1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTTIKE. 



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and I tried to excuse them because their 

 will power had been sinned away, and they 

 were hardly responsible for what they said 

 or did to satisfy the appetite; but I almost 

 feel that the drinking- man has more sense 

 and conscience too than this other sinner 

 who may be at the time a temperance lec- 

 turer. But there is another trouble wilh 

 this sort of sin. You can say to the intem- 

 perate man, "Behold the Lamb of God that 

 taketh away the sin of the world." You 

 •can say it to him because he does not make 

 any profession; but how can 3'ou say to 

 this other man, who is daily preaching- 

 Christ Jesus (or pretending- to), and ex- 

 horting- sinners to repent — how can you say 

 to hiin that Christ Jesus is the remedy for 

 any sin or all sins that beset mankind? 



Every little while of late we see notices 

 in the papers of action for damag-es com- 

 menced ag-ainst certain persons for "alien- 

 ating- the affections" of a wife or a hus- 

 band as it may be. We g-ather from the re- 

 ports that the laws are pretty severe on the 

 •offenders in this line, and they ought to be. 

 Many people, no doubt, smile at this thing- 

 as utterly ridiculous; but, dear friends, do 

 not be too sure. It may, like the smallpox, 

 or like lig-htning from the sky, strike into a 

 neig-hborhood or locality where j'ou least 

 ■expect it. While considering this thing- we 

 may say, "How can any man or woman be 

 such a fool, or be so silly, as to be 'beguil- 

 ed' by anybody, no matter how smart?" 

 Let me say again, do not be too sure. A 

 man does not h£ive to be ver3'^ smart nor very 

 bright to discover, if he sets himself seri- 

 ously about it, that he may find silly peo- 

 ple almost anj-where. Satan is a good 

 trainer. He goes to work deliberateU', and 

 takes plenty of time. He suggests to his 

 victim, "You have money and influence. 

 You can take this person into your employ, 

 pretending you need just such a one." The 

 onl}' thing that Satan wants is to find some- 

 body who will stoop low enough, degrade his 

 manhood, and listen to the teachings of this 

 wily "serpent" we are told about in the 

 third chapter. Satan's work is in enticing 

 sinners, and sin finally is much the same 

 in the end, whether it be drinking, gam- 

 tiling, or heguilino^ some unsuspicious one 

 who might never have had a wrong thought 

 if left alone. Adam and Eve, even in the 

 ^garden of Eden, had to be tested and tried; 

 and you and I, dear friends, must in some 

 manner be tested and tried before we can 

 really be soldiers of the cross. May God 

 help us to be ready in the i>ery outset to say, 

 "Get thee behind me, Satan." 



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