San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-08
SATURDAY, MAY 1880 M

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.ai Boo: rlai li.b oll WOy4lIas0 " alis
of principles principles lying a the
foundation Of The whole moral govern
meut Of God, and II our children
are tho subjeoh Of that government,
ought we not 10 write them down -
with tho point Of . diamond on the On.
during tablets Of their soulsH ba
. Mathematical and philosophical
truthsre thought 10 be necessary -po'
litioal truth il important. II 10 very
important that tho true principles Of
medicine and Law be clearly understood
BY those whose business Il d to apply
them. lapa. l1A y4al
But what shall No Say Of the In.
portance OF moral truthf What shall
We say of those laws which arc 10 reg.
ulate mans passions control his
will, and direct his steps2 Those glo.
rious truths which arc 10 provo "a "a
vor Of life unto life VI Of death unto
death"-and BY which he will be
judged in the great day Of final 90.
counts-are they NOT much more i'm.
portant? q Aa rols.44 4f
The fact that God has given us this
Revelation il sufficient proof Of It's vast
moment. The commission Of Christ
evinces the same. "Go preach or
teach my Gospel to all nations
''he that believeth, &c." 's'
The importance Of truth is strength
ened, again. by the repeated exhorta-
tions Of the Apostles against false
teachers. Beware Of false prophets,
which come to youin Sleeps clothing,
but inwardly they are raveuing wolves"
"There shall be false teachers among
among you," says Peter. who privily
shall bring in damnable heresies. even
denying the Lord that bought them,
and bring upon themselves swift do
struction-whose Judgment now Of =
long time lipgereth not, and whose
damuation slumbereth not"
Again, holiness is spoken Of as obe-
diepce to the truth, Seeing ye have
purified your hearts in obeying the
truth Peter I. ;22.) "And for
their sakes." says the Savior, II sauc-
tify myself that they also may
be sanotiRsd through the truth. !" "Bus
unto them that arc contentious, and do
not obey the truth, but obey unrisht.
eousnass, indignation and wrath"
1.-THE Lord shall be revealed from
heaven with his mighty angels in
flaming fire, taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not
the Gospel Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the pres.
ence of the Lord. and the glory Of
his power"
Again, salvation is represented as
being obtained by the truth. "The law
Of the Lord is perfect. converting the
soul" "Now 70 are clean through the
word which I have spoken unto you"
Being born again, not Of corruptible
seed, but by the incorruptible word Of
God which liveth and abidsth forever"
Paul tolls Timothy. THAT from .
child thou hast known the Holy Scrip.
lures. which are able to mako thee wise
unto salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus" And the Apostle
further leads us into the the secret, as
to how Timothy came to know the
Holy Scriptures from child" in these
words: when I call to re-.
the unfeigned faith that is
in thee. which dwelt first in thy grand
mother Lois. and thy mother Eunice;
and l am persuaded in thee ALSO"
Let no one ask. after this notable
example, whether this sublime knowl-
edge can be successfully impaired 10
the younR2 afs
There seems TO have boon, in this
case. an unbroken connection between
the knowledge impaired and the faith
produced, descending with mathemat-
ical precision. from the grandmother
to the grand child. The "unfeigned
faith" of Lois was causative Of .
similar faith in her daughter, Euuice-
and, imparting the same faithful in
structiou which she had received In
early life. to her son Timothy. Il was
Of his faith likewise.
We affirm. then. not 30 pyeh - .
matter Of theory as Of facts. that in
oil generations. the youthful mind
has readily yielded to the coptoued
dropping of Divine instruction, and
hence. we infer that in the prescott and
future generations. the same expert
ment faithfully made will be equally
successful.