Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-09-10


vest of wheat. This principle 50 plain.
ly taught in the scripture and Of such
universal application may be as it has
been denied by scientists falsely so
called. But yet the fact remains the
same. Scientists once affirmed that the
earth stood still, but it moved on ali
the same. We may burn our Bibles or
close our eyes to the truth it reveals
vet we do not thereby alter one iota the
law of God. We have no time here to
even notice the exceedingly subtle, fine
spun line Of augmentation often times
built up upon mere bland assumption
bv which men have sought to over
throw the truth of this text. Sufficient
to our present purpose to simply re-
mark that Il few years OF practical cX-
pcrience and observation on the farm
with the Bible in one hand and the
pillow ir the other or better still with
both hands to the plow and the Bible
in the head and heart, will usually be
sufficient to cure the Darwinism or
HuXlevism Of the evolutionary young
man. He will see she truth Of the
apoltle's statement that "whatsoevcr q
man soweth that shall he also reap. =
He will observe that the law Of "Llhr
produces like, works with unerrln5
precision and without II single cXemp.
ton throughout the entire vegetable
Kingdom.
This principle is here applied to the
moral world illustrative of the connen-
ton between hu:lan actions and their
results TO an important extent we
see this principle running through the
present life. If we know what are the
pvccepts and examples of the parent
we can estimate with a good deere" of
certainty their probable influence on
his children. If a mother sows IN the
mind of her son the seeds Of licentIous
ness amt contempt for christian princi-
p.es We naturally expect that son TO
become a rcprob4te in characters But
if she trains him up in the way he
shoulu 90. he will not depart from 1t
when he is a man, "On this pWnrlp.e
the sunnlnSt mqXima of education have
ever been bascl,' - says President Por-
ter, one of the foremost educators. OF
the present century. And experIrnc"
has authorized MS to tell the young tina.
the habits they now form viii give
romplr,iou to their whole character,
ard hat the prospects OF manhood can
be estimated only by the promise Of
early life
But the principle is far more cxten-
sive in its application to our eternal
interests. The single duty which Paul
had in his eve he designealy enforced
oy an Illustration 'i'aV eA''''"S ~ e'
erv other duty, "Hc that Soweth to the
flesh, that is governs his conduct
solely by hls own sIni"l h'cl'''a'lo'S
and hints his We" entirely 10 th'S me-
"Shal reap corruptlon. lie Will lho
death to be the wages OF SIN b"t he
that so"eth TO the Splrl'' -'haC "e'o
ted his time, talents, property, all 'ha'
he has to God IN obedience 10 the dIc-
t"tes OF the Holy SHlrlf,--ohaiI rea'
life everlasting, The practical truth
here Taught Is, the present actions OF
men bear relation to Their eternal
condition Analogous TO that whlch Seeo
soWn IN field bears to the harvest tha'
Is to spring from 1t, Man IS on propa
ton III time Tor eternity. As he So"'
in thiI life so he Will reap IN the next
|. Let us notice how admirably thl'
probation is adapted to man $ mcnta
and physical constitution. III certain
ly is not the same IN every respect as
that.in which Adam was placed tor he
was endorsed with a radically ditleren'