The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-06

Paul said he simply wanted to relate
his condition during a certain year,
so we might take courage. He devot-
ed nearly all of the 9TH chapter of
Romans to the subject, just to tell
about it.
This mixtures of natures-this two
men in one skin, proposition, is why
a man can do all sorts of dirty work
through the week and then administer
the Lords supper on Sunday. If he
had but one nature he could not &C
complish that trick He would fall
down on one or the other. He would
either decline to do the dirty work,
or else he could stay away from COM
munion. With his spider nature he
does the dirty work during the week
and then with that innocent fly part
he stands before the people and gets
off his Sunday duties. He would be
in terrible fix if the spider nature
held over some Sunday and got mixed
into his prayers. He would be asking
all sorts of things against compel
itor. He would want strong web
and sharp tooth. Usually this desire
does not come until after the bene-
diction Sunday night. Two natures
in one head makes it possible to take
on Wednesday, and then pray to God
to come in power and help those who
are hardup, on Sunday. You couldn't
do this trick with one nature, except
that nature was that of the spider,
and it is always the spider nature that
will do that sort of a thing. This
| two-men-in- one-skin church life is
certainly hard row to hoe. He is
running from himself and humping in
to himself as he runs. He is sorry for
it, but glad of it, He hates to do it
that way, but is happy because he
hates it, The chances are that good
many of US will keep this sort Of
thing going until some day we bump
into an undertaken with his hearse
and then some preacher will under
take to smooth it over for u.s. Paul
said the man in whom the spider ma
ture predominated would always go
about doing spider tricks. He said
also that the fly nature, when the
strongest, would rule and go about
doing the fly tricks. Paul wanted
people to make their nomination and
election cure, but he said you can't
be elected unless you first get the
nomination. He said God is all the
time voting for us and the devil is all
the time voting against us and that
we had one vote and which ever way
we voted we are elected sure. He said
Christ would deliver the creature from
the spider life into the fly life if there
was enough backbone about the mon
frosty to act on what will it had
left. Paul was great man to want
people to will to do right and Their
stick to it. The spider-fly nature
. will do trick, resolve never to do il
again and feel better about having re
, pented. But within three weeks thu
; same old thing will come back on hin
again and he will begin to discus
the matter with himself. That is al
= the spider nature wants. If it is OF
, discussing grounds, he will win out
The only safe way for the fly natur
! is to dismiss it without talking it over
!: That is the same old "Will you com
: into my parlor" trick. This two-mel
: in-one-s skin Christianity is the caus
: of so many cobwebs hanging aroun
y our chruches. Everybody wants
8 streak of the spider in everybody elst
:. OF course we don't want it too big
. but just enough to make him danger
Gus. We think it takes a streak c
= spider to supply the get-up we S
;, admire in human beings. All this kin
~ of thinking is done with the spide
=, nature you may rest assured of that
If you are standing around watcf
- ing just at the right minute, you ca
- get enough on most any lively litt
g fellow to send him to the reforl
~ school. Camp on his trail long enoug
~ or take peep around the corner ju
- at the right moment and you wi
% catch him dealing with his spider n
y, ture and then if you can make II
le right kind of noise about it, you ca
generally land him behind the ba
:, where he gets anything else besid
~ reformation. He is told he is
- spider and nothing else. They t.
III him his mother and father were ST
.'i ders and how can he hope to be an
VI thing else. He knows there are tv
w boys in his skin and he feels like "
-. have caught the biggest one OF tho
~ boys. You are simply swatting
~. fly nature for him. The thing
do when you are in this sort OF br
~ mess is to go off some place and
ne down and think of the dirtiest thi
on of the same sort you ever did a
!" what would have happened to you
at some fellow camping on your tr
had happened along when your S
~ der nature was in the ascenden
''d and your timid little fly nature "
-. sitting back allowing the majority
t'e rule at that hour. There is quite
10 piece of spider nature in the best
IA. us and SOME fly in the worst OF
I iet as sure as you live.
led Now the twice-born person hit.
aul little in advance of the spider-and-t
he fly creature. The God in heaven
all said to the Holy Spirit g! want !
as to go get in association with the $
his and keep him from straying.' WI
&c? Christ went back to heaven
ich imagine some heavenly being as
on him what he wrote in the sand
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