The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-07

those things that are intended 10 de-
grade; but those that elevate. For I
say unto you. that except your night.
cousness exceed that of the ScrIbes
and PharIsecs. We shall In no case en-.
ter into the Kingdom of heaven"
Then again, Christians are called
the the temple of God Know ye not
that ye are the temple Of God. and that
the spirit of God dwelletb In You"
Does any ono think for moment
that the spirit OF God would inhabIt
an unclean temple? An illustration
Of this was given when Christ desired
to take UP his abode. for a short time.
In the temple at Jerusalem. He found
the people were using 1t for various
kinds OF unholy purposes. so he. with
physical force. cleaned ont all tho i'm.
puritles. overturned the tables Of the
many changes" and declared: My
Fathers house Is a house OF prayer, but
We have made II house Of merchan-
disc" For, says Paul, III any man
de1le the temple of God, him shall God
destroy: for the temple OF God Is
holy, which temple ye are "
They are also called "the sons Of
God Says John: Behold. what man
ner of love the Father hath bestowed
up US that we should be called the
sons Of God" Then again: Beloved.
be. but we know that whentaredfosa
now are we the son of God. and
IL doth not yet appear what we
shall be, but we know that
when he shall appear, we
shall be like him" "AnG every man
that hath this hope in him. puri1etn
himself. even as He is pure
Can you. my reader realize In the
least degree, the intensity OF the vast.
ness or attempt TO measure the heights
or depths. or prescribe the boundaries
of such A love as Is described ABOVE.
love that will take the poor, &C.
graded, erring one by the aand and
restore him to his first csea;e. ana
make It possible for him 10 think pure
thoughts, speak pure words. and
whose actions are pure. yes, pure,
even as God. the Father. is pure? Tie
love that will enable one, I;ae the
good Samaritan to secure the fallen
brother from danger. to care FOR him.
TO feed and cloth him. until ae is aoic
to care for himself
These are only a very :cw OF tac
ltSullS GI IlItSSlOllS VI u tluSt bD-
servance of the doctrines OF Christ.
Now, let us look at the otner siue
of the question. which we Will nus
trate by a simple little scory: ~
certain man went down from Jerusrs
lem to Jericho. and fell among thieves.
who stripped him OF his raimenJ anu
wounded him. and departed, Teav:ng
him half dead. And by caance ;;lerc
came down a certain priest that way;
and when he saw him ne passed by
on the other side. And likewise a
Levite, when he WAS a. the place he
came and looked on him enc passed
by on the other side. But a certain
Samaritan. as he Journeyed, came
where he was. and when he saw HIN,
he had compassion on h,m, anG went
to him, and bound up HIS wounds,
pouring In oil and wine and set him
on his beast, and brought him to au
Inn. and took care of him
Now, here we have picture or TWO
"scabs" and union man. The priest
and the Levite did JUST what the
"scab" IS doing today. They passed
by on the other side. wlen they saw
the man in distress. They said: Why.
10 stop and care for this man VIII de.
lay me In my journey To take him
with me will he an incum0rance, To
call a physician Will cost me some
money, for he IS broke" he mas
been robbed and has snothing lert.
More than that. 1t will deprive me OF
my personal liberty; there VIII he
restraint placed upon me, and | can't
do as | please Oh, no, let him get
along the best he can So the "scab"
is doing and saying the same things
today The working peop'e are held
up, knocked down and roubed, and
left with only enough 10 weep alive
on: and the "scab" turns a deaf ear
to their cries for help. He passes ny
on the other side and takes their job
for little less pay. and complacently
looks on the misery, degradation and
want. He sees the lives of women
crushed out with burdens too great
to be borne by men; he cares nothing
for the stunted physique and dwarfed
intellect of our youth, ana yet some
OF them claim to be Christians-to be
the salt OF the earth" the light OF
the world the sons OF God" and
the temples of God
These two definitions are Just as
opposite as light and darkness: FIST
as dissimilar as MONDAY and mid
night; just as contrary as bitter and
sweet; and how the thought can be-
reconciled that these two can De em-
bodied in one and the same individual
is beyond our comprehension.
Therefore. to the question: Can one
be a Christian and "scab" at the
same time, We answer emphauoaIIy.
NO If man is "scaD" ne is noJ
Christian. II man is Christian nc
will not be "scab.'