Se “li fax pd 7 ZN, ¢ i aN 1 a = NIN 15 2 2 7 152 NANT po 1 i] ele hy “A FREER TAT, oN A SA SAT ST oT Be ny Rp 0 200 Koy RT ol | ATA AA ‘¢ Liff up your eyes, and look on The fields; for they are whife already fo harvest.” Vor. I1 SouTH LANCASTER, Mass., FEBRUARY 235, 1903 No. 8 GRANT US THY PEACE. GRANT us Thy peace throughout the day, Though well or weary, sad or gay; Speak to the soul, bid turmoil cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace throughout' the night, When lonely thoughts the soul affright; Touch us anew, bid doubting cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace in joy supreme, Turn thy rare light on life’s dear dream; Quiet the soul, bid fever cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace in heavy loss, Help us to bravely hold the cross; Strengthen the soul, bid sinking cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace in dark suspense, When eyes are blind and clouds are dense; Hold fast the soul}, bid striving cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace when swiftly dart Temptation’s arrows to the heart; Cleanse out the soul, bid weakness cease— Grant us thy peace! Grant us thy peace in death’s stern hour, When earthly moorings lose their power; Call to the soul, bid terror cease— Grant us thy peace! THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. THROUGH dissension and alienation Satan reaps his harvest of souls, He leads those who are ambitious for money, ambitious to be first, too proud to be anything but the highest, to murmur and complain. These poor souls have not overcome their natural and cultivated tendencies, and they are deceived by Satan, and led into sin, Satan must deceive in order to lead away. ‘In vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.” Underhand work must be done; a de- ceptive influence must be exerted; ‘pretenses must be set forth as truth; suspicion must be lulled to sleep. Satan clothes temptation and sin with the garments of righteousness, and by this deception he wins many to his side, Christ pronounced him a liar and a murderer. O that unwary souls would learn wisdom from Christ! As the end draws near, Satan will stir up minds, in proportion to their capabilities and knowledge, to sow seeds which will produce a harvest that they will not care to garner. He works in so deceiving a way that he himself is not detected, and then he reaps the benefit of the disaffection shown by those whom he has tempted. He is all prepared to hurl charges through them against those whom God would have stand stiffly for the truth. Through apostasy, fallen men and fallen angels are in the same confed- eracy, leagued to work against good. They are united in a desperate com- panionship. Through his evil angels, Satan contrives to form an alliance with professedly pious men, and thus he leaves the church of God. He knows that if he can induce men, as he induced the angels, to join in re- bellion, under the guise of servants of God, he will have in them his most successful allies in his enterprise against heaven. Under the name of godliness, he can inspire them with his own accusing spirit, and lead them to charge God’s servants with evil and guile. They are his trained detec- tives; their work is to create feuds, to make charges which create dis- cord and bitterness among brethren, to set tongues in active service for Satan, to sow seeds of dissension by watching for evil, and by speaking of that which will create discord. I beseech all who engage in the work of murmuring and complaining because something has been said or done that does not suit them, and that does not, as they think, give them due consideration, to remember that they are carrying on the very work begun in heaven by Satan. They are following in his track, sow- ing unbelief, discord, and disloyalty ; for no one can entertain feelings of disaffection, and keep them to him- self. He must tell others that he is not treated as he should be. Thus they - are led to murmur and com-