Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-26
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1873.

his brother Is n murderer" III there IL 1
malice in our hearts, we are guilty Of
blood that cries unto God. Every
wrong we have done our brother IN
thought, word, and deed, cries out
against u.s. Every feeling Of cnmity
brings upon our heart the heel of
Christ. Every sin, is,.a crying sin. God
puts tongue into every wrong we do
to cry for our condemnation. Ever un-
kind word, every wrong feeling, every
wicked act Of which we have been guilty,
is made vocal with condemnation. Thus
il is often n fearful thing for man to
face bis past life. IIec ecarnot turn around
and look back without turning pale
AT times his, hearing becomes wonder
fully accutc 80 that he can hear from Il
long distance in the past. The sins Of
his youth roar at him rs they 'lid ut Da-
vid. AS hc traces his life backward to-
wards the beginning, loud mouth wrongs
surprise him at every turn, not one sin
remains silent. The voice Of cOndemna-
tion is heard on every si'le. lie may go
back to his very childhood, still voices
cry out against him. lie finds 10 peri
cd of innDcency. From his most dis
tant recollection the present hour, is
one continual voice Of condemnation
1t is dreadful to look back and hear all
this fearful line of wickedness with unit
ell voice crying to God for vengeance.
What fearful tongues, God has put into
our sins AMI how terrible to hear them
calling down upon us infinite wrath. Nor
will they call in vain when the cup Of
of our inipuity is full. Then shall We bc
made to drink it as the cup Of his in,lig-
nation for ever. Not only do sins against
our brother cry out against us. Not only
has the cry of brothers blood gone mp
to God. Sins against humanity are not
our only crying sins but sins against God
as well. We are verify guilty of the blood
of our Lord Jesus. Christ. The blood of
Jesus was not only upon those who took
active part i'll the crlIciiixion, but up
on their children, as we'll ~ upon all
who consent unto it by their unbelief.-
1t was not the spear, the nail and the
thorls, that alone she'd his blool-our
sins are tliorns and nails, our uubelicfis Il
! spear and by these we cruelty him afrcsh
and put him to an open shame. Wchave
shed his blood. We have wounded him
ever since we have prufcssel to he his
! friends, for he is often wounded IN the
house of his friends. We have thrust
! a spear into his side Our unl,clicf has
pierced him. Every time we doubt his
word we bring upon ollr souls the guilt
of his blood. To he an unbclicver, is to
be the chief Of sinners. 1t may not seem
so now, but the time is coming, when the
soul will recognize unbelicf as the greatest
of sins. \ man now who shells Il broth
er's blood is east ont and branded as a mur-
dcrcr. lie is Stunned by society as 4
man of fearful wickc,lncss, hut he VIII,
sheds the blood of the son of God
by his mnl,clief an,l cruciiics him afresh
and puts him to IN open shame, still re
tainS his position rs n respectable member
Of society. Lc is not looked upon rs ;
man of fearful wickcdncss he is not
branded as q criminal; but it will not bt
so always. The time is coming whel
unbelicf will he regarded as the great
est crime, if not in this world, at least il
the world to come. An unbeliever il
heaven, would he looked upon by its ho
" inhabitants as an infinitely worse MAJ
moro to he dreaded and Stunned tlial
Stokes, Wilkes Booth orc p Kidd, b,
any society of earth. But ii is not tn,
light of eternity only that reveals TIN
! Nervousness of this sin. @
Gods spirit in its convicting power
makes mbelicf the harhcd arrow tina
strikes deepest into the conscience. 9th
er sins are light compared with the weigh
, of agony which this brings to the bur
dened SIOUX To he angry with a broth
er is mur,lcr-a fearful sin in the sight o
God. What is it to he angry with tn
Lord Jesus Christ To plunge dagge
: into the heart of an innocent brother
sin which cries with ten thousan'
tongues for divine vengeance. To thrus
spear into the side of the Son of God
{ is sin which makes ren,ling rocks,
trembling earth and larkened su
| lift up their voice against the murders
S In the day of conviction and confession
$ it is unbclicf that makes the soul or
1 out in its agony. When we weep hccaus
n of our sins, it is unbelief that makes til
i Gctlscmanc of our sorrow. Other sir
n fade away in the greatness of this sill
4 When we have come over the mountain
e of our other sins, this rises up before I
a IKE ALPS lilcu Oh Alps, III Ilc ~
n reaches to the. very heavens. Cain
e greatest sin was not in staying his brotl
n er, but rather in his faithless sacrific
c which was an aboniination to the Lore
/. lie had already raised his arm again'
e God before he had raised it against h
n brother. Ii was his want of faith
II God, that led him to shed the blood {
II Abel. The cause is greater than the c
is feet. The unlelief OF his heart was mo
# cruel than his uplifted arm. His II
e burnt sacrifice cried louder for vengean'
l. than the reeking blood of his brothc
l. His crime against God, was more hsi
Is Gus than his crime against Abel, hecau
|. it was more fundamental and more col
ID prehensivc. Unbelicf is at the botto
If of all sin; all wickedness and Grin
ar spring from it as source, 1t is the We
ir of wickcdness springing up into eve
Id lasting condemnation. TIE sin, the Grin
re against God, is unbclicf. 1t was the fir
r sin. 1t was doubting God and bclievil
IF Satan; God said in the day thou cate
m thereof, thou shalt surely die Sat;
a. said thou shat not surely lie. K
ir doubted God and ate. All the crime al
il wickedness of this world comes of unb
ID lief The primal sin-the source sin W