Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-26
SIN AND ITS WAGES.


excellent synopsis of very impressive
discourse delivered recently at Dwight
Place church by its pastor, Rev. DR..
Twitchell The discourse was from
Romans, 6,23: "The wages of Gin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord" Said
the pastor: ''The newspapers of the land
have, for several weeks, contained many
interesting items concerning supposed
remarkable discovery in medical science.
I refer to the '1ymph" prepared by DR..
Koch of Germany, assumed to be power
full remedy for a disease sadly prevalent
in all our northern ATTITUDES. This dis
covery is receiving worldwide recogni-
ton. 1t is considered of so much import
ance that the great city of New York is
contending with New Haven for the honor
of having first used it on this continent.
If it really accomplishes what is claimed
for it and can be secured in sufficient
quantities, the hospitals of the world will
not be sufficient to contain 1.-THE of those
that will be seeking admission for treat
ment. There is evidence here both of q
great desire to proiong life and also of
great confidence in one who has been but
| little known till very recently. So great
| is the anxiety to test this remedy that
many are willing to risk everything
| for it. showing remarkable confidence in
man they have never seen, whom
they have never heard of till very lately
and one who has had no reputation beyo I'd
very limited circle. This leads me to
! and remedy is proposed and he fails to
| take that remedy, the failure must be at
| tributed to one or more of several causes
First, he may be stupifed by the disease
80 that he cannot or does not think of his
condition; or, second, thinking of his con-
dition he does not regard it as fatal or spe-
cially hazardous; or, third, thinking of the
remedy he lacks confidence in it; or,
fourth, he is willing to die; he has had
enough of life and is satisfied to give it up;
or, fifth, he stdbbornly refuses the rene
dy, regardless of the consequences, prefer
ring to take the risk rather than submit to
the treatment; or, sixth, he considers the
remedy beyond his reach.
Starting with these propositions, which
I am sure will commend themselves to your
Judgment, wish you would apply them
in connection with the illustrations in the
facts before us to human condition.
Man is here. He is a sinner. Sin is q
deadly disease. The wages of sin is DEATH
But a divine remedy is proposed. The
gift of God is eternal life. That being the
case we ask, why is it that so many de-
cline to accept the remedys Any sinner
who rejects the savior must reject him
from one or more of the causes which I
have named. I would ask, first, is this
man rejecting the proper remedy because
he is stupefed by his sin and does not
think of his conditions Undoubtedly there
are many such. But little thought is
given to the life eternal, while nearly
every thought is given to the present. If
a man is out of a situation or loses his
business he spares no pains till he gets
| back again where he can earn something.
1t is his last thought at night, his first
| thought in the morning. Hour after
| hour, day after day the man who is out of
business is planning how to get in again,
| and the man who is in is planning how to
make the most of it, Worldly things COM
mand our attention. AS some of you
come here from time to time you are
| forced to think of eternal things
| unless your minds are SO pre-occu-
pied even here that these things
are crowded out, but even if you do think
| of them here the business of tomorrow
drives them away. Why are you not a
| Christian? Is it because you are so stu.
peied by sin that you fail to think of YOU
condition.? Or, second, is the disease not
believed'to be so fatal2 Men say: IT am il
l
His providence has created my environ
| ment. I have as good chance as tn,
rest. I guess everything will come out al
| right" Is this the reason you are not
Christians My brother, the wages of sir
is death. And by death do not mean tn,
death of the body, for the open gray,
awaits US all. I mean death as the oppo
site of life, for wherever these two are Sc
over against each other in the scriptures
l - Ia II:
with all that can be devised through un
very opposite-the loss of all that can b.
desired. My brother, are you not Chris
tian because you are trying to believ'
Look away from the scriptures if 20,
will. I would have you look at the effects
of sin on the lives of those around you, tn,
effect of sin on your own heart.
Dr. Twitchell here related some touching
scenes which he had recently witnessed il
the New Haven police court and referred
to the effects of sin on the lives of boil
young and old, and added: Nor does i
take the sins which the courts call crime
to wreck human life. Or, third, is it be
cause you lack confidence in the remedy
Our text says: ''The gift of God is eterna
life." The divine father has compassio,
on us. Do you believe it! Look out upol
human history. See what proves itself tn
regenerating force. It it idolatry? Is il
superstition or any other form of religion
Is it culture? Or is it the wonderful
truths of the revelations of Christi Or lool
at the individual life. What is it tina
gives peace, that transforms the hare
things of life and sends man forth t.
God! We may well say, ''Lort
to whom shall we go, tho,
hast the words of eternal life" Or
fourth, is it because you are willing t,
die? To die the spiritual death with al
that it implies, to take with you you
spiritual faculties, your memory, you
consciousness into the outer darkness O
eternal Punishment from God? Or, fifth
is the failure to take the remedy becaus
of your stubborn resistances This is pos
sible Christ himself declared eye will
not come unto me that We might hav
life" Or once more and finally, is
because you conceive the offered mere,
beyond your reach? Some of the saddles
cases I have seen have been of this kind
remember an educated and culture,
woman who was for time in grea
agony of mind longing after this blesse,
life and at the same time crying out, 1"
cannot reach it," cit is not for me-
But at length the light burst upon he
soul and she became a glad and joyou
| Christian.
I have always seen such, when tn
doubts cleared away rise sweetly into tn
light.
Sometimes the convictions come tina
the provisions of the gospel are beyon,
reach. But with God calling, Christ plead
ing, the holy spirit moving upon the hear
this cannot be. The soul that longs fo
Christ and stretches out after his salvs
ton is within reach of the refuge. Onl
three out Of all our city have been able t
receive treatment from this wonderfr
lymph, while hundreds are anxiously wait
ing for it. In New York city and else
where thousands are waiting and eve
when each in turn has been trea
= ed it may not after all b
what is claimed for it. But not SO tn
. gospel remedy. The glorifed Christ
p ever now saying: "Here is the divin
: | lymph for you" "Take and live" En-
= yonder clock points to the hour of IL; til
l. last unforgiven sinner may have it.
DR.. Twitchell closed with an earnest an
eloquent appeal to those who were out
Christ to lose no time in making their Sd
walton sure. The sermon was rceache
without notes and was listened to by tt
large congregation with close attentio
throughout.
THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY
The New Haven Bicycle Club Bar
quets at Redcl1fe's Cafe.
The New Haven Bicycle club celebrate
the eleventh anniversary of its existent