Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-30

VI the Sui - E6uul no c1ldu&
figure) must be Hike an honest
man who does not confine his
ton to n part of his beat. but d
part. He does not limit his carl
this house or that, but he looks d
all alike. Many a city in the tim4
war has been taken on its strong
side, which was counted so strong ii |
no watch al kept, ever as no dana
was dreaded there. We think we a.
not exposed to one particular sin; By
let us not be too sure Of this, and lfI
US also remember that in resisting ONE
form of evil there are other forms
which may attack is at a time we least
expect, and at a point where we think
we are strongest.
Fleshly sins may be watched against
and yet oom be given IN the heart for
spiritual wickedness, pride, self-right-
eousness and the like. The victories
gained over the lusts of the flesh by
watchfulness and resistance may min
lister to those subtle. mischiefs of the
spirit and SO our fate may be like that
of the hero of the Macabees, who was
crushed by the falling e~lephanthe, him
self, had slain. There in (another truly
says a white Devil of spiritual pride,
as well as a black Devil of feshly lusts.
and if Satan can only ruin us it is all
the same to him whether we go down
into hell as gross carnal sinners, or as
seif-righteous saints. Let US set a
watch, therefore, all around the heart
not one side, but on all-guard
well every approach of Ne enemy, for
we can never tell on which side temp
tation will asSail US.
But there are other means of keep
ing the body under and bringing it into
subsection to the spirit beside these
repressive ways. There are expressive
ways which are far better. Walk in
the spirit and We shall not fulfill the
lust of the flesh" When the enemy
cometh in like a food, lift up your
hearts unto the Lord; when the lusts
of the flesh lash thy body into fury,
cry for help and it will come in a sur
prising way and rescue you from the
assaults of your worst enemy; for with
conflict and vigilance there must be
added prayer. When fleets (weare told
sail near the coast at night they give
and receive hignals. 1t is not enough
that lighthouses warn them of danger,
and so they throw up rockets as sig
nails to be answered by other signals
from the land. Now these signals are
like our prayers and the answer to
them which we receive. God has set
His lighthouses Of promises all through
the Bible, but we want somethinglmore
than these; so He permits us to throw
up rockets of desire and He signals
back to usage, He even comes back
by His spirit to give US the strength
and courage we need to keep unGer the
body and bring it into subsection.
Therefore pray for the mastery as we'll
as watch and fight for it. Pray as
those who are talking with God, as
those who have felt the affinity of Gods
soul with theirs and are living as in
the presence of the Invisible One. Then
prayer will become easy and potent
and you will learn to walk in the spirit
and not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Now note another expressive way of
keeping the body under and bringing
it into subsection. If conflict and Wig
lance can restrain, prayer and effort
certainly car develOpe, or rather gent
ly lead the body into the ways of holt
ness which are the ways of peace. OF
these two latter ways, effort is quite as
necessary as prayer. AS necessary as it
is to restrain the body from evil, asd
keep 1t IN the atmosphere of prayer
and upon the mountaintop of holiness,
[ think we should certainly fail in the
complete subsection if we did not give
it something to do, and certainly there
are a great many who fail for this very
reason. They are temperate and vigil
ant and prayerful, and yet do badly in
the conflict of the Christian life because
they have no real purpose in life. No
one can do really well who does not
occupy his body as we'll as soul in
some effort for the good of others as
we'll as self. The fact is, many have
a wrong idea of the church; they con-
slider it a kind of spiritual restaurant
Or dormatOry, or it may be a chapel of
ease; whereas it is or ought to be a
chapel of intensest activity-a spirit
ual gymnasium where we should train