The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-23

blessings, if he fails to make all that
| his covetousness Graves. He says he
| ought to have made TWO baleS OF cot
| ton. but the seasons were not right;
! thus indirectly finding fault with God.
Il would have made more, but the
rain came in the wrong Tune, and
| rained too lone or didn't rain long
! enough. My crop would have been
better if that rain had come a week
earlier, or kept back a week later.
And SO he groWls and complains and
croakS about everything. Yes, If you
did not know him as we'll as you do
you might think, (to hear old Human
Nature TALK that he was the only
saint the only one who did ri hit ana
made no mistakes.
The second specification in the
charge against old Human Nature is
his ingratitude. He's just like a hog
for all the world. AS the hog eats the
acorns, which fall from the oak. or
the plums which shower down. when
the wind blows, without OFFERING p
grunt of thanks just so old Human
Nature feeds upon the bounties which
heaven showers upon him, and the old
migrate don't even say "thank God for
1inner."I dined with one of these in
CRATES some time ago, and before /
had fairly taken my seat he had 2
spoonful of peas in his mouth which
were so hot they brought tears TO his
eyes. He finally swallowed and said:
Il forgot: | reckon YOU want TO saw
grace, don't you?" l said grace" and
of course, waited to be served: but,
like hog that cares only for itself,
he Kept on shoVeling in the peas, re-
marking between the Spoonsful that
he used to say grace, but he quit it,
because 1T took up too much time.
and, besides that, his boys laughed at
him and made fun of him.
The migrate is the lowest and mean
est type of old Human Natures family.
his god is his stomach, and he thinks
of Worshipping no other.
Yes, he will divide with another just
as one hog will divide with another
hog, when he's SO full he can't crack
another grain of corn. or drink anoth-
er swallow of Stops. But, until he's
full, he wants it all. and that too
without saying any grace over it.
The third specification against old
Human Nature is, that he is a liar.
Some people don't like to be called
liars, but old Human Nature don't
mind it at all. And the worst of ii
all is, he lies about everything. If
he accidentally tells the truth. he
does it through mistake. He lies with
his tongue. with his eyes, with his
head, his hands, his feet. 7 need not
, go into particulars, but say in general
terms, that from the day that Adam
and Eve tried to cover their diSobe-
dience by presentations and, later on,
when AnnaniaS and Sapphire tried to
cheat the Lord and got caught in their
lying. down to the present moment,
! Old Human Nature has been running
the lying business, and if there's been
any Improvement it's hard to dis
! cover it.
Now don't understand me to say, or
even to intimate, that the condition
of the world is no better than it was
/ when Sodom had to be burned out be-
cause of its degraded condition, or,
than it was when persecution made
havoc among the Christians; what L
mean to say, and what | do say. is,
that old Human Nature unrestrained
by law and unsaVed grace, is just
as much opposed to Righteousness as
it ever was and. unless the fight is
I kept up and the forces of Right,
Truth AMI Obedience are kept we'll
organized Human Nature will become
imperiOuS in its sinful ways and lead
the world back to heathenism.
That poet had the matter right who
wrote the hymn:
my soul, be on thy guard,
Ten thousand foes arise:
The hosts of sin are pressing hard '-~i
| To keep thee from the skies.
work and watch and pray.
The battle neer give Ger;
Renew it boldly every day,
And help divine implore.
Ne'er think the battle won
| Nor lay thine 'armOr down,
The fioht of faith will not be done
! Till thou obtain the crown
| r. H. WHITAKER.