Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-08-19

Redeemer's kingdom during the last
fifty years than was ever accomplished
before in five times that length Of time.
With this general awakening Of IN
telligent views Of spiritual laws and
diIigent use of the means Of grace, there
has been also a corresponding progress
in the apprehension of natural laws
and Improved methods Of securing
physical ends, which is manifested in
the numerous mechanical devices-the
machinery-the steam engine, the tele
graph, the telephone, electric light, etc,
now in such general use. Thus we see
that knowledge Of natural laws keeps
pace with the apprehension of spiritual
laws and that the knowledge Of the
spiritual laws will keep abreast Of the
progress and discoveries in the natural
laws. There can be no retroorade
movement, men viii not 60 back again
to use the sickle to gather the harvest
from broad fields, nor Will The church
again 90 back to the darkness of the
middle ages, for general intelligence
and scriptural knowledge il too widely
lll'usad, but there must be an onward
march until the general gathering Of
the great harvest at the end of the
world, for "Christ has come light in
to the world and that light enliyhtens
all men,
In bcnightcd regions Of the earth
where the gospel of Jesus is not known
as in some parts Of Asia and Africa,
all the implements Of husbandry and
devices for accomplishing physical ends
are the most simple and rude, there
the primative sickle aid fail are still
used, and there in idolatrot1s worship
the heathen, like the priests and proph-
cts of Baal, cry aloud to their supposed
God as if he were asleep or on Il jour
nov and could NOT otherwise hear and
there tDcv lean unon the altar AZ if
Got looked upon physical exertions
.onl NOT upop the desires and motives
of the heart. The conduct Of men in
L,othon land. ro.noct;no Natural and
so;r,tua) laws contrasteI with that of
.rrohto,nI christian land. moves that
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