The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-21
WHO PR0CRASTINATES
COMMITS SIN UNPGRDOhABLE1
Evangelist BirdcrWolf breaches Q
Sermon 10 the Indifferent
IT Tent Evangcl.

Evangelist Biedervolf preached last nisht
.: feay EvgnEsl. Compton and Bel ave.
rles. on "Th objectionable sin" Ne
particular tc=; was announced. but the ser-
non was. in part. as follows:
Whether o. no a sin IS unpaTfonanIS
DEPENDS altogether upon the viewpoint. We
aey q m1l indulSiuS in some hideOUs cr!ms
Uli we seas sgcu q JrirS is altogether an
pa=dcuIt,c. b.; from the viewpoint Of
Cod IL u.ay b. q thing that is altogether
r~ardOrSrlr. and Vet we read in scripture OF
q sin for wh!ca there is no forgiveness.
John tells Us in his epistle that there is .
SIN unto death. and the Master hsr'Sslf de-
C.a-ed that IL v - possible 10 so sin IL thls
vu-id that there could be no forgiveness
either here or hereafter. Some people Says
DO rot preach about the objectionable SIM
il dos nUt concern Us But there Is noth-
:nS iu dI the universe OF God that SO nuch
concerns IL ~ that very tniuE- ! snail ask
yUEr attention 10 a thrsetoid line 81 tesu-
mOny to prove The possibility " such a
fatal sin The Testimony OF scripture. or
nature and OF human experience.
Testimony ~ scripture; In the Old Tes-
lament We read Of 4 certain people who we're
Joined To- their idols ana II whom God said.
Let them alone The worst curse That
can come 20 any man IS to be e: alone In
MS sin. Let him alone. conscience. Let
him alone. minister. Let him ahnS. pray.
ing friends. Let him alone. Holy Spirit or
God. Let him sleep on in MS sin until tne
very darkness OF the other world snail Vakea
Elm I'D to realize his everlasting shame ard
contempt Three times God told Jeremiah
not 10 pray FOR Israel. because there was
~, Z, -rsv.1.ss for their hardened hearts.
and when We PASS into the New Testament
We hear John declaring In the tWelftn CHAP
ter OF his gospel that the Jews could not De-
Hcve. s. persistent had they been in IN
belief that bTi!"f was no longer possible.
The occasion OF the Masters ceclora-
ton concerning this terrible sin was ths
healing Of u demun'ac and the evidence q
his own divinity shown forth too cl=arly 10
be denied. The common people said: Ims
fs tho Son Of Cod Eut what abHu- the
PbarisecSs To have admitted that fact
would have bssn To rapudlate all their past
resistance and 70 have Acknowledged this
man To he the Messiah. and this with dia-
hOl!icai hatred they resolved they would MT
Can Interpret i. How They will ascrioe
/; To- the power Of the devil False and ab-
Surd. halish and satanic. but what matter
Let judaism be saved, though their souls he
lost. Tn WSs and this Is the unDardon-
able sin. Anything rather than faith in
the Son OF God Not any particular act
Christ To- Satan. but a conscious. deter
mined prolonged and hateful resistance to
the fullest light shining all about them.
The I3rdOnable sin only marks the limit
cf res stance. You might deny the Christ
with a curse. count mis- blood an unholy
thing. and trample under foot the Son or
God and yet not commit this most terrible
OF crimes. and you may sit Sthi in the seat
where yCU are now and simply say no 10 the
spirit Of God and thereby be Euilty OF that
The testimony OF nature. 1t Is a law OF
nature that Il a man will not see he shall
not see. II YOU should take a rope and
bind your arm TO the Side of your body and
simply leave that rope there long enough.
sou would never lift that arm again.
BardaEe YOUR eye and Simplv leave the
bandaGe there long enough and when you
take II away your eye VIII be sightiess for-
ever. Stop your ear long enough and
yOur ear viii be soundlcss forever.
Harden YOUR hearts long enough and
your heart will lose altogether the capacity
To believe This is a fact which every man
knows * true and the mere fact that. many
80 a~W HEA No. aaWHHnH kaWa ~ -N-hN 80
finding il harder to decide for Christ than
You h-nCstlv believe YOU would have found
IL fifteen wears ago is all the evidence you
need OF the truth Of what | am saying.
"A word about human observation and
experience. What has been said concerning
the testimony OF the Word Of God and OF
nature finds its confederation in human eX-
rerieucc all over the world II believe the
Iioly Spirit never ceases 10 plead with -nrns
mon until the last sign which could be
taken f1r YES Is forever scaled by death.
Then and then only is that mans probation
probation that ends at death as 1 do the
probation that ends before death. for there
have been many men who have lived with
out concern in life and have passed away
IN death without the least sign OF concern
about their soul for the NE to come. and
inflcls have seized upon this fact and
said. See. he dies 90 he lived and Rob.rt
lHSerson has gone 10 considerable troghI~ in
trying TO prove that Tom Paine died that
kind Of = death. which he didn't. but sup
pose he had Some men can't lie any other
way; physically alive they have long been
" q kat N[stNa ANE ~ 10 ~
away Gods Spirit. God has let them aIoEs
ard given them up to their sin.
Again there have been mon who have
lived in such indiIsrcnce and IN the hour
NJ death have been seized with n terribls/
agony OF soul onlv to find that the TING
was forever gone when they could believe ~
Cool That is the kind OF death that Tom
Paine died. That is the kind OF death Vol
tairc. the brilliant infidel. died. Doctor
ne said III give YOU half I am worth
for six months more Of life 7 can't do Il.
Nnlta'-a. the end Il too near was the re-
ply. Then. said the DIVING. GrSp5trtnS man.
dOnsl OF Cd and mar. 7 tell Won. friends.
there comes a time when a man can't say
Nts to God and experience Il provi1g the
world over that God meant what he said
strive with mem and that Jesus did not
mistake the possibility Cf a fatal SHINING
when he said. That q man could 50 sin in
this life that he could never he forgiven
and that God = saving or this man and OF
this woman he - Joined to his sin. let him
alone. let him alone
"Narolcon. the great General. was sit
ting sad and detected in his tent. The
fortunes Of tire dav had gone hard with
him: half or Eis army had been annihIlate6
and rs vet he did not know what the day
wcrid bring forth Suddenly there came
cheer IN. sire. you've gained tine vict0ryt'
Yes. said the great warrior. r have gained
the victory. but arOther such q victory
would cost me my Kingdom n man and
yOur mothers prayers. YOU have gained thu
victory over the eutreaties and tho prayers
OF your dC9r ores YOU have gained the vic
tory over the mi1iste- nf Cod. YOU have
r'"sdin~ Of the Spirit NJ God. brt what I
Tear fo- Nou is that IL YOU gain another
such "a victory 81 TFH cost YOU your soul"
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