Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-06-28

the 2ith verse we read. Tod gave them
NJ 10 unc,eanne>s ~ the 26th verse.
God gave them no - Vie affections.
whie in the 2Sth we're We read. God
gave them up To ! reproh1te mind The
uncleenness may have been lin of a. insis
nifcant character: 20 10 gwen nj 20 vile
affections is To be permitted to -, our
hearts upon those things which are not
right. and draw them to IL IL with hooks
Of steel. hut To I've given over 10 a repr,.
bate mind Is To be- ho"alc~S | make an
appeal to-day in behalf OF those who's
lives are in the least touched by SIN. it
Is dangerous position.
What is the greatest >in in all the catl.
logue as written in Gods word, Ii this
question were put to men there would be
almost as many answers ~ there are men.
u i not impuriSv. nor dishonesty saesc
things are not even II I've considered in
the light of the greatest sin o! nj. which
is unbe,ici When we read in the gospels
iha: the HOLY Ghost Is g come. 1t Is said
that He will reurove the word OF sin.
and that sin Is described aS not believing
on Him. To reject Christ. therefore. is
the choicest OF all transsress,on..
V
Having no hope. | cannot imagine that
any OF my hearers would for 4 moment
think OF giving way to unbeiiei or taking
refuge IN infdelitv. That l.. indeed.
hopeless. II * SAID that Adoniram .lud-
son when he was Il student IN Brown Uni-
versity came under the influence OF fell
low student who was an inhdel. On his
return to Providence at one time he was
obliged TO stop at a country inn. The inn
keeper told him he had but one room.
and that was next to man who was sup
posed TO dying. Judson cared nothing
for this. and said he would take the
room. All through the night he heard
this man crying ont To God Tor mercy.
shr'eking in terror because of his unbelef.
and at last Judson utterly w'rn ont fell
asleep. When the morning came all was
quiet in the adjoining room. but the man
was dead What was the student horror
IN find out that the dying man was his
companion in intidelty. and when he came
10 the end there was no hope for him.
and infdeiitv prevailed him nothing. 1t
is an awful thing to be without Christ IN
the world
Without God. Ii you could imagine
God taken out OF your lie tor 4 moment
II would be position OF terror. No one
would ever again say no to Him If they
realized that they might say no for the
last time. To have no he,p in temptation
and no comfort in the hour OF sorrow.
and no support in the day of death would
indeed be an awful thing. a friend of
mine told me of man in the West who
had been constantly besought by his
friends to come TO Christ and had resisted
all their entreaties. He had been en-
treated by God Himself as He called him
in prosperity and in adversely, and at
last the calls became so marked that it
was as il God had actually spoken to him.
and at last in heat OF passion he cried
ont as If he were speaking to God. "Oh.
God, let me alone" and He did and until
the day OF his death it Is said he never
again had even faint desire to 60 to
Christ. 1t is dangerous to resist God
pity the man who says no to Christ and
speaks for the last time. ard then comes
to the place where he had no hope and is
without God in the world