The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-07-18
Powers Of Good and Evil
Within All Men
GODS GRACE WILL UPLEV

III ter than It Is must De Snul Oh
from God. Its communications
with its divine base Of opera
tions. through which it draws all its
supplies for the present conflict. must
be in the hands OF the enemy, and II
be is not succored by the powers OF
Gods grace, he is lost. But is any
human soul so debassd and depraVed
that it never looks up with longing
eyes to a higher sphere Of achieve
ments than any In its experience!
Who can say that he has known one
human creature utterly devoid or that
Heayenborn desire to do better, 70
live more in accordance with the laws
of God. to abide more constantly oy
the truth, to advance further towards
the center OF the universe, and to-
wards the limit OF human endeayor? II
II you cannot remember an instance
Of such depravity upon which to base
the harsh belief in hell without hope,
and death without resurrection. turn
to your own heart. for there are the
seeds of good and evil, which, being
developed, make up human life. we
are much alike. We do not diner In
the main points of our characters as
creatures; but the line between the
creature and the Creator is we'll de-
fined. All men desire to become bet
ter, IL they could do 80 without trou-
BILE to themselves, without bearing any
extra burdens, without making any
extra sacrifices, without giving up any
Of the little vanities which have come
to be part Of life almost. SO closely
are they, connected with living, SO near
do they lie to the springs Of human
action "Ah!" says man, Il should IKE
to take these and be admitted into
the company of the good. want TO
be better. to do what is r!ght, 70 saVo-
cate the truth by act and word" And
still hercli2gss 70 his triaes. What
shsalld do to be sayed?" asks such a
man Of Christ; and the answer was:
Sell all that thou hast, and disuio-
ute unto the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow
me-" "And when he heard this he
was very sorrowful: for he was very
rich" The spirit was all that was re-
quired. but, alas, that was wanting. a
compliance with the command OF
Christ would make man Ike Christ
himself. God does not expect all men
to sell all. they have and distribute to
the poor. There must be this differ
ence between the character Of Christ
and all human souls who believe on
him ard cali upon his name: Christ Ia
bored not for himself, had nothing to
do for himself, but to do the will OF
God, and to save mankind by life OF
sacrifice and toll
True View Of Charity.
1t has been observed by some grave
writer's that charity never can oe
overdone, though it may sometimes be
led into error. A man cannot be too
charitably disposed. The field has no
limits, and the work is Gods work.
Yet must mar; be careful how he
uses the means which he employs to
relieve charity.
But to return to the desire to be bet
ter, which, in some degree. all souls
have We have false ideas Of good.
ness sometimes. We are apt to Judge
enormously as to what constitutes be.
peyolence and the opposite trait. A
certain physical aelicacy OF nerves
sometimes is called the evidence OF
goodness. In some parts OF the old
world the people are very careful not
to take animal life. In Egypt the beg
gar refrains from killing the Vermin
On his body, but removes them care
fully to the ground. In the same
countries human life is considered OF
small account. Among us some can
not bear to look upon suffering. Paia
misery, the sight Of blood affect
them; they will not tread upon 9
worm. But such a person may not
hesitate to trample upon the feelings
| 81 miserable soul whose anguish far
exceeds that Of the body.
First, the DesIrp to Be Good.
The desire to be good which merits
the promise Of the Holy Spirit is e1
pressed in Scripture by the words hun
ger and thirst. the meaning Of which
we can, in some sort understand. The
shipwrecked mariner. floating for days
| and nights upon the plank which sep
arates him from death, without food OF
drink, knows what 1t is to hunger and
thirst, and when exhausted nature
sinks to reposs be dreams OF teasts
which torment his soul with agony
The feelings which make him 80 ray
enous are not put on, are pot Of the
outside. They spring from the Sounda
tion Of his lie; they are the condi
tons of his existence. In Ike man
ner all moral action must Issue oui
| Of the deep fountains within us. or Il
aas not the power OF salvation- 1,
must be the result OF a definite pur
pose and q determined will which
form the habits OF life. For this rea
son we must hyst be sware OF what
We lack to make US good; 10 short, oi
how bad we are. before We can hops
to desire as We should to get rid o!
the bad and to be thoroughly reform
ed. When We have become able te
| appreciate our condition and to un
derstand what powers OF good and evil
we have within US. the course upward
Is straight and easy and the reward
sure
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