Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-06-03

pleasures.
This is. OF course. purely selfish
aim and vet any aim or effort. even so
dubious n one as this. TO see what 4.
evil in our life and to put IL away.
opens the mind 10 more and higher
truth. which brings all things into
clearer light and this higher truth
makes clear TO us that diSrcputsble
evils are not the only evils we have 10
dcsl with. that there are many Qrac-
tees that are approved OF and freely
INDUCED In by the world about US that
are sins we no longer tolerate. SO our
clarified conscience now demands that
our life shall be purScd OF these con-
ventional and reputable evils And in
/ this task we are not helped 10y the APP
prevail OF public opinion. But there -
I another selfish satisfaction that does
I help us. II IS the sweet satisfaction
/ % feeling that we are good and are i
+ deserving Of an the happiness the Lord 4
4 has in store for 81 who are good. This H
/ feeling takes many forms I'm the mind. 4
/ but i'm general it Is the feeling that we f
are as virtuous as most ~ those We
know and far more virtuous and kind- +
+ Is and Seif-deuyiuc than very many
/ whom we know. This is the sweetest
T satisfaction orr merely natural lie IS
+ capable Of and iu many wonderful
/ WAYS 81 holds rs up 20 the work 81 re-
all lower SatisfactionS
-. when the hunger FOR better life
has been thus Ear Cuic6cucd En- us. this
/ IS the way in which we are always
I tempted 10 satisfy 10. IL IS described
/ here as temptation TO make the
! stones % the desert into bread The
/ stones Of the desert are the aspect that
spiritual truth takes on when il is APP
. pretended hy the natural mind or the
Scif-lfc. This is tbe aspect that spirit
uai truth takes on En- The letter ~ the
I word which - truth adapted to the
4 lowest spiritual needs 90 men, There
, f reward and punishment are presented
S as thc motives Tor refraininE from evu
S and doing right. IL is an appeal 20
p what - called enlightened Selashucss-
j This aspect OF the truth IS necessary
p f 90 start us on the way toward The
b. heavenly ufe. But 60 convert these
p stones tufo bread IL GO ne permanently
satisfied with these purely scll>l as-
- poets of truth ana with this selt>n
o. stage of right LIVING. this doing r.-hr
D. and retaining from wrong doing i'r
s. rce sake ~ The approval 80 others ana
s fn~ tho 81 Se % tho satisfaction II
De- affords TO stop at This point. to ue
r. content with this attainment. which is
O. temptation tl2r coutronts us all
b. AGAIN and aca.u. IS 90 appropriate %
ourselves thc letter THAI NIIerl and io
II ~nu- our ewes to rle spirit flat u-a 80 90
:. alive. Tor &c is uaE.r- r.c letter ~
Is rle fc.i into bread iu ta.- way that
makes it destructive &C ~r-r la. -ie-
j. The Lords answer fo fle f.MIt
IT, Teaches us bow we ur~- meet t.t'
-o temptation This answer is grnte
a. from His words of warming GO tle Dlii
-r f-rr ~ Israel when they had lr>
- PASSED through their FORTY years o
ar r~.af 10 She wilderness. TO t-em tn
is said Thou sLalr remember aA OBJ
IN WAYS which tle Lord tly God latl le
ur thee these forty years ln tne leN er
"a And lie suffered tbco O. lur
~r -ar and fct thee with mauul- WHO
ms thou kneve~r n0r- neither did flE fal
Is ers know that He might make The
es- know that mau doth uor live hy Drea
rrv only. lut bv every word that process
Ne eth out 81 the mouth - the Lord dot
lct man live.
I'VE These words. now quoted .n part 2
% F The Lord as His reply go tle temple
&c f contain the truth hy which tl.. tempt
~ t.on must always be- met. The tenn
lau ratiou IS o. permit ourselves 20 49,
be rbe sense ~ our own goodness and
" 20 on multiplying our good works
an kinds and retaining from ali ot
re- ward evils. that We may multiply o
nam . spiritual rlclns and Increase and let
ltls en our SELF satisfaction.
ree- This is the hesetrins temptation
erl- rle religious Lfe ~ our time As
.Lat oll falslty % faith alone Las faded
APT ~ religious BELIEF this more subtle O.
ype attractive falslty has taken JOS pla
the Goodness s. everywhere being ua
ind. TIE test ana measure ~ religious c.
bird acter with very ltle regard iot
Quallry a. the goodness.
: ru TO This temptation tle divine au~N
fter -s. -No- by bread alone shall man lif