The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-26


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pierce Ok p11Doa. fhtDk - lhfnk &c ssn O.
aso7ed. What y Wholesome ~ man 70 know.
shouxh nos pleasant ~ hin u heak. God, mans
sfrsess faishfuI frssnd, speaks ouf. The stisg
of death. = He says. s-11sin-~ whcm1ses. tAere-
fore. sfs hss pSicked, N has pozsored. and
whcnsver he poison be- entered +. therefore,
des1
fostering. barycw5nx. coFyapft1g work Of this
fig-poss0ns II eonssmfna:es and usurps tie
very channels intended for shs currents 81 nle.
The slizhtess ta!ut WORKS thorough denofa1ixa-
fioa OF the whole man. A. Iepeeoy. fntrodueod
ito the human kody. II known - none but God.
and coss nof 81 fss besxsy ITSELF On the surface.
nor irdia4te IN presence By symptoms man de-
iecfs, and when il does, 10 manifested mt only
20 the critical eye In some ipconspicuous way.
and yes the man 10 from the fsrsf Iepes. through
ard through hopcsess1y = icper never after
wards more 20 than u hrsf, aud the horrible dis
fgnse-utrfs esd dssmenbeTmeufs and dreadful
end that belong 70 the disease Will al in due
course c0u,e ~ nafusnlly and inevitably - do
the hours which dasr the sppcafance Of them
each in Turn. 20 subtle. - insi1uous. 20 ravag-
Ing. and 50 destructive = ainypctson within that
man In whom sin u.
The strength Of mn ID the law proceeds our
text Not that God tak~s the immutahie ana fr-
rss'sfib,e strength with which He has girded
and blessed, g'oysHed and made honorable His
law. and puss that strength In ain that sin may
hourisk md increase His Law commands
righteousness; sin Is the doing Of uurighseous
ness He Goes rot send forth the law demand
Ing righteousness. and sin executing unright-
eousncss. He does not give the strength Of the
law for obedience, to sin for dssobedience He
10 not holy and unhoiy. But this ID wha; He
does: He briugs In the strength OF the law 20
put 70 death the sinner. That deed or will.
that sct Of the hand or heart, which because Of
the law Is sin. has no power 10 or Of itself 10
Stay Without the law sin was dead" But
the law, 70 which sin Is N odsnse. says: "The
foul thst sinnesh Il shall die" and the strength
Of the Almighty Is in the law to make that SAY
Ing good. Death comes, By reason Of sin.
through the strength Of the Law. For 'sin 10
the t.ansgreesI0n Of the law" and sis not i'm
pnted where there 10 no law" Let no one de-
Jude himsen with the idea that he may Aia and
escape the law. The particular law given
Israel was added because Of tTansgreaions-"
hard after sin follows law, inexor4bly and un-
~
Ing whoever receives IL The law. made 10
warn end defend against sin has because Of
sin found no mission but 10 expose and punish
u. Thus .'ihe law worketh WRATH And hence
II ~ written, ''The Law catered that the ofsense
might snou not thai sin might multiply,
but rather that. a. II multiplied. 1t might both
in iis multiplicity and its euormity b every.
where uncovered and appesr. Thus again II 10
written: by the law IL the knowledge OF SIM
I'm cfv h,s& 49, a lie -
law Is holy. and the commandment holy an
just and good 'bat sin. thai II might appear
sin. working death In me BY that which h good
that Ain By the commanGment-might become
exceeding sinful" So also II 10 written: .The
Law ia not made Tor righteous man. bat for the
lawless and dssobedicnk for the unsodly and
for sinners. for unholy and profane, for mur-
derers OF fsthers and nurdeTen Of motheu,
for mans'ayers, for whoremoneers. for them
that defle themselves with mankind. for men,
ssealers. for pcrjured persona and II there be
any other thing that II contrary to sound
doctrine
How strong 10 drag every human being down
TO death this STRENGTH Of sin, which IL the Law,
s, win appear still more clearly from Z con-
stderation Of What the law commands II says
that when one hath kept God's statutes and
done them he shall surely live: the soul that
sinneth 70 shall die II Insure life TO the per
iectly obedient death to every other There
are no degrees Of obedience, any more than
there are gradations between life and death
''For whosoever shall keep the whole Law and
yet offend in one point Is guilty Of all" lmpes-
feet obsdisnce 10 dtsobediencs. II my man
should succeed and yield OBJ aience, it would
BE- impossiblc icf thas man . die. The strength
OF the Law, which Il that Of the Almighty.
would prevent his dyfnx ouch 10 the stipend.
Gus strength Of the law. Nov. that very same
strength II Il. which GOES along With SIN 10
compel the death Of every one who does not
ksep the law. No wonder that 10 man can help
dying. Has any Of mankind. except Christ
himself. ever obeyed the laws Not one; ana
therefore Hc only hath immorsalisy." and
this terrible strength Of sin h aeainst al elsa
law with its glorious promise Of life did not az
ist and ~ II the second part Of the Law with IL
dsrk denunclation OF death were all the Law
there IL Practically. for the whole human
race. because Of sin, the Law 10 become the sen
tence Of death. There Is no color for compsr-
ing ourselves among ourselves One common
calamity has engulfed M all. There 10 no diff
TO cope with IL The strength tibet IL against m
Is greater than our strength. Before Il We ere
sfrengshlesa
To God, 10 Him, whom our text next men
tons. doubtless, cur situation appears far more
depiorafle than 20 us. He only well under.
stands IL That Law which scrhids sin, unde,
pain OF death. 10 His Law. That strength In the
Law tina; crushes us TO death il His Strength
We are without strength. because In the law His
at His mercy. His justice has laid us
low. Nsniics'ly. we have nothing
10 epxecs on the score Of Justice
that is, on the score OF our deserving but there
10 much. there 10 everything to look for from
HIS mercy. He prociaims himself, The Lord,
the lord Gcd mercitul and gracious, long .sufYer-
Ing and abundant In goodness and truth. keep
ing mercy for thousands. forsiving iniQuity,
trsnsgTesslon and sin: and that viii by no
means clear the guilty. visiting the iniquity Of
the fathers upon the children and upon the
chidren's children. unto the third and fourth
generation" Mark. how He acts forth, frst,
His supremacy and power nexs His mercy aud
les; His justice Mark. how He dvells upon
and re.terases His attributes Of mercy and
places them before His answering justice He
Is mrrcifui and gracious, long suffering and
abundant In goodness and truth, keeping mercy
for Thousands. forsivinE iniqafy. transgres-
sions and sia. yet will By no means spare the
guilty. what q beautiful. attractive and holy
ehafacierl True forgiveness. that does not over
lock. palsisse or tolerate sin. but that
effects forgiveness foe the sinner by doing
sway with the ain Is from God alone
His intolerance of Elm IL His guar ntee that
somehow he viii change the peritent sinner TO
aissint He viii Nos spare the gritty. BIZ. Re win
make them guiltless Come now and lei ms
reason together. saith the Lord, though yonr
sins be a. scarlet, they shah be white q snow.
tAocga they BE red like crimson. they shail be
- wool. Have any pleasure .; all ex.
claims He. that the wicked should die. and
net that he should sura from his ways and
live" '~Tarn ye, turn ye. from your evil wars.
for Why will ye dies let the wicked forsake
his WAY asd the uarighseors naa his thoughts
and let him return unto the Lord and He viii
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