The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-10

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 II Io-u- Was tempted to turn mt-h into ,anaHrism. and to wir success throGGh sensational means \ swift and easy success Is allur Ing. alike to patriot and statesman to ratormer and prophet Jesus illustrated this temptation in the tory as to the suggestion that He cast Himself down from the pima .lr while God would care for Him les, he be dashed to destruction against the stones But other men who are careless on the mountain height are killed Little children and old men must obey the law of Nature, else perish in it's rclent less application. This is a world of law Law is the will of God Laws represent Cod 8 thoughts. or gantled, automatic and operating for Him By law the planets move around the sun; by law the sea sons come and go; by law there is first the blade then the ear. then the full corn in the ear. by law the Gulf Stream passes northward, and by law passes the cold currents of the north passing southward Disobey the law of water and the sailor drOwns: obey the law and the prov of the vessel parts the waves and finds its desired haven WhensOeFer man follows Gods laws he wins some new achievement Now a new food, now new tool now a new medicine. now advance ment in art science, music; but the temptation is to avoid the law and gain the end by swift and eas / methods Law knows no such re suits. After ten years of teaching Mahomet lost his patience One day he offered his soldiers purse if they would go to the village nearby and unsheathing their swords command all to cry out, There is one God, and Nahomet is His pro phet." else be slain. Mahomet was tempted and fell. John Brown un- willing to let the proclamation of truth ripen and bear its fruit took the law in his own hands, and fell in the temptation. The south at tempting the same folly, rebelled against the government, and in their temptation not only lost their cause. but all their slaves in the bargain The nations of Europe have entered into the temptation that God is or the side of the largest battalions. and they are learning their folly in the death struggle that still grips the continent. They must yet iraln that little countries have rights: they must learn the duties of pow erfuI countries with large armies and navies. Is land hunger to be exalted above the law of civilized people@ Is Nabotn to seize an. mans vineyard toward which he may cast longing eyes? When the rich man finds neighbor at his joor must he iZe The lamb 0 the poor man and feast, while his flocks are unmolested, fat upon the sides of the mountains? It may be that the time has come when the United States of Europe will be bound together. when there will be (
 reat union of the World, and su- preme law of unity will prevail and a } men and all nations can be heard m rhe Grand Court of Justice that will find bir,h There is haste that is waste Most men are tempt ed to the sensational. the cheap, the easy way to success and dazzle. Any man today who is base enough to adopt the method of sensational ism can appeal to the credulous turn faith into fanaticism, and found new religion.
 III The Temptation to ambition 1t comes to the politician when he approaches the people, reminding ! them that this is not an ideal world, that we have to take the people as they are, and alloy their plans with dishonest methods, and lying wonders To many an ambi- tious man Satan whispers, This  material world is my kingdom, heav- en is Gods kingdom, and if you will recognize me in the practical ways of the world I will realize i for you the actual things of heaven and now let us get together and recognized that there is to be com promise if there is to be success. Add God and the Devil together and divide hy two and what is the result No nation can long stand half slave and half free. The old philosophy taught that there was god of evil and god of good, and that men must give al legiance to each. The god of am bition spoke Compromise" to Ste phcn A Douglas Fall down and worship me. My name is cotton and gold and slavery, and l VII
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