, 1876-09-30
LCnntinueI trpm aleONd Luge.l


mechanical force with mechanical force.
AA YOU desire to gain admission to n man 5
ff,yor you do not think you can pry his
heart open with Il handspkc, or blow it
oncn with nitro .glycerinc. You meet
,mo,ion with emotion. 1t You wish to
convince "A mans intellect OF II doctrine in
rolitical economy YOU never think of ap.
nlymg electricity or steam. You meet
io,ic with logic, argument with orgu-
mcnt. proof with proof. All this only
means that YOU recognize the natural or
l.r and fitness N things which teach
that in any particular department of
life You must seek for results in accord
onrr with causes that naturally belong to
work in that department. Apply this
principle now to our subject
man desires u profitable crop OF
wheat in certain field, The laws and
forces of agriculture arc divine laws, and
they never change. Let the man then
sor TO it that his field is one naturally
adapted to the raising of wheat. Then
let him Look after tillngc and dressing
and the quality Of his seed. aud lis prop
or sowing. In all ordinary seasons he
IN thus make his harvest sure, But
PRAYER, spiritual force, has no relation
ta sunshine, or rain, or frost, or any of
the laws of agriculture. And to expect
that he can neglect his proper work, and
III IN guard against or retrieve his failure
by prayer, is simple impicty 1t is cX-
pccting that God will put premium on
/ laziness and Ignorance aad ncglcct-crops
which the divine husbnndman does not
care to grow. Through the physical
laws OF my body God speaks to me with
n voice as sacred and commanding Us
that said to have been heard on Sinai !;
and he says Obey these laws and YOU
shall have and keep your health. lgnor.
antly or wilmlly break them and get
sick. God still says to me, These my
] Jnws point out to yon the divine way
d back to health. But still neglecting
4 these | expect to cilcumvcnt Gods own
4 methods and get back to health again by
N superstitious talisman, saints relics,
or some ignorant enthusiasts prayers. 1t
is just as presumptuous, impious and
foolish as it would he for me to jump OIL
Bunker lIill Monument, and then pray
to God to suspend graviation and make
my fall easy; or il should touch Il
match to keg of powder and ask God
to keep it from exploding, The laws OF
health are just Ns fixed and certain, and
I just us divine, MS those Of powder or
gravitation. Moody teaches that min.
lister has no right to look after his world.
n " affairs; and says that when he wants
"A u barrel OF flour he asks God for it, and
it comes. This is all very well SO long
rs Mr.. Farwcll OF Chicago believes Mr.
Moody is doing n good work and stands
ready to back him up with both money
and flour. But it is nonsense to suppose
that prayer would bring the flour if no
one had any confidence in the utility OF
his work. All over the world and in all
time, men and women and children have
I hungcred and cried for bread, and starv.
ed with prayer as their very last breath.
Is Moody special pet that only his
vi prayers are answered 4 man wants u
iactory on the bank Of some running
stream. Can he build it with prayer, or
out OF logical syllogiSms, or emotions OF
the heart lie can build it only in the
use OF natural forces and in accordance
Mwith natural laws. In the building OF
the dam, the raising Of the walls, the
Nconstruction OF the machinery, the adap-
station OF wheels to the water.pOwcr-
every step must be knowledge Of nat
uraI laws and rigid obedience Of them.
And just in accordance with the knowl.
rase and the obedience will be his sue.
'e>'' lie combines and adapts laws and
PoIces, and so produce results that other
M''e would never have come to pass.
PUN Is no idle spectator of Gods work
" IN nature. Or. if he were, there
N'u'd be no civilization. So man does
interfere with and materially modify
TIT ha'uN! order. But 50 far as he sue
;, 80 he ntertcrcs with law lawfully.
asil' combines, adjusts and adapts, and so