The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-23
OTHERS SINS.
Lessons Which Should Serve as Beacon
Lights of Warning.

korah's rebellion, in the time of
Moses and Aaron, ended disastrously
to the leaders thereof, but instructively
to all who escaped from the catastrophe
in which the chief actors were involved.
Immediately following the terrible de-
struction of the prime conspirators or
ders were given to take the fatal GEN.
sers which the smitten intruders at the
altar had used in their unlawful burn
ing of incense, and convert them into
an additional protection of the altar
from its exposure to the fire continual
ly burning upon it; the significant COM
mand being: 1.-The censers of these
sinners against their own souls, let
; them make them broad plates for a
covering of the altar. Those who
impiously had to do with these imple-
ments OF worship were ''sinners
against their own SOULS" and they
were to be made examples of the con-
sequences of SHINING against the Lord;
the utensils employed by them being
consigned to use whereby they might
be admonitory as to the peril of incur
ring the Divine displeasure. ae.
Unquestionably, the sins of others
should serve as beacon-lights to warn
voyagers on lifc's rough sea of the
places of danger to which they are ex-
posed. Exceedingly presuming is that
vessel which ventures where others
have been wrecked. Not less pre-
sumptuous is it to indulge in those
sins which have ruined thousands and
millions. Daniel, in reminding Bel
shazzar of his fathers evil doing,
charges upon him his own aggravated
guilt, saying: Sand thou, o Belshaz-
zar his son, hast not humbled thine
heart, though thou knowest all this"
1t was his condemnation that he knew
his fathers sins, and continued in them,
unprofited by the lessons of warning
which they taught. AS any OF all who
are liable to err, know the errors of
others, they should see to it that they
do not fall in the same pitfalls wherein
many have perished. An inspired
apostle, in speaking Of the transgres-
sions and plaques of Israel, says:
"These things happened unto them for
examples; and they are written for our
admonition." What they suffered as
wrong doers should be greatly infiuen-
tial in hindering all who are their suc-
cessors in the humble family from
transgressing as they transgressed, or
otherwise. The admonitory language
of the sins of others is: '.Let him that
thinketh he stapdeth, take heed lest he
| fall" ,a - ~ - i.i In
Has fellow traveller in the Journey
of life fallen by the side of his compan-
ions, they should not fail to be warned
By, the fall to keep clear of all the caus-
| es of falling. whether the fallen one
fell as the votary of avarice or appe-
tite, fashion or pleasure, ambition or
pride, selfshness or crime. They
should not regard with indifference the
melancholy fate of any associated with
them in the ways of life, but the loss
sustained by others should be their
| gain. Has one been ruined by bad dRs-
sociations, or another by expensive
habits, or another by sensual gratifica-
tions, or another by dishonest prac-
tices, or another by intoxicating bev-
erages. or another by irreligious infiu-
ences, or another by skeptical views;
each and every fall, whatever may be
the direct or indirect cause, should be
a warning such rs shall deter others
from entering the same paths of the
destroyer. All who have eyes to
see should look upon the victims of
idleness. dissoluteness, dishonesty, ire
ligiousness, and tremble lest the down.
ward career and the deplorable end Of
such be theirs. Thinking of inmates
OF prisons, and those who congregate
in dens Of infamy and shame, as well
as those who wallow in cutters and rot
in drunkards' graves, they should be
admonished to turn away from all
that may lead to worse than Korah's 9
| doom. .a5 flIaI-,rfr
The leading cause ofKorah' 8 tragical
end seems to have involved envy, jeal-
ousy, ambition and discomfort. As the
cousin Of Moses and Aaron, he looked
with an evil eye upon the honors and
privileges which they enjoyed by Di-
vine appointment, being unreconciled
to their pre-eminence, and craving
equality with them in thoce respects
wherein there was difference. Giving
place to these bitter feelings Of rivalry,
they SO gained the mastery Of him that
he organized that fatal conspiracy
which was to him as Haman's gallows.
Let all that savors OF an envious or dis
contented spirit be put away from
every mind. - WatchmQsa