The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-18
MANS RESPONSIBILITY.
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY REV. S. M.
TENNEY OF THE SECOND
Presbyterian Church Before the Mems
Meetina OF the Y. NJ G. A. Yester-
daV Afternoon.

Rev. S NJ Tenney, pastor Of the Second
Presbyterian church, delivered an earnest
address at the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION rooms yesterday afternoon to an
interested audience. his subject being
Mans Responsibility To God"
But few men realize how many sins
they commit" said the speaker '.M,n
who are good citizens, men who stand
high in lle business world aud in soclety
men Who really tulnk they are god mtn
who wouldn't dream Of doing acts VIII, h
the world classes among its great s.ns
are continually uo,ng Things wA.ch u
please God. Day a4tcr day tley commit
acts each OF which tAey gard siAal.
things, yet could they SNOW The agsre.
gate OF THESE sins tsty wo1id I've sre4ly
a4ton.sueu. Ile Dos Who was iu-
usii u the door each dime ue did
wrong Nds surprised to ANA thar
! lne door was soon allied with nails md
/ so o. "olsd oe With men lt iuey ooIld on.y
see the record ot their sins Pam wl,es.
so, each OF MS snail give. au account II
! himself TO God Tue duy Is coming wnen
! he records OF our Sins shall be land op II
/ 9Dd then we vii. be surprised God Keeps
! record Of all the nails; he ketJs "a
! Oook containing statement OF every u
! which you and ! commit, ana We must
! give an account OF each Of these slus
| sometimes a man goes into II Store aid
| asks Tor his account for the month and
| when IL Is shown him he Is surprised. lie
| says: i know have been buciag q grcl
many httlC things but | had no idea III
bill would foot up Ike this. lie can not
I believe that the account Is correct, and
be asks 10 see an tented statement this
| Is given him and when he looks over lt
he hnds that each Item Is correct and tue
account can not be disputed, but IT is a
great surprise. So what we call little
things In the category Of sins are all re.
corded In Gods book and when We SCI
the total account we Will be greatly as
tOniShed. But SO few want to know how
they stand with God--they do not want o
see all the items and If we could see them
all many men would want To dispute
their account. they would point out this
Item ana that item and say: This act
was not a SIM but Gods record IS correct
aud our account must stand When man
| Is anxious to know how he stands with
God, when he is willing for all his dee s
to be uncovered, then II Is certain hat the
| spirit of God is working with him; wher
the spirit Of God is working in n man tc
make him to excaim: How many are
my sins and my iniquitiesF II may be ueceS
sary to use great chastisement mar
who was listening 10 my preaching a.onl
this line once came TO me and said: =
had to he greatly chaStised, the spirit wac
working in mo but not until / had beer
made to suffer and had lost several Of my
many arc my sins job knew that VIII
, II young man he had ccSnnitred little $ Ms
{ hut he thought they were not enough t
bring such terrible punishment. so In hi
suffering he cried out, How many are ~,
4 | iniQuitics and my snsF The violation %
, | physical laws brings certain punishment
| and suffering, though a man may not reu
= lie that this is true until It is too late
y so n violation of Gods law must be nc
Z counted for and men should he very care
u ful OF their acts Many n man does thing
II which he does not consider very wrong
yet they are sinful in the sight of Coz
and he must account for them. A drunk"
man will often talk prohibition, not realD
ing that oven then he rs In H. CON
mission Of m act for which he will b
u held accountable he thinks his act is n
l. wrong, but 1t is, In this way the dcy
n Eden, he made them think that they wcr
y committing no great wrong, yet they Vi
lated Gods law and punishment was II
IL, evitahle.
y AN effort is being made now to inaug,
rate a great revival of religion all owe
tho land and ministers and Christian pc
t pie are getting ready for 1t; to succee ]
y such a movement we must take the wor
OF God and preach it ana teach II and 70
d low Il Just as it is; we must seek {
D. glorify God and not expect God to glori
E. man Someone has said that Man
growing greater and God Is growing 'eSs
n but this must not he. God must b. q
r. allied. we must have more of Gods GraC,
r / want YOU TO take Gods book and fol o'
p. 1t, | want you 10 understand His wor
as He would have you know II, we mus
, come with hearts full Of prayer and Low
J, 10 God and honor Him and magnify Iii
" name. We must realize our own helpless
responsibility ia Him TVe must como {
IT God as little children, trusting In Him @
8 one who lg able to help MS aud who ca
e supply all our needs