St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-19

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truth in nature, and it is the work
of science to discover it; He has
given us truth in His word, which
is a direct revelation from Him, in
which He has declared the truth,
and these two are in perfect har-
mony, although all that is called
science is not true, and every inter-
probation of the Bible does not really
convey it's teachings; but whenever
men get at the truth in science, and
whenever we arrive at the truth-as 1T
is in Gods word, there will be per-
feet harmony. Wherever truth is
discovered it has tendency to give
more liberty. This is so in the physi-
cal world. In just the same degree in
which men have discovered the laws
of nature have they been able to
make these laws SubServient to their
needs. Men have discovered certain
truths in regard to the power of
steam, and as a result they can
bring it under their control. 1t used
to be thought that slavery was
physical necessity for the develop
ment of the South and for the per-
Torrance of certain kinds of labor
necessary to that development, but
with the progress of knowledge in the
direction of machinery it has been
found that without slavery the South
can advance much faster in material
progress than ever it did previously.
So in the realm Of medicine, a bet
ter knowledge of the laws of by
giene gives us greater freedom from
disease, and even, to a certain ex-
tent, from death So also, the true
statesman studies history to discover
the causes of decay in the ancient
empires of the world, and applies
the truth thus acquired to give us
freedom fro mthe powers that proved
destructive to the nations of the
past.
1t is, however, the spiritual teach
ing of this text to which 1 wish to call
your attention this morning. Man by
nature is the servant or slave of sin.
There is no greater tyrant, no greater
despot in this world than sin; it
brings man into the most terrible
bondage and makes him it's servant.
know we not that to whom We yield
yourselves servants to obey, his serv-
ants We are whom We obey, whether Of
sin unto death or of obedience unto
righteousness? 2" Every man in this
world is the servant either of God
or of Satan; there is no middle course;
Eye cannot serve God and mammon."
Man may not be conscious of his con-
dition; he may fancy that he is en-
joying delightful liberty, but the word
of God is clear and emphatic on this
point. The parisees of old indignant
ly repealed the charge Of the Savior
that they were under bondage to sin,
but He insisted that it was true; He
even went so far as to tell them
plainly, in this chapter, that they were
the servants of the devil. 1t may be
asked, if man is the servant either of
God or of Satan, where does the free
dom promised by Christ come in? The
true servant of God has true freedom
because when he is regenerated his
will is brought into perfect harmony
with the will Of God, and he wishes to
do what God wants him to do. A per-
son is free when he does what he
wants to do, and the true servant of
God wants to serve God, and finds his
greatest delight in doing so, and there
fore he is truly free. You may say
that is equally true of the service of
Satan. But there is this difference.
While at the start the service of Satan
may seem a delightful freedom, and
q man may seem to be his own master
and find enjoyment in the world and
seem to be doing the things he 1iEHC
to do, these very things are forming
habits which will bind him in the end
hand and foot, and then where is his
freedom? The longer a man is in the
service of God, the less desire he has