The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-20

God is not mocked in the things of the spiritual life There is there fore now no condemnation to them that are in the Spirit" The law of the spirit of life makes men free from the law of sin and death. God has also established these laws, and they are just as sure of reaping harvest as any of the laws he has given for the benefit of mankind They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh This verse accounts for empty pews in the churches, and the careless actions of men and women of pleasure. God is not mocked here Whatsoever man soweth that shall be also reap Can men and women SOW to pleasure alone and expect to reap the bene- fits of the church to which they are ever pleased to have their children attend, and know It's help1ul pflnCi- ples? Even men do not mock them selves here. The very principles of the text is laid deep in their lives and actions. "So they that are in the flesh cannot please Cod and they know they are dspleasing Him. If men live for the devil on the earth they must expect to live with the devil hereafter. and they will not be mocked in this law. but will reap the benefits of their sowing.
 The very conscience itself tells us that We cannot set aside the sowing of life Sin must and will be pun ished. Let someone hurt a child in your midst and you would rise in full indignation to mete out punish ment to the offender, because your very conscience would tell you that he ought to be thus dealt with. The severity of the punishment would be measured by the heinOusness of the crime. Our courts are founded up on the truth of this fact. and the people are taught to expect such treatment from them. The conscience of the court is not approved by the public when it does not thus deal with the populace. Men do not wish to be mocked and will not long en- dure misgovernment
 There is no greater law, nor easier 10 understand, than the law of com mon sense. In sowing it follows a law with four phases CD Man eX- poets to reap that which he sows The farmer never puts oats in the boxes of the cornplanter when he plants the field of corn. Nor does he put corn in the seeder when he sows a field to oats When he wants oats he sows oats. When he wants corn he plants corn. To do other wise would be to plan for failure. @ He expects to reap the same kind of seed he sows. When he sows black oats he expects crop Of olack oats. When he sows beardless wheat he expects to reap the same kind When a man sows cigarettes he ex- poets to reap a bad heart, yellow he is not mocked When he sows beer and whiskey he expects to reap a bad breath, a red eye, mud dled head and unsteady tread; vile thoughts, immoral actions and an early crave. He too is nos disap- pointed. For whiskey, beer and cig- arettes have their laws of destruction that can always be counted on to bring the same harvest. (3) He eX- poets to reap more than he sows. The farmer puts an eighth of a bushel of corn in the ground per acre and expects it to increase more than thousand fold. The results are really marvellous. Someday count the grains of corn on single ear, So is the law of the sower of evil. he expects to reap more than he sows and here he is not mocked For one night of revelry there is reaped a life of sin and sorrow You can drive nails in a board and pull out the nails, but you cant pull out the holes. There are thou sands today who would like to get rid of the scars of an evil life. (4 Ignorance of the kind of seed will make no difference in the crop. Seeds that may resemble each other may De far different in results. You can SOW darnel and expect to get wheat. Any miller will sell the cheat, taken from the good wheat, at a reduc- tion, but he who sows it will find that it is the same fraud, the same swindler that 1t was when he bought it. You must buy the best seed to get the best crops. The farmer learn