The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-03-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR COLUMN,
BEGINNING MARCH 6.

BEGINNING MARCH 6.
Punishment for Rim. Its Certainty.
Jer. 80: lilo; Dan. 9: IL; Heb. 10:
26-29.
(Ed;torlal.)
No one questions whether burn
will rest 1t from putting ones hand
into the fire. No one hesitates as
to whether poison will cause death.
There is no doubt in the mind of
any sane person that one who steps
over preciplce will fall. Effect in
evltably follows cause in the physl-
cal world. There are like laws in
history.
History speaks from the past,
each ones experience tells of the
present, and conscience prophetl-
cslly points to the future in further
confirmation of Gods word. Con-
science is the voice of God; and he
who has again and again expressed
his hatred of sin, who Is eternal
and Interchangeable. cannot through
all the ages Of the future cease to
express that Indignation against sin
which makes the of day judgment a
day of terror. The truthfulness If
God, on which rests our sweet trust
in his promises, is also involved in
the fulfilment of his threatenings.
The goodness of God Is displayed
in providing through Christ the
way of escape. While the wrath of
God abides on all who neglect the
great salvation, to all who accept
this one remedy for sin comes the
certaintv.-Dr. Clark.
The touch of evil corrupteth;
larry not on Its track;
The grass where the serpent crawls
is stirred
As if it grew on his back.
Alice Cary.
According to what careful schol-
ars regard as sound thought, the
love Of God and the justice of God
are quadrants in one circle; they
run into each other. When you
make these quadrants CO ordinate,
each as authoritative as the other,
you may build on them tower that
leads to godliness. We should
make the curves of our theology to
match, and so form full circles; any
failure to do this, either in our
philosophy or IN our religion, in
dicates an error. We are fragmen-
tary so lorg as we are not able to
harmonize the quadrant of our
thought or of our emotion with
Scriptural truth. -Joseph Cook.
1t is useless projecting conse-
quences into the future when the
effects may be measured now. We
are always practising these little
receptions upon ourselves. postpon.
ing the consequences of our mis-
deeds as if they were to eliminate
some other day, about the time of
death. 1t makes us sin with
lighter hand to run an account
with retributiou, as it were. and
delaying the reckoning time with
God. But every day lsa reckoning
day. The unforgiven sins
are not away in keeping somewhere,
to be let loose upon us when we
die; they are here, with us, now.
To-day brings the resurrection of
their past, Tomorrow of to-day.
And the powers of sin. to the exact
strength that we have developed
them, nearing their dreadful cul-
mlnation with every breath We
draw, are here, within us, now
Professor Drummond.
BIBLE REFERENCES.
Result OF SIN.-Toil and sor-
row.-Gen. 5: 1919; Job. IA: /.
Unrest. FPS. IS: ). 4. Fear
Heb. 10: &c. -. Hindrance to
prayer. -Ps. &c, is. Withhol6s
good. -Jer. ): 70. Separates from
God 50: /. . Death Rom.
8: %: Jas. /: Is. Excludes from
heaven. Gal. 5: 1921; Rev. 81: %.
Tribulation and anguish. Rom. }:
), 6, 8.
COPS ATTITUDE TOWARDS SIN.
Hatred. -Deut. %: I6; Prov. Is:
9; Jer. ~: 4, IL. Sees and remem-
bcrs.-Job 10: IL: Ps. 90: s.; ire.
16: IL; Rev. Is: ). Will punish
Gen. .: IL; Lev. -; Is; lisa. IS: IL:
Amos 3: ,; f.: Pet. ,: Q: Rev. 90: IL.
Cops REMEDY. but one. Gen.
3: Ii; Acts 4: L.; l Tim. ?: 5, 8.
The Lamb of God. John !: %:
Eph. IL
SUGGESTED HYMNS.
yield not 70 temptation.
Rescue the perishing.
"Holyand reverend Is the name y