El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-06
Dew II. w. Moore

Yesterday morning at the Presby-
terian church, the pastor preached on
The objectionable Sin," taking foI
his text, 'Wherefore l say unto you,
all manner of sin and blssphemy shall
be forgiven unto men: but blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit shall not be
| forgiven unto men in
this world, neither in the world to
come" Matt. 12:31-32. He said in
part:
There are some sayings of Jesus
Christ that are strikingly solemn. They
startle US like q knock on the window
at midnight. What solemn verse
this is: "Whosoever shall disturb the
faith of one who believes in me it were
better for him that milestone we're
hanged around his neck and that he
! were drowned in the depth of the sea-"
Is not this q solemn verse: what
shall it profit man if he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul"
Or have you read a more startling an
nOuncement than my text gives. There
is sin If we commit it shall never be
forgiven. This shows US that the
universe up to the edge of the grave is
no Joke. l preached once or twice in
an insane asylum and had pointed out,
to me two who thought they had COM
mitted the objectionable sin. l never
saw sadder people. What IL this sin?
Many people are anxious on this SUBJ
ject. Read the chapter where the text
occurs and l think all mystery of inter-
probation will disappear. These Phar-
isees when they saw Jesus doing his
work of love and mercy, casting out
devils, healing diseased bodies, said
his power was of the devil. They had so
long sinned against light and evidence
in q thousand forms that their sense of
right and wrong and their conscience,
called good, :evil-iight darkness
virtue, vice. By resisting the spirit
they became soul hardened, soul ether
lied, torpid, dead. Is not that an
so that we destroy all within us that
responds to- God.
How often men are warned by sick
ness, death, funerals, business failures
and yet resist God. Men say, 1 am doing
wrong but do not care. They say, [
am in bad business but I'll keep it
up. 1 am SHINING against duty but
what care I. By and by dissipation,
cynicism, a skeptical turn of the tongue:
terry no crime, lying and theft not to be
condemned. There is nothing left in q
man like that worth saving. He is like
charred branch that cannot be lighted
again. He has destroyed or burnt out
his CAPACITY for God. This sin is not
single act, it is the result of long
course of SHINING against light. No
one whe thinks he has committed this
sin really has for he shows anxiety for
his soul which shows he is innocent of
DESTROYING within him all repentance.
But v hen q man has gotten into that
state when he has burnt out his God
ward aspirations he has gotten to q
place where he will not repent and
hence is lost.
Oh, tremble for some men who are
following evil causes, when 1 know that
by every law they are hardening their |
hearts against God. The fish in the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky by not |
using their eyes lost them. They be- |
came stone blind. Yes, we can destroy |
our capacity to love and know God. Do !
you not tremble for those who choke 4
every inlet open to heaven, allow to
become extinct every aspiration God
city for heaven here where is 1t to come |
from. Such men after death can have
no relish for God or heaven. l say
his sense of right and wrong
becomes like broken harp
that cannot be touched into music.
I do not believe God ever passes q
man by-God never stops calling after
men. But what q thought, we can
destroy within US that power to respond
TO GOO. OQ, DS6uGlIul - tudO NrOu
is in men calling them to better living.
Does not that move you ? 1t moves me.
There is no more dangerous symptom
than for an unconverted man to cease
to think about or grow anxious about
his soul. Like the dying patient he
nav have peace but the doctor whis-
pers to the family outside the door that
has Get in. This is why
he has no pain. Yes, men may resist
Gods love until like a corpse in the
hallway he is awakened by no call.
ust above Niagara Falls on Niagara
river is q sign which reads Past Re-
lem ption's Point" Below this boat
IN the river Is doomed. The rapids
surge, swirl, churn into foam. The
movement grows tumultuous and the
waves roll together in q sort of ter
rible Joy before making the wild leap
into the gorge. Those who enter the
rapid are good as dead. No friend on
the shore can now help them. Do not
men and women get into such condi-
lions spiritually? And even then
Gods love is breaking over them and
his voice calls. But they are past
Telling" God bless you all. Hear
God calling this morning. Do not get
''past feeling"
open now to Him your heart;
Let Him In
Ifyou wait lie will depart:
Let Him in
Let Him in. lie is your friend,
He your soul will sure defend:
He will keep you to the end;
Let Him in,''