The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-09-27

ne knew tnat tney wOuid follow man
who could turn stones hbo bread; who
could fling himself fro a dizzy height
and alight unhurt. who could achieve
worldwide rule by compromising with
evil But not by such means would
Jesus win the worlds fnath and love.
Satan could not understand the spirit
ual could not conceive OF that inoffa.
bic power BY which n Christ was
lifted up he would draw I'll men unto
him.
Now, l always Dscd to look upOn
this story rs m aheEoTy never be
loved that In truth Thu happened. But
tho older ! grow the more ] bsliove II
Is literally ITO. satan always was
and always viii ~ Of cSrnal mind.
he can never understand anything
which does not appeal 10 tho carnal
mind He II great deal like that
brutal man who ono day asked Benja-
min Disraeh why no had married 10
uns itnctivc n wife. Dismel was In
conspicuous until he married a widow
who was some years older than he
hnt she lavisbed Der wealth upon HIM
and gave him his 1rst stop 10 political
life Tho prime minister nswerod .
MY friend. I cannot tel you because
do not think you could understand
by motive. You do not know what
gratitude means So Satan was and
always will DO Of carnAl mind. If
Christ could not sit upon an earthly
throne and manacio satan with chains.
he does not believe Christ has any
power. Thus with the Hebrews They
could no< understand why Christ the
spiritual king would not become
Christ tho temporal king. They could
not understand why Christ, who claim
cd 10 be a spiritual ruler, would not
re-eStabnsh the Davidie throne In Je-
Fusslem.
And yet IS II not always the men
who have willingly turned their backs
upon thrones OF earthly power who
have established kingdoms Of spiritual
pOweri Tahe the lie Of John Wesley
with his marvellous organising ability,
his wonderful literary gifts. hrs silver
tongue and his power Of polemics-
could he not have been the greatest
statesman or lawyer or ccclesiastic Of
his time had no wiKhod7 Was not the
palace OF the nrchbishops chair with
In his grasp Ind he sought III And
rot today DO We not honor and love
the founder Of MethOdisn more than
II he had been an archbishop Eng
land has produced many great men.
but seldom n greater than David Liv-
ingstOne. But do wo not honor him
today because he gave up all FOR
Christi
do not care whore you go In his
tory, the men we honor most today
and whom God honors most have been
and are tho men who have turned
their backs upon thrones OF temporal
power in order 30 spread the higher
kingdom Of truth and purity and spir
itualtty. The cnTnal mind cannot grasp
this sacrifice, but the spiritual mind
can. In order b truly appreciate the
divine sacrifice we must first have
the divine love IN our own hearts
Lastly the Hebrews of old could not
understand this new Teacher because
he was going % establish his spiritua
kingdom out Of tho vilest ~ the vile
Strange MS II may seem. II ts almost
impossible 70 DO Gods work Alright
unless ve are willing 20 associate with
those who arc despised by their fol
low man. Kew comes me practical
questions: Are We. for ChTists sake,
willing 10 become socially ostraclzed
by those who think It IL not proper for
Us TO 60 with those who have gone
nstrayi Are we willing to do this for
Christ. as Christ an this for usf