The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-15

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doubt not some day this planet will
itself be rent in twain and deliver
new and perfect world. War, Bit
ter, cruel, desolating war, aye worst
OF all, civil war, gives birth to hte
only lasting peace and lusty life.
life which war would seem to de-
story, intended utterly to destroy.
At the close Of his earthly life, the
Saviour cried to his disciples as one
who would sing victor's song even
in the face Of death and defeat, "I
have overcome the world" To
strengthen them too for what Law be-
fore, to muster all their powers for
the fierce conflict that awaited, to
fill with a new courage their failing
hearts and to give them pledge Of
final and completest triumph, his
soul rose nobly high within him, and
although already in the shadow Of
Gethsemane where his sweat was to
be, as it were, drops Of blood and
where the tortured human, spirit in
Him was to change the note Of VIC
tory to the pleading prayer, If it be
possible, let this cup pass from me,
He yet anticipates his victorious
death, denies it's sway and refuses
the proof of it by his declaration, ct
have overcome tile world" In view,
therefore, Of the battle we all must
wage, if we would live, we have the
right to ask what it was Christ over
came when he overcame the world.
If we will address, ourselves to the
combat and strive successfully for
the prize Of the tree of life and the
paradise Of God, we too must know
what form the foe assumes.
1t would appear upon considera-
ton Of our Lord g career and indeed
Of all human experience that men g
enemies in the world are but two,
and they must be, vanquished by
methods diametrically different the
one method from the other.
Of these the first is sin. "The
invisible friend" Of moral evil,
whether it be the secret spirit in
temptation within or the no less stub
born foe of trial and wrong around
us. Against the hydra-headed mon
ster Of sin, deceit, hypocrisy, pre-
sumption, lust and lie He in whom
the fullness of life abounded set
himself without compromise or
wavering.
When Satan, arch deciver of hu-
man souls, lured his gentle spirit,
fresh and glowing from that blessed
baptism Of the Holy Ghost on the
banks of Jordan, to the beast infest-
ed waste and there tempted his am
bition and his worship with the false
promise of this world and its king
doms and their glory, he answered,
"Get thee hence, Satan" When the
Pharisees and scribes pressed hard
upon him with their proud boasts ani
lying tongues, he cried out go gen.
Grafton Of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from wrath to come?'
When even James and John, gentle
souls like his own, begged him to call
down fire from heaven and consume
the inhospitable Samaritans, he re-
bulsed their foolish desire for ven-
geance. And he bade Peter put the
sword back into it's sheath when he
would defend his Lord. He set his
face against unholy wrath and malice.
Clean himself and pine he could
not brook the serpent's trail on all
his glorious creation. The world
spirit, the Prince of the power of
the air, had no part in him, and the
demons held in agony their conquer
or and walled out from the bodies
Of those they tortured, "Why art
thou come to torment us before our
time, thou Son Of God"
T would not subclude under the
head Of evil those daily tasks that
confront us, life's daily obstacles
and the long list of duties we must
hour by hour perform, the hindran-
ces by which we seem to be circum-
scribed On every hand, the efforts
we must put forth morning and even
ing for the sake Of others and our
selves. True, all kindred life, all
seeming limitations, are the result of
evil, but there is no moral taint now
on work and duty. Execution, the
steady movement of mind and body,
life's unremitting toll and labors,-
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