The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-12
OUR SUNDAY COLUMN.
Original and Otherwise Pre-
pared by Mark.


And new create the whole"
A religion that never sutlices to gov
ern man is spurious. Such II religion
will never be sufficient to save him.
religion that ntvor suiiices to dis
tnguish a man from a wicked world is
likewise spurious. Such q religion will
| never suffice to save him from q perish
ing world.
In seeking remedies for the diseased
body manyapply to the wrong physician.
The same mistake is made by many per-
sons in seeking a remedy for the dis
| eased soul.
A man says, sometimes, am cured OF
the disease that was undermining my
health and robbing me OF happiness,
peace, comfort and even life itself, but
he is only patched up. The least expos
ure or imprudence will cause return
of the malady, and the man is again a
bed-ridden sufferer.
A man says, sometimes, l have found
the pearl of great price, but it is only
a counterfeit imitation-something that
will not stand the test and is worthless.
a man says, sometimes, l have been
converted, l have been born again;
have been regenerated, l have Il new
heart but when tenn ptations assail him,
and besetting sins come back, he bears
ness.
When the children of Israel broke
away from bondage and were delivered
from the scourgings of cruel taskmas
ters and the unparalleled hardships in
flicted by Pharaoh, they travelled with
glad hearts for a little while towards
the promised Canaan, but soon they be-
came discouraged because of the way
and wanted to go back to the flesh pots
of Egypt and tho slavery of their op.
pressors
That is the way it is with some peo-
pie in Roanoke. a few weeks ago they
pretended to have a falling out with the
devil and their sins-their old haunts
and cid ways, and left the city of de-
struction crying, Life, life, eternal life!"
But some have returned to Egypt and
are in bondage again. They did not
burn the bridges behind them when.
they left the saloon and other places of
sin and haunts of shame. They
took good care to keep up their
lines Of retreat and some have
gone back into the service of the devil,
and are serving him for tho wages of
sin which is death. The same old
whiskeY redness has come back to his
face, and the old whiskey breath is as
strong and loud as ever.
Let me call the attention of these
apostates to a few passages of Scripture.
Turn to ii Peter, 2:2O, 81 and %.
Read. "For if after they have escaped
the poliutions Of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour,
jesus Christ, they are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the litter end
is worse than the beginning
"For it had been better for them not
to have known the way of righteousness
than, after they have known it, to turn
from the holy commandment delivered
unto them.
but it is happened unto them accord
ing to the true proverb. The dog is
turned to his own vomit again; and the
SOW that was washed to her wallowing
in the mire.'
This is an awful, nasty, nauseous de-
scription of patched-up, half cured
sinner. A man to begin right and con-
tinue right, must be born again The
nature of the dog and the SOW must be
changed
If any man be in Christ he is new
creature; old things have passed away;
behold all things are become new
God help all of the late converts to
hold fast their profession of faith
without wavcring." MARK.