The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-20
SOWING AND REAPlNG.

SOWING ANO ReaPlNG.
 God is not mocked: Whatsoever man soweth that shall he also reap" Gal. 6, T.
 To the student in geometry there comes a great pleasure to know that a straight line Is the shortest dis tance between two points. When he has proved this fact he knows that he has something upon which he can always depend-a fact that will never fail him. If he always works out his problems with this lact in mind he knows that his results will not vary where this fact is concerned To the student in grammar early is he confronted with the fact that a sentence Is group of words making complete sense. AS in his school days so in his days of public service in later life, does he know that ever and always he can depend on this
 
 fact In all the acts of life. be they natural or spiritual, man soon learns that God is not mocked: whatso- ever a man soweth that shall he also reap" It Is surely so it ought to be so: no other result would be fair or honest. To destroy the truth of such statement would utterly destroy the universe itself for col lision is the result of the disregard of laws, and collision is destruction
 l. In sowing and reaping for the either by the notion that there is no rewards or that there Is no punish ments. AS we'll say that there is no heaveen as that there is no hell; that there is no pleasure in doing good. than that there Is no disgrace in the wicked acts of men. Every true parent teaches the child con corning rewards for being good, and punishments for being bad. What is true of the child should not be destroyed when the child has attained the age of manhood Truth remains truth.
 Thoughtful men would not uphold the opinion that men will be swept into the kingdom in crowds. They early realize the fallacy of such statement. Else this too would be practiced in life. They would be warmed and clothed with the crowds. But in all communities where people are trained in honesty they know that they must buy and pay for that which they obtain. and that only thus can they receive.
 Men have long repudiated the idea that certain rites will set all right whatever the life may be. Canned rellSlOn Ollen CdllleS US ptolldlHt which operates with fatal results Fresh pure fruits have within them the essence of health. Religion that is but skin deep affects only the skin for time when the true con dition of the heart will show on the surface. Religion is not skin desease.
 Finally, a supposed conversion, pre- sumptuous faith or little almsgiving will be insufficient seed to SOW to expect an abundant harvest of ever lasting life. God is not mocked.
 II. The laws of Gods government are not set aside Look at natures laws. Is God mocked there? Near a hot stove Il miner is thawing some sticks of dynamite, for he knows that frozen dynamite has little power, even as frozen heart has little power, and thus he proceeds 10 re- turn the explosive to normal condi- tion. Being occupied with other things he does not notice that the fire is getting too hot. terrible explosion occuls and destruction wrecks the cabin and takes his life. A violation of the laws that God has laid down for dynamite have been disregarded, for God is not mocked A young man places his hand over the muzzle of a shotgun and slides the weapon into wagon box. The gun is accidentally dis charged and the whole load passes through the center of his hand. For weeks he travels long distance to the doctor to have the wound dressed and at last loses the use of his fingers God had laid down a law whereby man could have a weapon for obtaining game for his table, and the same law has destroyed the | hand that wielded the weapon for God is not mocked.
 The laws of growth are constant l under certain conditions. and when | the conditions are complied with | the sower of the conditions can eX-