Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29

ly So when the spirit Of a man is moved
by the spirit Of God its life gives out the
fruitage, free from all that violent working
peculiar to the carnal state. The contrast
Is very great, as between tumult on the
one side and peace on the other John,
xiv:2O. Paul adds that that against such
a spiritual condition and its fruits there
Is no law. The carnal man Is condemned
by law which he violates. The spiritual
man Is free from law which does not per-
tain to him Romans, viiiD.
LIVING AND WALKING Oversees "a,
Is, 26). There has long been heated con-
troversy concerning the relation between
the inward life and the outward conduct.
Some contend that We do not need to give
much heed to the latter If we are sure that
the former Is correct. while others reverse
this order and lay emphasis upon the deeds.
Christianity presents the necessity of both.
The inward Is the source or fountain
from which the outward springs (Matt. vii,
I'D. and ought therefore to be guarded with
utmost care. prov. Nv. 23). Still, as the
act is the proof of the interior condition
dition, and inasmuch as the act completes
the thought and the purpose, no one can
ever be Indifferent to his deeds. BY them
he makes his impression for good or evil
(Matt vii, 16). Hence. the outward right
eousness not less than the inward right
eousness Is commended and enjoined. (Heb.
xiii, 49,. And so the apostle here calls the
inward life. to do this in the spirit of
humility and not with vainglorying.
SOWING AND REAPING. Verses Z
and 81 The committee passed over six
that make an excellent conclusion. The
two kinds Of life, the carnal and the spirit
ual, are contrasted in their Anal results.
The figure Of the agriculturalist is taken
who lives to the flesh is represented as
sowing seeds that shall yield harvest
Of corruption. He that lives to the spirit.
or in the spirit, shall reap everlasting life.
ly ending. This is certain. as certain as
casting seed into the ground and reaping
the harvest produced by that seed. This
is the law of life, cause and erect, ante
understood even in the olden time. Dob
Nv, 81 This Is by Gods ordering. The GER
taintfes Of the moral and spiritual world are
not less than those of the physical world.
mock God in his administration Of human
affairs. Let no one live here in time other
than he desires to live in eternity:
NATURE AND GRACE.-The real
the man as he is by nature and the man as
he may by grace. All men come into
this world with more or less disordered
being, the higher and better powers under
subject to the carnal. All who continue to
live in that way fall into various forms Of
animal indulgence, practicing vices and
committing crimes that disturb their peace,
result in discord among their fellows and
end in an overthrow Of the spiritual in the
world to come. But all who, aided by the
spirit Of God, overcome the appettes and
passions and live in and for the spirit, take
on beautiful characteristics that bring to
them here joy and peace and end in life
everlasting. This, then. is the whole prob
lem-how shall the spiritual nature be de-
veloped and brought into the ascendancy
and how shall the bodily nature be made
it's servant. This is the problem which
the Christian religion alone attempts to
solve, which, in fact. it does solve Eph.
i:3.