Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10
PENN'A. R. R. TIME TABLE.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

mCrning preached fror the 18th verse
Of the VII chap. of the Book of Joshua
The verse reads
And Joshua said unto Achan. Nv son,
give, prsv the, glory to the Lord God, OF
Isreal, md make confession unto him; and
tell me now what ttou hast done; hide it
not from me.
The pleasant and interesting introdnc.
tory to the sermon brought the miad tc
dwell on Aehan, he, wLo had "trespass.
ed in the accursed thing" and thereby
uuconsciously to himself became a not
ed historical character of the Bible,
thorough whom, BY example God taught
his children the euormity of the iudul-
gence of secret sin.
The secret sin of Achan was the
Theme, and was considered by the rev.
erened gentleman under the following
heads.
lst. "The history of the siu," 1t was
slsborately traced out from the fal! of
Jericho, to the fall of the army of the
Jews before the city of Al. The con-
sternatiou that was produced by the de-
fest on the Isrselites, and the humilia
tiOn that overlook that people when
they realized that it all had its snur ce
10 some secret sin amongst themselves
was most vivldly dwelt on.
2ud. "The nature of the SIM" This
grand diversion was sub divided and
considered.
lst. The sin was a transGression Of the
covenant. Covenant had been made
with God, Achan had violated them for
SELF, for gain, for gold What was
promised to the Masters kingdom he
proposed to use among men. VI ho here
are employing in the service of men
what has been covenanted with, and con-
secra,ed to God
2nG The sin was a secret sin. The
sin that had humiliated the jews so
soon after they had crossed Jordan and
overcome the chief city Of the land Of
Cannan, was not a sin that was extend
ed through the body of the whole peO-
pie or any considerable portion thereof.
Ii was Of SO secret q character, that 1t
required 4 self examination to hnd 1t.
Minute as it was, being confined to the
acts and knowledge of one man, it was
of sufficient magnitude to overcome the
plans of Joshua, defeat an army, and
cause the death of thirty-six men. Sc
rret sins may ruin 8 chu. ch. Have
you secret sint
Sd. 1t was an aggravated ain At
ter a strong delineatIon Of the aggra.
rated character of the sin, the revern-
ed gentleman, deduced, that in modern
times the aggravated sins Of church
people do result in injury to the church.
Agra waited sins prevent or destroy
the spirituality of the church.
A,this point Mr.. Sherrard stated thai
he would further consider the sermon in
The evening. The congregation wa.
dismissed.
After reassembling in the evening for
service, Rev. MIR. Sberrard resumed
from the text announced at tine opening
of the morning service, aud after a
brief review of divisions of the sermon
a, presented in the morning, took W
the third grand division as follows;
Sd. "The guilt of Achan,' which
was sub-divided as follows 1t was, LIST
Cove.ousness it was that guilt'that lee
Achan to siu. The lusts of the eye
the lus, of the flesh, the pride o.
life lead men to covetousness.
Covetousness is idolatry Of high de.
gree. 1t exists among men to-day IL
christian lands. 1t is found in tbs
church. Where it exists it cause.
blight and ruin. Have We secret GOV
etousness
2nd. 1t was an act of dishonesty
Covetousuess inevitably leads 60 dis
honesty, and secret dishonesty leads t.
open shame. Achan's covetousness lie;
him to steal. Dishonesty does not alone
cousis. in stealing ancther's property
TO rob q fellowmaR of his character II
/. sin. The reverend gentlemen enum
Grated q long list of robberies outside o
the taking Of material goods. or property
There are many such secret robberIe
in this day and generation. They vii
all be found out. People sometime
practice these crimes aud scarcely know
it, self examination will reveal this SIN
as the self-examination of each Jew II
Josbus's time revealed the secret o
AcLan's. Let rs look to it that Achan'
tate be not ours.
Sd. 1t vas an act Of deception
Acbau deceived his fellowmen, but b
could not deceive God. There is
great deal of deception with regard t
religion. How much is there anon
US, One deceiring man in Israel dl'
much harm. One such man 10 th
church may do great injury to tn
church On earth, but the deceiver soon
er or later comes to al awful end as di
Achan.