Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-03-31

the guarantee of truth and action. The
devil, too can quote Scripture to his pur
pose. "If Thou be the Son of God, cast
Thyself uuwn; for it is written, He shall
give His angels charge concerning Thee,
etc.
First, we must have recourse to the prn.
ciples of sanity and common sense; find
sincere accord with what God has taught
us generally in His word and in common
sense, and, then decide. For Christ to
have cast Himself from the wing of the
temple into the abyss that yawned below
would have been to tempt God. eve do
not make experiments with those whom
we absolutely trust" When a man be.
gins by prayer test, or any like thing, to
make experiments with God, he shows
that he lacks the, subtle, spiritual quality
called faith which is the only means by
which he can reach God. Therefore, it is
the habit of trust to calmly abide in God
not trAe with or put Him to the test,
As long as Jesus remained within the
sphere of the revealed will of His Father,
He could trust Him. If He should break
or contravene that will, then He should
no longer feel He had right to Gods
care. In other words, Jesus Christ, i'll
His second temptation, flushed with
victory which must have gwen an Impulse
fciency, declares to us that it is necessary
to have care for ourselves as we'll as
commit ourselves into the keeping Of God.
Because we are Gods children we may not
break the laws of the world to which we
belong and expect Him to miraculouslv
interfere to prevent the consequences.
Contempt for nature and practical reason
is a wretched policy to begin a religious
life with. We live under physical law,
To-, In, ,,,,t Lat To
fancy that because we have come to feel
the power Of the spiritual and even the
supernatura we are at liberty to fly in
the face of known physical laws, or sane
and widely received moral laws, is fatal
error, and for it men are always punished
in the end God is the source of all these
laws and we tempt the Lord our God
when we break them. We are not to rely.
either, "too exclusively or presumptuous'
ly" upon the care of God. As far as our
practical reason serves us, we must aso
take counsel of that, recognizing that faith
and self help, action and patience meet
in equilibrium" and complete each other.
If Jesus, the exceptional and pre- emf
nent object of divine care, had yielded tH
this Cast Thyself down." He would first
have broken away from U.S. His brethren,
who live under moral and physical law,
and second, He would have Substituted
for n life environed by nature, guarded,
hccanse suh;ect 10 ;ts laws liza divnro,j
from noture hostile to II refusing IN
ton,n+ ca ar RI bre,k ,w,v From, orr b,,.
man lot and world showod rs III, SANITY
onJ stronnth az , oo,u;no t,u,t ), COD
II il not nnr,.us f,natic,l mr. nrnsun,,.
tuoms "It nn;tbor courts nor shnns
death" 1t il prudent, wary, will not
overstep the limits of sober faith, and
i !, tbe notb ~ drtv + hrave'v fncc.
de,th and dar,s all balli
A. ~, ,D -
my ''cn"'' .ic i'''''in 81" VI P','"'"I
''oh turns up unuei many l"rnN' Now ~
urP.als III ,lle h'ise .. ic'Ht'u' p''ur'
~ we pI'pi'nu aSSuinp''oh Vi s3i"c &C..
'!eSins,lc'l en'r'a ta'l ut,r''nR WIN elrdI
sNtlHnR M"iuI VI t'h'N SONY o,'J"l"'
op'i'ion Mi.lvh ne t''l''S 10 pt oI cquaI a''i
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you ou n"'c ~ III w N"t.',"''lonS ~
w h.o'",' VI ',i'S''ah '>'c','c VII"
.he system sd''Sh ~ rn'r''''sm ana prel"",
.rlons 1Nei'''''ns. inr 'ohteai''. l"r 'hI
ios'o'' IT,, ,n'. ,ne s''orrn n,r J ",n'.
"!ttde' 'Ht l'l"H"i 70 XIV i''u'r,"'S ""O
-. IN le,f and Nam and an'yer and MN.
oral and which millions of cdrratcd MON
b,ys giy,, tLs,r by., "a n,.,i.c o,.,il,L'c
the WILLINGNESS to cast themselves or a
child over The nrecinirr. claiming the sane.
tinn nj rc.t,in Srrin,r,rs 49, thr1r warrant
fnr cSroning desf,urtinu j. IN tho pye. of
most men and women TODAY a sin Of nre.
SUMPTION, The system i. against the cor.
nor,ta common sense of the r,rr ng,,ust
the promotion of faith, il di,r,rds do.
trines iil, tho hlcssnd trntb. nj (h,;.t,,
deity and a,onemrnt' which have been
held by the oycry he,minp majority of the
members of the Christian rhurrh in every
age from the beginning. "It is written"
they cry Yes Christ Teaches us 70 an.
swpr. and "ao,in il i written: Thou shalt
no, make the trial Of the Lord thy God"
You have it--onr hcsitates to alhdc IN \
Christian pulpit to the vulgar scrt-ln the
sacrosanct po,yramy Of the Mormon. OF
winch such an Informing cynose has been
made hy a Congressional committee durin.
the pa,t week. Not that tine Mormon il
the only adultcrcr; woud God he were,
but he is the on.v man now before the
Christian pubic vino Gains A new reveal.
,Ion OF later and HIGHER authority than
that made through he hoN and siulc.,
Jesus. exurp,s'v sangtioninr his Install
creed
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NIX ,I,"11n',,,,a, ,I',,t H., t'n,I,. Lo,t,,,
than Chr;st'", theTafore / hear nv nrrf.
.man Nr' ~ s. n,"a ny p,vt'
uo,'o,n"th ,'''' ,II ,,,,t w.,
~ y" Ivy r"I,D 'n,t pu' ny
""o.' .ne "a" "l ,i,c i Im, D",m% I,, Mi.i
r!"s nay 70 T r}",npN' p", ! s'v' ',,MoJ W.,
,SnJ'e u; "ric ', ."v Il" a, =,
modern l,nts more peSJ''iIc ferrous 'I"'hp'Gi
,.h,, pJ,, a'I ro,'n,I",, n ' ra
ren MT" year. cmi'"arics from I',ah hgvr pro.
,,Ioimrd HIS ac,r,rsed system mere in tha
Easr cbioav among s;nn,c m,nJad rmst;r,
and mo,,ntanr"r. we realize the sin of
pcrmitiinp it tins ,orn.