The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-11-13

there for 200 years, and many OF us have
allowed sins to enter our hearts IN the
days OF our youth which have pursued us
until old age and caused our wreck. II
women are not exempt from sin God pity
the men.
But this mob that hurried this poor
woman into the presence of Jesus was not
an honest company of men. | know it be-
cause in the seventh chapter l read they
| called Him a deceiver, while in the eighth
| they addressed Him as Master and Teach
| er. In the sixth verse of this eighth chap
| ter we also read that they brought this
woman, tempting Him, for they wanted
to catch Him on either one OF these two
points. first, if He accepted Moses law
then they would turn the Roman citizens
| against Him and condemn Him because
He would put another to death. If He re-
undated the law Of Moses the Jewish pop
| ulace would have been His enemies. but
nevertheless it is a true picture of the
world. Have nothing to do with 1t; there
fore; as you love your own souls, beware
of it. 1t has slain its thousands and tens
of thousands. What ruined Lots wife?
| the world: what ruined Achan until he de-
| feated the whole camp of Israel? the
world: what ruined Judas until he sold
| his very soul for greed OF wealth! the
| world; what has ruined ten thousand souls
that are to-day shut away from God and
hope, this same Old world, and what shall
it profit a man ii he gain the whole world
and lose his W soul"
First. the world is critical. 1t will find
every flaw that exists in your nature; I'm;
be blind. and which you yourself were
hardly aware Of will be pointed out and
v~ulgarly displayed.
Se"nnd, i is uisrciless. 1t has positively
no Co.'S for the man that fails; and while
never Offering to help him over his difficult
ties when the tide is against him it laughs
at his despair and Knocks at his hopeless
ness.
Third. it is heartless. There is no for
g~iveness in the world. There may be some
time a disposition to overlook but not to
forgive, and this sort OF forgiveness has
nothing in it of a helpful nature 10 poor
lost. shining humanity. You who belong
to the word, may l say to You in all sc.
robustness, don't cast a stone At a man
that is a sinner for the reason that you
are, or nave been. or may be, just what you
condemn in others. No one OF us except
we are linked to the Son of God by FAITH
and Walking heartily in fellowship with
Him may hope to escape from the awful
grip of Satan. Don't be unforgivITs. He
that cannot forgive others breaks down the
bridge over which he must pass himself,
and he who is unwilling to forgive others
makes it impossible for God 10 forgive HIM;
but thank God we are not shut up to the
world. There is an open door before IS to
that which is infinitely better than any
thing the world has ever seen.
IT.
The laws treatment. Nov. Moses in
the law commanded lis that such should be
g.oncd, bat what sayest Thou Verse ).
This statement is perfectly true, that Is the
iaw. 1t We: Trit,..,,: by Moss ard written
to him OF CD. Jhe-| are o.'y to forces
III operation to-I,y IN the moral world,
law and 60. Through cae CT the other
of these forces we have submitted cJr-
selves ard by one or the other Te llus:
hope to stand before God. Ey the way OF
less. Cat act OF sin Is sufficient to incur
the pcna.ty OF death. 1t is always so with
law; if 4 man takes one false step IN the
mountains he lands himself at the bottom
c. TIE abyss; there is 10 mercy shown by
the Law. DR.. Parkhurst gives the descrlp-
ton Of his climbing the mountains IN
Switzerland with a rope around his waist,
he'd bv two guides, one leading and the
other following after him, when lie stood
upon a little piece OF rock not two inches
broad and looked down into the depth,
which measures 5000 feet. II he had bro.
ken the Law of gravitation and stepped out
from the narrow ledge nothing cou;d have
saved him from a horrible death. We can
quite understand this in nature; the same
thing applies in morals. If YOU sin against
your health YOU suffer. Law is a shrewd
detective. and is ever on the watch. One
wheel broken in the machinery and the
whole is inefficient; one piece OF a rail dis
placed means fearful disaster. Just one
transgression of one law of God the pen.
altv must be paid. "He that offends in one
point is guilty of ALL" the Scriptures de-
clare, which Simply means that the least
offense OF the law means a breaking away
from God. | repeat my statement that
there are but two forces in operation to.
day in the moral world. law and grace. If
YOU have rejected Christ then your only
hope is in the law, and l should think
every man here must see that that Is hope
less. First. you must suffer, for every bro
ken law means n penalty to pay, and every
transgression of Gods plan brings down
upon You a burden YOU cannot well bear.
Second. you will be found out. No mar
has sufficient ingenuity to cover up his sin,
and no grave has yet ever been deep
enough to save the sinner from the search.
inc eye Of God. Be sure Your sin will find
Won out. \ truer text was never written.
Third. YOU must die. The wages of sin is
death. l beg YOU. therefore. that You will
not allow Yourself to be controlled by the
law. It is like the world. merc!less and
heartless, and presents to you an opportm-
nifty of escape from sin. but. thank God,
you are not shut uD to it. There is n way
| opening up which leads to heaven shining
| brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
! To this way l now commend you.
III.
Christ's treatment of a sinner. But
| Jesus stopped down and with His finger
wrote on the ground. as though He heard
| them not. So when they continued asking
Him, He lifted up Himself and said unto
them, He that is without sin among you
let him first cast a stone at her. And again
He stopped down and wrote on the ground.
And they which heard it, being convicted
by their own conscience. went out one by
one, beginning at the eldest even unto the
last, and jesus was left alone and the WON.
an standing in the midst. When Jesus had
lifted up Himself, and saw none but the
woman, He said unto her, Woman, where
| are those thine accusers?' Hath no man
| condemned thee? She said. No man, Lord.
| And Jesus said unto her, Neither do | con-
denim thee; go, and sin no more" From
verse 6 to II. You have a great picture