Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-27
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Ana Hazael said, hut WHAT is thy servant
3 q. q, mt he should 90 lhls great thing
II kIgs Vli; IS.
Elisha, prophet of Sod, cams to
Damascus, and when Aenhadad, the
king of Syria, heard Il, he sent his ser
want, Hazael, with presents to meet him.
and to inquire # he should recover of
his disease. Hazael did as he was o3m-
maAded, and when he INST the pro2het
the man of God wept ghe kings ser
vaGt inquired why lie wept, and Elisha
told him OF tbs evil things he would. do I
to Israel. Aazael replied, SIS thy ser
want dog shat he should
do this great shing?" New
eEtheless, upon his return to Syria
he murdered the king and IN every respect
fulfilled the prophecy Of Elisha. The
history of mankind furnishes abundant
proof that there are possibilities Of evil
in almost every heart shat only await the
proper time and place to develop into
great sins. AS q seed fallen on rocky
soil may never sprOut and
grow, but If driven by
wind or flood to more fruitful earth
may become giant tree, so the latent
germs of evil in the human heart may
shrivel and perish for want of nour-
ishment, but may also become under the
fructlfying power Of temptation and tx
ample great sins and crimes, and over
whelm the soul. One truth Is evident:
No man can know himself so intimately
as to be able to predict what his
conduct would be in some
strait to which he might
be brought The remark is often made.
when some man crosses the Rubicon
which separates honor and disgrace,
CHOW could he do it? Ii would not be
possible for me-" There are but few per-
sons to whom sin is impossible. A nan
may encase himself in never so thick an
armor of morality, but the enemies to be
gurded against are within his own heart.
Where the voice Of temptation finds an
echo in the ungoyernable thought
4 within, how can a man
keep himself upright? 1t would be posi-
BILE for one to walk safely on the edge
Of precipice, if the head would not grow
dizzy, nor the feet slip. The weakness
that renders such a way perilous is IN
herent in the individual. So the great
; peril of living IS not in the pitfalls anC
2 temptations Of the world. but in Tho
; weakness and evil of the heart
The envious wish, the selfsl
: thought always precedes the ac
of stealing. The revengeful feeling
the passion OF hate are the avaunt cour
iers of CHASTITY murder. The germ o
? evil is in the heart. the world and society
furnish the incentive and the Opportun
ity and the end is sin. These truth
should teach all mankind their owl
e frailty, and also humility towards God
l and charity towards their fellow men
j The dishonest man and the fallen woman
e are not exceptional persons, placed il
+ similar circumstances, with no helpe
r any other man or woman might becom
,. like them. 'Is thy servant dog TIA
0 he should do this great thing'' is tn
4 query OF many a young man whe
t warned of the sin and crime furthe
down the path he is treading. No, nc
now, but the transformation commence
with the first wrong step and soon II
= will become the thing he now abhors
y The young girl shudders at the though
of that degraded being, q painted harlot
:. but the love Of admiration and fine dreS
; will in few years bridge the gulf tina
y separates them now. "Keep thyse
pure" was st. Paul's charge to Tim
: othy, and the Savior commando
=, his disciples to "Watch and pra
that ye enter not into temptation"
men only stand upheld by divine aid VIII,
=, occasion has any one for self glorying be
- cause he has not stumbled?
How becoming are the graces Of humi
:. ity and charity to beings so prone to ST.
e and whose strength is reliance upon on
. Impotence. 81 can do all thing
- through Christ who strengthneth me,
y. said the great apostle. "The Lord sha
= save them because they trust in him,
y sang the Psalmlst, and the solem lesso
of life is,
. ''To watch lncessant, firm Of mind;
To watch where ERE the post assigned,
And leave to God tse rest"