Kansas City daily journal., 1895-12-02
A UNIVERSALIST PASTOR,
FIRST SERMON nv REV. CHARLES X.
EAsI, CALLED 10 THIS cry.
The univcrs,iist Idea OF sin--An Sin Is
Evil, but All Evil IA Not sin-Dr. Rob-
erts ON the scriousucss OF Iifc-Rcv.
Scwall ON civic Federation,

| etts ON thc ScrlnuNuess OF Iifc-hrNt
Scwaii on civic Federation,
Rev. Charles Il. East, who has boon
| called as the first pastor OF the tnVcrsal-
! list faith IN this city, preached his utst
| sermon NJ 1910 East Niuth street ycs}rr-
| day morning. HIS subject was "Tho TINT
| Vcrsalst Idea OF sin" lie took for his
| text. Proverbs, Niv.9; Fools make mock
| at sim" Mr.. East said: There ar,
! thoughts and Ideas that form a person
| motives and acts II Is therefore my pur.
! pose to instill into our minds such an idea
| of sin that viii make us nght against 10
| in the hopc OF sometime realizing In its
| iulnuss our tutvorsaitst faith. 1t viii be
| necessary to distinguish tho difference be-
| tween evil ana sin. Let us do this BY ask
| ius, can a man be wrong and ov,l and
| san bo guitlcss OF sin? II has always been
| said. ana with truth that all those wron;
| acts for which man is responsible are
sinful acts. Accidental murder although
not sin because u is uniutentional Neither
the Clvil law nor a mans conscience holis
srqu'ntly IL Is not sinful ENil and. wrong
are anything that creates pain ana dis
cord In the world and sin is knowingly
"Now that we have separated sin from
the rest OF the wrong aud cvil of the world,
Jet US ASK, what is its uature2 From what
has gone before It is evident that sin is
upt "a tDutploTftK II ta mot ,,r,. hl.,.I .,,
bones or muscles or br,Ius N H. r1t an
standing that il Eus noon sn1k.n ~ Ia
p1puinr sacred musi,. as a lnaI vhIr5 do
presses us. Nor can Iosus relieve us ~ mi :
load In any other than A rgiIratiyr snnsr,-
by teaching and inspiring ma 10 10 right
aud thus saving us from the constituencies
Of wrong doing
sin is an act. Some have said that 4, 10
part OF human nature and eNnIainel
their beliefs in this manner: I,on. 40 the
great ancestor of mankind siuucd by cat
ing Of the forbidden fruit, and ever since
thon the race mas fnbrrftII Me sin from
one generation to another 'rherefore cverv
man is horn sinful Eut ain is MOI n ntt.yr
OF hereditv, because no one cnn inherit hi.
fathers or grandfather's or any of Mis- an
horlt another's sin SIN is n pprsou' a vol
untarv choice IL berins win ms ana mn 4
cnd Win rs ' "
"Blt the reaI vickednrss of sin is not
soon nntU Voc hobnIJ its oT,octs ,i'bo ,,,S
who sins is once n robherH1ne or ibn
fa.bionabIa kinJ st",lin,r i1,Iirar,ly rroty
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