The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-13
DESIRES, DISSATISFIED.
Their Nature, the Realm Of Their GOV-
erlment, and the Remedy
lOr their Correction.
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ing to himself and his companions
but so soon as exercised in con-
troyersio4 [Of divine will, as ex-
pressed in positive command,
they became sin. "Every man is
tempted when he is drawn away
o(his own lust Tor desire) and en-
ticed. Then when lust hath con-
ceived, it bringeth forth sin; and
sin when it is finished, bringeth
forth death" God made ample
provision for the exercise and sat
isfaction of human desires within
divine law, but man sought to
crafty his desires in ways for
biddeu: and when desire thus is
sued in sin, then came the penal
ty, resulting in a darkening, blind
ing, and confusing Of these deep
inward springs of his whole ma
tnre; and henceforth, they rush
pell-mell through his inner ma
ture and through his outward life,
craving this and that-anything
aad everything regardless Of
reason and will within, or law and
right without. This disorder,
blindness and confusion Of human
desires, are very apparent by a lit
tie observation Of their operation.
For instance, they are often ex-
ceedingly vicious in their charac-
ter. They disregard the most
sacred rights of others. They
would ruin the character and
blight the reputation Of such as
they pursue. They would feed
upon the very life itself of man
kind, and overthrow, if it were
possible, the throne Of heaven.
They often show themselves reek-
ing with selhshness, envy, jeal-
ousy, hatred, revenge, and the
most debasing kind of animosi-
Ties. God says, "The heart is de-
ceitful aboye'all things, and des-
parately wicked. And the NOR
al law assumes these things to be
true, just as our observation ver-
ifies them.
Then, again, they are constant
ly craving what common sense
teaches they cannot have. One
man desires that we have one kind
of weather-as rain or snow
while another, in the same com
munity, desires at the same time
it be clear and dry. One wishes
for high prices on produce, and
another wishes for low prices at
the same time. Two or more men
are very desircus of the same
Office for the same term. And if
we could for a little enter, as it
were, the telephone Office of heav-
en-, we might hear thousands of
prayers clamoring for Gods ear
from men Of earth, one against
another Then, again, we see
men constantly asserting their
desires against the immutable
laws under which they are consti-
tuted, and the divinely establish
ed order Of things. They desire
to be esteemed reputable without
merit. They desire to be learned
without the effort to attain. They
desire Incidence to bring plenty.
They desire intemperance to be
healthy. They desire the bless
ings Of religion without the love
aud fear Of Cod. They desire at
one period Of life the shortening
OF time, at onother the lengthen-
ing Of it, IN youth the years
move SO slow with them. In ma
tured life, they begin to complain
like Job, "My days are swifter
than a weavers shuttle" A ret
respect, also, opens TO view a
great crop Of the follies of mem 5
desires. Any Of US may look
back and recall times when we
ardently desired certain things
and were even impatient and fret
ted because we could not have our
way, while now we can see, if our
desires had been realized, into
what losses moral or material de-
priyations, disgraces, miseries or