins
that this evil and this good are powerful things;
that either of them possess power that can overcome
Us II we yield 20 hat power. we see, sso, tiat
ia free; free to be overcome OF evil; or free 10
overcome evil with good. And what are We 70 UNDER
stand by this good that il powerful IL Is the 5no,
stance of the divine Love- freely accepted by man. ana
operating in his soul. In its fountain Therefore II Is
God. In the stream received II To the eopi OF na
it il the love of right. Then are 10 overcome eVl
with God, or with The love of right from God.
And v lat is this evil which is powerful IL Is
the oppote of goo 1t is the divine good perverted
By the freedom Of man, and operating in q wrong
direction In man, evil is the love of wrong moving
ps 10 sin. The love of evil is wha, always to
understand by the term the devil.
Evil love is the cause OF all strife, malice,
revenge, and crime Of every shade and character.
The of bell nothing but the consequences
of evil loves in the heart All evil loves them Of
every caste aud quality when taken IN the complex,
are what We are 10 unders!and Dy 'ne ScclpVnre
phase the devil. Evil principles called in the
spsirnsl sense of the Word, devils. And where the
PRINCIPLES OF mans heart evil he Is devil, not by
Iirtue of his person, bu' bis qualities.
IL has been enormously supposed and taught that
there il a certain great individual chiet who - the
origin and lead OF all tiluity, and called the oevl'
But the Scriptures teach very Different doctiine,
showing that the phrase the devil means all evils ana
evil IN the mass.
that be NAV flee from u.s. Is esst the love of eyl III
ourselves that il may depart from our bosoms In re,
ssting this love and putting II away we get rld OF AL
the evil influence.
The idea that the devil is certein fallen angel who
tempted our first parents 10 the form OF serent NAE
no foundation whatever in Scripture, ia either the
literal or INT ual selse. All anlels are men VINO
have put of the material body. There Is no account
in Scripture of tie creation OF any spritnai sen8s,
either good or evil before man was created. Wueh
~. a gfQd h.
earth there was made angel, no devil, no hell az
was good Now, that the pnrase the devil means ali
evils and evil 81 irs in the complex we are augt IN
the 5tb chap. of Mark There, man ls described Us
possessed with the devil" And the Lord sail unto
this devil, Come out Of tue man, thou unclean
spirit" And he asked this devil, saying, " What IS
thy name And lie answered, saying, my name rs
legion; for we are many" - And ali the devils
besnvht him saying send us into the swine" Now
the evil principles and influences that were IN TINS
maD are called in the same chapter and connection an
uncean spirit, aud legion and many, hhd devils ana
uncean spirits ard the devil. This ID proof cOhciu-
sive that the term the Gevil embraces them ALL or all
evil. Ard the Lord clearly teaches that bad men
even in this world devils. For be called Peter
Satan, and Judas devil 10 Peter ne says, Get
tho. behind me SataD,' and OF Judas, . have not
cbosen twelve, aud AID one OF you Is devil = Now
our Lord did not here TO teach that Peter as bis
Al osle, really and personally Saian aud Judas
q Devil Bat be meant by Satan ana oetli, lne
errors and evils st remaining in thcm which they had
not resisted and put away. And, if bod
nan IN the flesh, in consequence oi his evil,
may be called a devil, 30 Il heavenly man on
account OF bis goodness, may be called an angel
Aud 30 We ind, In the Holy Word, that men are
sometimes called angels, and ailgels, men. And why
DOT a regtnerated person Is an angel Tie mate
rial body Id not the man. And "a he would be an
angel without the tabernacle OF clay, 20 lie must lie
ote with it, The putting off vf the BODY changes not
the man. He is the same being, ia new mode OF
ex,t.nce. From all this that god man, iali-
lug into sin, becomes fallen angel, or devil Inc
Bible spe,ks of other fallen angels as persons than
those wLo fall from the love OF good 10 the love OF
evil In tie flesh. And their falling from heaven Is
falling from u heavenly state OF mind
For there is no SHINING falling in the heavenly
socety If sngel IN the otner world For they are ia
the open prrsence Of tie Lord, ard filled with lis
sti,i, Olher ise il would not be- heaven. Now, we
can nccount Tor the Lords calling Peter SATAN aud
Judas devil only on the ground OF the doctrine OF
internal aud external minds and prcgessiSe fegener
atlun.
For Peter wa one Of the most prominent of the
Lord apostles and had he been fully regene ated he
could not bnye been called satan, denied his Master
Yet, his Internal man had, ho doubt to certain Co.
tent he split OF Christ Tor he WAS called TO be an
apostle Of the Lord by the power of the ii, OF truth
Aud STILL in his external man. there were iase and
evil principles, absubdued. Aud these pIinoiples,
would romeimes show .hemseive-. IL was these uIl-
subdned principles OF he natural nan, rather than
Peter him EN- that the Lord calico Satan.
Thus Paul rays Of bis trsnsgressions, II is
NOR l. but sin that abdeth IN me-" Pauls devil or
e> il, had not all been He had not yet fin
ished the good tights he had not yet been delivered
from the body of sin and death. lie still fel its
weight; and sometimes feared lest be should be
ca-iaway. -
Thus we zee thai the devil evil sins, aud selflove,
all mean the thing. Evil or sin, Is toe moving
depravity Of The tou The devil that depnyi,y in
wfol activity, through evil ufnx. Hell is the un'
happy OF these evil states and opera 1ns
Ia obeying the command IN our text, then, 10 depart
from evil or resst the devil, must look into our
own hearts for the field of operations And though
the devil makes his bed IN hell, aud ai"ays dwellS
there; vet ihai bed IL nowhere che to be found but
iu the nec ions of mankind Aud we have 10 bed OF
rssii lace for him hearts, no depraved sphere
for him to Operate In there we bave no devil 10 resist
aud consequently the command does not apply to our
indls i,illal case.
But let us not deceive ourselves for if have any
selib, unkind feelings toward ino, ,iduals rather
than their evils have something If the devil there.
And just 10 The extent that be Is Ia our hearts he had
his Lake Of tile and b,imstOne there. And al Ne
anger hatred, mali e or i'll will may exercise,
toward any of God 4 creatures, rs persons, is from
the bnrbiDgs Of this lake. The fires OF this bke are
our evil loves aud the bmstcne is all The morbid pas
sios Of The soul which excite these evil ves and give
fuel TO the vile flame. TDis selfish lake IN ~ the Will
OF tie external man. and aims iis revenge at persons
But II We are being regener"ted, We have ~ the III
ternal man, purer ire heavenly flame. Ihl' lame
will alsl feel aciTe lit Of opposition To vice, and
Of suppression Of al evil and lie pIinci les and viii
labor ana hard 10 oppose their Influence and pre-
their operations against the pubhe good; Wine II
II es the poor wretohee that are burning With the
anger and malice Of the evil fresi and weeps the
blindness and insanity of those whse lives il is obliged
take for the security OF tie public safety and pros
peIlty.
Now we should not mistake the character
OF these TWO fires OF the human soul. And,
if We poesess something Of both of them, as all
partially regenerated pesons DO, we should be very
careful how exercise them, and which takes the
lead. We should remember that the evil Ga is in
the na;nr,l man. and is .or self and against persons;