The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10


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We are told sf'roveros. xNss. ssl that "
lust mar tails sevcA tirars DAY. 81 lohr
says lie who sat.A he hath no sin dc
celvcin himself. sad the sru'h T. NOT u
Aim" tsohn. I. ~.
Now ,he language ~ inspiration tells ns
that a nan may fall ssvcz times say
an,. s,iil he is called a sus, nssn. THIS ecss
no, mean mortal sl-e hat slight isireT-
,ee;ioas, such as snca Tcorie are iisoie 10
fall into As 81. James says, Ill. . IN
raary things we all offend" Nov when 81,
John says that ue deceive ourselves ana
the truth Is not 80 us.N ne say We have not
sin s.4 II In Hafy shings we all offend.
a. 81, James says these saints pat them
selves among the number OF those who
stu; vet no nae would asser. that thrs,
apostles committed mortal kirs and were
ia a state OF damnstion. Therefore The
sins 81 which they speak we're lesser and
verbal sins. and ~ 50 there must be . dis
tinc;ion between aims Suppose the just
man spoken OF had fallen seven times. Sup
rose he was carried away suddenly. with
~, moments warning without time 10
| repert. by a stroke 81 lightning, heart dis
case, boiler EXPLOSION or something OF the
sort. where does he 60. On the theory that
there arc on,y TWO places, Heaven and
he'll, be is condemned 10 iamnat.rn. He
has fallen seven times hAa not repenfed.
| anu ~ tDtrfsCIf NtlitG 70 bo-klo SAtNbN-
Du; nothing defied can enter Heaven. So.
II there be no place except Heaven AMI
| hell, hell Is that mans portion for all
| cternity. Think OF a Just God sending a
! Just man 10 hell for all eternity after he
himself calls him Just man, though he
had fallen seven times have book With
me- put forth by a certain denomination,
the name Of which denomination IL is not
necessary 10 mention. which SAYS: The
Bible nowhere makes distinction between
sins. Sin tall sin, for the distinction be-
I tween mortal anu veni7i sins the scrip
lures know nothing OF, is the transsres
sion ~ the law. OF that law. the breaker
OF which is sccursed" Let Us see. St. MAJ
thew VII. ;. Christ compares some sins 10
beams and others to notes Matthew V. %:
f"Whosoever is angry with his brother
without cause shalt be In danger OF the
judgment, and wnosoever shall say TO his
brother. Raca. shall be IN danger of the
council but whatsoever shall say: Thou
/ fool shall be in danger Of hell fire" These
arc distinctions made by Christ himself.
In st John Nix. Jesus says. speaking 10
plate, Thou couldst have no power
J against me except II were given thee from
above therefore he that delivered me unto
thee hath the greater sin" Certainly II one
sin was greater. the other was lesser.
Therefore that there Is 4 distinction be-
tween sins Is obvious. Sec John " i6-if.
where he speaks o, a sin unto death and
q sin not unto death Certainly this ought
to b. sufficient 20 prove a distinction be-
tween sins
SUPPOSE the State should visit the same
punishment upon a man who had stolen
watermelon from his nelghbor as upon
midnight assassin who had committed
c7ld-tlooted murder ON what 10 States
and individuals ground these distinctions
IN daily ilfe u not ON the principles 81
eternal law and justice which omauate