New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-29

step In the evolution Of sin the feeling of desire in the
heart 10 possess the object He had become thief at
heart Fear o. discovery was the only thing that kept
enough to keep man from falling when under strong
temptation. The force that holds and keeps him
from falling must from within the heart Charac
ter and not surroundings makes the man aud keeps the
man.
e" took" Thus naturally does the third step in the
evolution of sin follow after the other two Sudden
o test had nsS he G eeS On f he
took. The eye. the heart the hand when lust hath
ished bringeth forth death Why will not men see the
danger and turn hack while they may hn Inc
garment and the silver and gold he buried under his tent
lie would it to his profit and advantage in due
time He had forgotten the Word Of God which says BE
seek 10 conceal his crime Achans crime was soon dis
covered His plans overhrown AMI he stood lorth
before the people sefcondemned criminal The sins OF
Gehazi of Judas. of Ananas found them out The i'll
gotten gains Of bribetakers prove curse. day OF
And Israel stoned him with stones His punishment
came and it was terrible All sin must be pun,
have been punished in Christ our substitute.
Inc Indirect Ef SIN aT the nd
viduaL one sin many sOrrows. Get rid OF SIN,
before it is too late n yon wait until the Judgment
you hide your sin until Is discovered by the Judge OF all
the EARTH the sin OF Achan then there Is no hope
for you Confess and forsake them in Gods accepted
time and you will be forgiven and saved Hide them and
they will lind you last and bring you to Judgment
DISCUSSING THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
The Sunday evening lecture at the Pauist Church. at
Fiftyninthst and Nnth-ave was given by the Rev.
Walter Elliott His subject The Immortality OF the
Soul" The lecturer said that readily believed that
the human SOUL in every way pre-eminent in nature.
should exempt from destruction As there are some
substances proof against fire. that exposure 10
moisture and the wasting influence OF the elements never
could destroy 30 Il Is quite reasoaoe tht the most eA
ceent and powerful OF beings earth the human spirit
should he made of substance proof against the desruc
tive power of every element TN nature.
Now, know enough OF ourselves said the speaker
nt9 be certain that or meRis and mSf
You can cleave my head in twain but yon cannot psect
my mind You may cut my heart in twain but you can
not divide my conscience There may he two halves 10
heart but there can be no such thing as half conscience
The poweressness OF death over the human spirit is also
shown by the difference between bodily and spir
ual life. Furthermore the soul is immortal because
a spiritual nourishment being whose life is
strengthened by such amen the true the good, the
beautiful-whO5e vigorous health Is measured by the
of wisdom. virtue, love peace JOY forttude, pr
denee justice temperance 1t pOsseses-is plainly beyond
the reach of every possible destructive agent.
Unless ready TO say that truth and righteous.
ness shall perish we must admit mat
nonrished by them is by entirely sufficient evidence
known to be Immortal We have al known , men ana
ampes OF consistency with true principles that we could
say that they partakers of the undyng nature OF
the immortal spiritual elements of Infinite Being Hence
the concurrent voice of the choicest spirits among men,
has ever urged life OF trust in an
eternal Hence the foundation OF system Of
practical morality has been laid in the conviction OF
The lecture Sunday evening will be The Power
that Makes for Righteousness and will be given by the
Bev Clarence T. WoOdlnan
DIR TALMAGE ADVISES HIS MARRIED PEOPLE
Dr. Tamage spoke at the Brooklyn Tabernacle yester-
day the question whether in matters OF church at
tendance the should yield the husband or the
husband to the wife. Among other things he said If
one member of married couple is Christian and the
other no Christian then is the duty Of the one that is
Christian 20 with the that is not Christian to 20
any Church If he she will to any If in the con
nuba partnership you safe and is your duty TO
cure the salvation your lifetime partner the saliva
ton the wife impenent and the husband impenitent
is of Importance than your church relationship.
The residence of your partner for quadrion years is
mghtier consideration than your ecclesiastical tastes Tor
forty fifty years. II any wife attendant at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle has husband who does not Like
the minister the music the crOwding then IL IL her
duty To change her church relationship.
II both married couple are Christians and one is go
narrowly constructed to be stod sectaran and can
preacher then il duty with the who
very particular As for myself feel much al home
with denomination another and sometimes think
| must have been born the line lLaughterl But
persons born with stout, unbendlng prefer
for church denomination that II wOald be i'm
possible for them 10 be anything else From the very
start il was indicated what road they should IL
written their cradles and they would not stop
crying without having the Westminster Catechism and
thirty-nine articles given them to play with.
II both the married couple are equally strong IN sec
tartan preferences then To the church that peases
best. You not bound to To the same church
God does demand you 10 do So II every sunday
morning you came of your house together and
each other a good sermon. Now, | have oIten been
asked the children, Which church should they at
have sometimes thought that a child ten years OF age
knows more religion than when he becomes forty
fifty sixty of We into the world and our
lives begin to feel mprecatOn of sin. Let the child
choose for himself if the father leads the hoer life he
win prefer his fathers denomination and the mother
leads the holer life he will prefer that