Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-29

Ifr. ne % no IFNA InAEslN" IU lAlH AkUNNN~NIH H
of the former. The SORROWS and misfos- /
tunes Of Info may come IN the order % n l
vine providence 20 refine character. ieid- \
ing TO sin because Of alurements % evil l
boldly declares shat the fault les IA the !
corrupt human heart.
He wiil hnd obJectors 20 his doctrine
Some viii lay the charge Of mans tempts-
ton % evil upon Cod Himself. who made
men with disposition 20 love sin and 20
pursue a. But that cannot be true. If Cod
- good. livery good gitt nd every per
feet giit - from above and comcth down
from the Father Of lights IL il absurd TO
accuse God % cuticing men % wlckccness-
God cannot De tempted of cvil, neither
tempfeth lie any man lie would not he
God II lie could do this. lie would be the
devil. IL ~ illogical 20 call Him God-eter-
nal gooduess-aad yet ascribc seduction 10
HIM.
James holds up the iustful human heart
and contends that NO external circum-
stances constitute IN themselves alone
seduction 20 SIN. They NAV provide the
occasion for wrong doing. They may make
a powerful appeal 20 the passions and APP
petites Of men But they would be utterly
futile 20 influence conduct and choice but
for the corrupt longing of the heart The
trouble Is this. James explains. Every
man Is tempted when be - drawn away Of
his own lust and cntccd Then. when lust
hath conceived. DO hrlugcth forth sin. and
SIN. when az h finished. hrugeth forth
death
But viii you make no account of hcred-
ityt Certainly. the children of the opium
eater. the user OF intoNicants. the giutton-
C-s. the iasclvious. VIII bear iu their en-
fcch.cd wills, impaired nerve centres and
. scrofuIous blood the foul taint 90 slntui
parents. And may God pity tho progeny
of the Viciousi But shall the victim 81 a
fathers sins We'd weakly 90 the propeusi-
I ties be has inherited. and plunge deeper
into the turhid pool OF iniQuity. Will ~
T e. ~ IfH..fH hnrrN Nr
I received q hcry temper from his ancestry.
and in q moment OF ungoverned fury NUT
derci his fellow
Bat VIII sou make no account Of envir-
onmentt Certainly. the generations rising
I from che slums of the great cities can
I scarcely be- expected 90 come naturally 90
the virtues of Vour c.cau-faced. church
7 bred BOYS and girls What then-shan the
soul make no effort 60 rise superior CD IT'S
T surroundings. Is there any environment
I in which aliurcmcuts 90 evil vii not exist
l DO they not 0htrude themselves upon the
I scene oi public worship and private devo-
7 tom l. there exemption for any oncf
\ surely not, bus IA the last analysts the
/ temptation rs not in Che enticemcnts of
/ ones environment. but I'm a heart that
/ .uSts after evll. and which musl be denied
I its desires d. good character ls Co he made
Temptation Go evil. then i- "a matter IN
/ which our personal moral fiber is I'M
VOWED just as iu triai through suffering
our powers OF endurance are tested What
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