People's voice., 1900-12-27
Lies Experiences.
Taken from the Milan Herald:
Where there ;s anv force or now.

Aohcu lrOm tue mlldn ncrdlu'
Where there is any force or pow
er there must be rule or there will
be destruction from the power. The
power that sets in motion the loce-
motive must be governed by law, or
1t will destroy the driver and that
which was intended to give motion.
Man is bound by law. There is
no place and there are no circnm>
stances in this world in which We
are not bound by physical law.
Every man finds that if he would
have health he must inbale pure air.
No man can afford to despise this
law but whether he do so or not, it
will hold him in bonds. Health is
the result Of obedience to this law;
to disobey may be death. Laws Of
earthly life may or may not be uni
versal laws, but the neral law of
God is in force throughout the uni
verse and there is no escape from it.
What is good here is good every
where, what is morally right now
can never be wrong. Whether men
obey it or defy it, they will be for
ever bound by it.
The observance or rejection ot
this law constitute life's experiences.
To willingly or ignorantly violate
the laws OF nature is anarchy; the
laws of God, sin. Man is either
tr!umphing over sin or sin is tri.
umphing over him. The experience
of everyone is that two forces
are doing all they can to controI
his will.
Paul found in himself two men
one low and the other noble; and he
mourns that the low man so often
gains The mastery over the noble
man. Of the conflicts that Pau
passed through, thousands Of thi.
day and generation have had like
experiences. They know that there
is one spirit in them that serves tht
law OF sin, that it is earthly and doe!
not strive upward toward the trut
and good, that it does not love tht
law OF God. With this experience
there is the opposite; delight il
the law OF God and a consent tha
is good. How opposite these char
actersl How striking the contras
OF the two men that dwell together
in the one mani
There are many who profess chris
tianity-the unregeperate-who, i
all the secret workings and down
falls of their lower nature were pro
claimed on the housetops, wha
would be said of their religion?
The lower man compelS the spirit
ual man to do all the things he hates
How wondrous strange that the low
er man should so often triumph
And yet this takes place in ever,
sphere of life. The wicked maj
spreads himself like a green ba,
tree; boasts Of his wickedness; trie!
to ride rough shod over truth anC
goodness. But OH the bitter aloe
IN his life's experiences. He i
heard to cry Out, 20 wretched mai
that | am"
And with this experience c
wretchednesS comes the inquiry
"Who shall deliver me?"
Ethical systems cannot successful
ly help in this conflict. Philosoph,
cannot avail; rhetorical phrases can
not enable US to gain moral victory
Music cannot enable the man to per
form tha; which is good. Reason
may affirm that to follow the good i
good in itself, that virtue is its owl
reward, but reason is soon dethronet
by the power of carnal man ant
vice the embodiment of the lowe
man, overrides virtue. "Who shall
deliver me2" Here is the crisis il
life's experience, the willingness t,
let another undertake that in whicl
you have utterly failed, conquer tn,
old man OF sin.
A Farewell Reception.
A farewell reception was given Nj
Lizzie Campbell Thursday by tb
W,C.TU, az the home NJ Mr. AM