The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-17

thodoxy, bat rather upon the Star oil Bethlehem.
and upon those clouds that even now begin to
shine about the coming Of the Lord. Thou wilt
know that if led astray, the light that led astray
was light from heaven. No, it is not l who
tremble. Let the zeal of q damuatory religion
tremble. Let them tremble who would turn the
Gospel of salvation for most men into threat
of doom. Let those tremple who are distressed
al the thought which sees room for hope for the
miserable and guilty beyond the grave. II ~
deed they be 10 the right. still their Tenet is so
terrible that IL should be only spoken with the
mouth 10 the dust. 1t should be uttered only
with tears and with trembling plty-with bate0
breath for II there be one thing which He must
loathe whose name is Lore. it is the haeluj4h
Of exuiting anathemas Of the thInly -disguised
hatred, which RACES in so fierce an ignorance
against trusting mercy founded only on these
two broad Scrptural doctrlnces, which they pro-
fess to hold SO dear-tbe doctrine oil Ghrsts in
Unite redemption; the doctrine of Gods bound
less love.
But have said all that it seems my duty to
say on this subject. | thank God from my heart
that what believe to be HIS truth, taught IN
His Word. confirmed by His Spirit. has been
source of relief and comfort to thousands of honest
and noble hearts IN England. aud l do not think
it necessary 10 enter on the endless task OF re-
pudating misrepresentation, or degnug to
notice mere abuse. My subject to-day will be a
very different one. | wish to-day to take away
all excuse from those who, on the grounds of u
possible hope beyond the grave, would wish to
make light of sn and, therefore. my brethren
aud above all, you who are young and ignorant
earnestly seek your whole attention while | bid
you beware how you resist Ged's mercy to your
own ruin. Have any of yot said, e Because We
may never cease To hope, therefore we may 90 on
in sin 7" All J! If you have said that yon must
indeed be 10 the gall of bitterness and the bond
OF iniquity from which 1t is very clear that no
dread of an endless he'll has saved you yet. Let
US continue in stu that grace may abound" said
some 10 st. PauI's day. Dare you say it? Dare
any Of you turu the grace of God into lascivlous-
ness, or count the blood of the covenant, where
by you were sanctfed. an unholy thing or sar
e Because God loves me- therefore will do that
whce III hates. Because Christ died for me
therefore unblushingly | will cruelty Him utresh
and put HIM to All open shame. Because II Is
His long suffering which calls me to repentance
therefore He shall walt my time r My BRETHREN
there are two kinds of sin. wilfull SIN and willing
sin. Wilful sin is that into whch--because of
the fruty of Ou5 nature. because of The strength
of passion and temptation, not loving but
loaihlng IT, not seeking but resisting il. nol ac
qulescing in. but fighting and struggling against
tive all sometimes fall. This is the struggle in
which Gods Spirit striveth with our spirits. and
ont of which we humbly believe and hope that
God will at the last. grant unto US victory aud
forgiveness. But there is another kind of sin
far deader, far more heinOus, far more ncurabIe
it is willing sin. 1t is when we are content with
sin-when we have sold ourselves under sin
when we no longer fight against sin-when we
mean to continue in sin. This is the darkest
lowest, deadliest, most irredeemable level of sin !;
and 1t is well that the foolish soul should know
that on it. il it has sunk to this there has been
already executed, and self-executed, the dread
mandate, In the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die" By that curse was not
meant physical but spiritual DEATH and such
a soul is dead-morally dead pritually dead :;
and such man is IA ghost far more awful than
the soul which was once in dead body, for he is
body bearing about With him a dead soul
Better-tar, far better-fOr him to have cut off
the right hand, OF pIucked ont the right eye than
TO have been cast as he has been cast now in his
lifetime. and as be must be cast hereafter, until
be repent. into that Gehenna of eoneon fire. 1t
shall purify hlm--God grant it but it shall
agOnise, because he has made himself, in fact,
incapable Of any other redemption. So that if
any OF you have thought in Your hearts that God
Is even such an one yourselves that you may
break with impunity Gods awful commandments
that you may indulge vii b IMMUNITY one evil lust
then recall in your hearts the warning OF the first
lesson Of this morning Walk 10 the ways of
thine eyes but know thou that for ali these
things God shall bring Thee into judgment.
For first, my brethren. let US all learn this
fact-that the consequences of sin are ipevita-
BILE; in fact that punishment is the extreme
consequence OF SIN going on unchecked. There
Is in human nature-we all know tan element
Ett
the chances OF thlngs-a willingness to run
risk, however uncertnin. There is no such ee-
ment here. The punishment of sin is certain
All Scriptures tell US so. The soul that SIN
meth, it shall die. Be sure your sin shall find
you ont" Though hand join in hand, the
wicked shall not go unpublished " The way Of
transgressOrs is hard" All the worlds proverbs
tells us so. q a reckless youth ruefu age"
AS he has made his bed. so he must lie in il ;"
- He who will not be ruled by the rudder must
be ruled by the rock" Even Satan bImsef tells
us So In the old legend of Dr. Fuustus, when
he bids the devil lay aside his propensity for ly-
ing, and tell the truth. the devil answers, The
world does me injustice to tax me with lies Let
me ask their own conscience if | have ever de-
ceived single man into believing that bad
deed was a good one" Even wicked men admit
it. They would gladly preach, if they could
that sin is soft infrnity OF the blood, not to be
too severely visited but the facts are too fatal.
ly against them. and those facts say, with unmis-
takeable voice. If any man defle the temple of
God, him shall God destroy" So that you see,
my brethren on the testimony alike of the de-
ceiver and the deceived, that the punishment is,
from the first inevitable.
And then notice, secondly that it is Impair
tial. There is form of seIi-deceplion common
to US all, and especially in youth, by which we
admit the general law but try to shrk it's per-
sonal, its individual, application. 1t is the old,
old story of Eden over and over again in the
case of every one OF us-the serpent creeping up
to u.s. all glitter and fascination-all dulcet
whisper and sinuous lies, and saying 10 us, See
how fair the fruit is-how much TO be desired.
Be as God. knowing good and evil. Thou shalt
not surely die" And so the boy and the youth
AYE, and in his folly, the grown man, too. be.
lieves that it shall not be so with him; that he
will repent that he Is the darling of Provi-
dence that be is the favorite Of heaven-he the
one who shall sin and shall not suffer- If others
handle pitch they shall be de6ed. If others
take FIRE into their bosoms they shall be burnt
but God will indulge him. And the very spirits
OF evil laugh at each one going an OK to the
slaughter, when they dupe him into the fancy
that, out of special regard for him. that adaman
tine chain OF moral gravitation. more lasting aud
binding than that by which the stars are held ia
their spheres, will be snapped that stu, for him
only. will change its nature aud &C bis approach
the GehenDa of punishment be transformed into
garden of delight. Is it so my brethren Has
there ever been any human being yet. since
time began-however noble however beautiful