Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-02
THE PULPIT.
4 INTERESTING SERMON
BY MR.. SHAW.
4 roni,iofing Principles OF Mans
N. How to Overcome Evil
'W with Good.

Cd fol the GAZETTE. - co...
3. July L. Rev. j. ID, SHAW
I'd To-day at IL O'clock in the
4 col,rt-room, on the subject of
II rood. He took for his text:
81 0yercome with evil, but over
@vn with good Rom. II. q.
,0liowing is u report OF the ser
I taxi contains the germs Of a
III relicion which seeks to sub]u-
ina expel evil by the introduction
',,,rlnv ment of good. If any OF
'x,1ncf me to attempt a solution of
nf{o1mted problem touching the
,rah(r, and origin Of evil, you VIII
,a,iuointed, for ] have no soiu-
that problem to oiier.
Z III hesitancy in confessing my
anre of the origin of both eviland
WI are often told that God is
,fl,5r of good, and the devil of
,s1S}' that the latter had its origin
4 fmll of Adam. as related i'll the
~ yeuesis. We are told, further
that God is the author OF the
'3Sg{1fch, if it be true, virtually
Min responsible for all the evil
lY1tte devil invented.
Sod Il infinite he must have fore
III all things, and therefore
lust what that devil would do,
lichcase he is the real author OF
Is vel as of good. Now If God
OF Know that the devil would
it evil and put it in conflict with
lie Is not infinite;or If he made a
that he cannot control, then he
opinipotent. If, as the story is
~ God was absent
4 the devil interfered,
he Is not omnipresent;
n 11ea was present with power to
At,t lie evil. and did not do it, he
of duty he owed TO,
i1ftocent and inexperienced crea-
twho was totally dependent upon
fora correct knowledge of his en-
lillents.
seems to me that, if after creating
Ia World, "A good man and a bad
|. al infinite God suffered the
to4 despoii both the man ana
orld. when u little interference
.lt have prevented it, he is not SO
! as We have been told ne IS, even
Suh.it should be true that he did
txards attempt to atone for the
by Suffering himself to be muir
/ Hi the person of the man Jesus,
81 orthodox teaching more than
ty-uine out of every one hundred
ie r8ce will be damned after all His
It Ito redeem them. L
no quarrel with any
may be able to accept that hypo-
iS,Sbut | am unwilling to offer a
ti0n of the problem 50 damaging
he Hvine character as that seems
amlhot sure that there is any inn
Ance attached to the question OF
Ii On by whom, either good or
came into the world. l am not
! that we would be any
able TO encourage the
IOrovereome the other, if we know
bout that subject.
oN. we all know that good and
do both exist, and that SO far as
kfow anything of the history OF
race they have always existed.
Important question to be consid'
lis hot how they came mere, but
ltshall we do in regard to them
" sexist in opposite relations tc
aother, and affect the race in like
kner. They stand related to each
X Ike the positive and the negative
,ssof q magnet. One of them cam
53e Thought of without suggesting
3other. Every one of us is con-
HI pf the province of each in oul
fis, and 50 were the ancients. Ovid
,3esS on this, my passion that, persuades
SW'fhe right, and approve it TOO.
Seutn the wrong and yet the wrong pur
nd said Horace:
'e1n my mind than in my body lie my
{s'sr may hurt me with joy Ipursue,
ate,er may do me good with horror
flint Paul said:
lS4 1he good that would, do not; but
IF1lwhlch would not, that do
4&A these cases there seemed to be
Aeponderance of the evil over
GOOD but the experience
be Race is that we are happy and
5perous in proportion as the good
SHils over the evil. The highest
I oE religion should be to over
MIC evil, and the best and most
M manner of accomplishing that
e introduction of good. Not
liS(6 hiding all the the abuse that has
"a b eaped upon this world and
human race, 1 am OF
opiDion that there is more of good
n;Qf evil here, and the good is al
tlne gaining ground.
instead of having fallen away from
ate of perfect good, man has all the
ebeen rising up and approaching
good. such is the history of til,
40 far rs we have any reliable data
'N not necessary for men to
81 up and be overcome
VII; but they may overcome evil
.byappeals to an imaginary Deity
BY the blood of n crucified man
~ the use of senseless rituals, bu'
theintroduction ofgood. You say
! bottle that it is empty, when, il
!, ttis not empty, but full of atmos
'fes How may you expel that ar
cannot pour ii GU
Z HE bottle, neither cal
expel the whole of in by means
sQpmp. But you can displace il
bring water into the bottle
aenthe bottle is full of water, tn,
As out. Now that is the plan sug,
{Ed by the text of overcoming ano
|1lling evil. 'Overcome evil with
expels the evil of ig
anee, liberty is the antidote fol