The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-17

Cling for imperfcctions In your
they imply that they are every 'I. =, .nHa
" but after nw lille you find they n"re
~ 1 n',uconcss of u catamount, the slyness OF
:, snake and the spite of u devil zoo VII.
a.nose such. The gun they load Will Durss
-, +ho;r own hands. The lies they te"
,n;v break their own teeth, and at the very
moment they think they have Deeh SUI
cessful in dccciving you ana oece.>lns .ao
..orld the sheep will bleat and the oxen
will below. ,>;,.+ how
Natural it is to try to put OIL our SINS Oh
other people Saul was charged WIFI u's
chewing God. The man says 1t was nov
he. he did not save the sheep; the army
did it-trying to throw 1t OH vi .ne
shoulders of other people: h"'n ,,f.onta6
Is the same in all ages. ADAM conlron.e
with his sin, said, 1.-The woman temp'eu
,o and I did eat" And the woman
| charged 1t upon the serpent, ana IL 'no
serpent could have spoken 1t wouAo nav
| charged it upon the devil suppose SnNo
! the real state of the case was thai I'VE "a 20
| eating the apple and that Adam saw ~
o,d RAGGED md coaxed until he got piece
If ii. suppose that Adam was just a.
much to blame AS Eve was. You cannon
throw off the responsibility OF any SID
mon the shoulders Of other people.
Here IL a young man who says: know
am doing wrong. but l nave nov .aS
| i
| God and a mother who was q dlsciPAo Va
goddess fashion. am not to blame Tor my
Sins. 1t is my bringing up" All, no, thas
yonno man has been out in the world long
enoueh to see what is right, and to see
what Is wrong, and in the great day OF
eternity he cannot throw his slns upon ~,
, father or mother, but will have to stano
for himself and answer before God. You
have had a conscience, you have haa .
, Rible and the influence Of the Holy spirit
Stand for yourself or fall for yourseH. -,
, Here Is a business man. He says.
. know I don't do exactly right IN trace,
! hut all the dry goods men 90 IL anu "a.
the hardware men do this, ana an nv
e responsible" You cannot throw on your
g sin upon the shoulders of other nerchan's
/, God will hold you responsible for VIDA
- Won do and them responsible 1or VIVA
q ihev do. want to quote one passage o
9 Scripture for you'll think 1t Is IN frov
d crbs-"If thou be wise, thou shalt De WIS
r for tbyself, but if thou soonest thou alon
% shalt bear it.
ID An Old Sin.
g. learn further from this subject VIVA
n God meant by determination. saul wa
ae told to slay all the Amalekttes ana IN
,g beasts in their possession. He saves Ag"t
~ the Amalekite king, and some OF the shee
i. and oxen. God chastises him for It. oo
~ likes nothing done by halves. GOO WI
~ not stay in the soul that is half his mn
= half the DEVILS. There may be more sll
70 in our soul than there were Amalekite
IA We must kill them. Woe unto us II '
ia spare Agag! Here Is Christian.
IN says: 81 will drive out oil the Amalckio
"a. of sin from my heart. Here Is jealousy.
er down goes that Amalekite here Is oac.
~, bitinp-down goes that Amalekite. Al
ha what slaughter he makes among his Sin
to striking right and left. What Is that o
wonder lifting up his heady 1t Is A ga
~ 1t is worldiness. It Is an old sin he ca
~. not bear to strike down. 1t Is darlil
"a transgression he cannot afford to saorih'
ore On, my Dfe1hfeh' appI"A -
no 1t the "higher life" The Methodists
1t, believe, call it perfection. do not CT
nr what you call it, Without holiness
orc man shall see the Lord" I know III
I'd. who are living with their soul in perpet!
nd communion with Christ, and day by 9
III 1{<vhk Of hnn