The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-06-26

are deceitful above all things and desper;
ately wicked. Our minds are carnal ana
therefore at enmity with God; our wills
are stubborn and will not yield to the
touch of His power: we are IN mldnlght
darkness, and it is in this condition tnat
He comes to us. In the 18th verse Of the
second chapter of Ephesians we read,
"But now in Christ Jesus. We who some
times were afar off are made nigh by the
blood of Christ" and to all the unsaved
it is nv privilege to say, that by the cs grace
OF God you are brough nigh to Christ.
This is true because YOU have been under
the influence of the Spirit. and you may
he saved if you will but If you reJert
Christ no word can describe this gin OF
which YOU are guilty. In the Old Iesta.
ment the man who despised Moses God
died without mercy among two or three
enemies. Of how much greater need OF
mercy shall he be that hath trodden I'M
der foot the Son of God. hath counted the
blood whereof He was glorited common
thing. and has insulted the Spirit OF grace.
In this picture of Philip holland: sailor
IN the sea without a harbor. I find an
illustration of the man who in spite OF
Gods grace has rejected the cffer of mercy.
III.
We begin to break away: not by great
sins. but by small sins. Have you ever
noticed in the three verses in the flrst
chapter of Romans that wonderful de-
able os any the world has ever seen. In
the oath verse we read. Good rave them
nm to uncleanness:" in the 2eth verse;
"God gave them up to vile Affections,
while in the 2sth verse we read: Iod
gave them up to a reprolate mind" The
uncleanness NAV have been sin of an inslg-
n;fcant character: to be giver up to vie
affections is to be rermitted to set our
hearts upon those things which are not
right, and draw them to US as with hooks
Of steel. hut to be given over to a repro
bate mind is to be homeless. make an
appeal TO-DAY in behalf Of those whose
lives are in the least touched by sin; It
is a dangerous position.
".
What Is the greatest sin in all the cats
logue as written in Gods word? II this
question were put to men there would be
almost as many answers "a there are men.
It is not impurity. nor dishonesty: These
things are not even to be considered m
the light Of the greatest sin OF all, when
is unbalief When we read in the gospels
that the Holv Ghost is TO come: it is said
that He will reprove the world OF SIN,
and that sin is described as not believing
ON Him. To reject Christ. therefore, is
the chiefest Of all transgresslons.
V.
Having no hope. I cannot imagine that
anv of nv hearers would for a moment
think of giving way to nnhelief or taking
refuge in infdelitv. That IS indeed,
homeless. 1t is said that Adoniram Ind
son when he was student IN Brown Uni-
versity came under the influence Of tel-
low student who was an infdel. On his
return to Providence at one time he was
Obliged to ston at a country inn. The Inn
keeper told him he had but one room,
and that was next to a man who was sup
nosed to dying .Tudson cared nothing
for this. and said he would take the
room. All through the night he heard
this man CRYING ont to God for mercy.
shrieking in terror because of his unbellef.
and at last Judson utterly worn out fell
asleep. When the morning came all was
quiet in the adjoining room. hut the man
was dead. What was the Students horror
to find out that the dying man was his
comnanion in iufdelity. and when he came
to the end there was no hope for him,
is an awful thing to be without Christ IN
the world.
VI.
Without God. If you could imagine
God taken out of YOUR life for moment
it would be position OF terror. No one
would ever again say no to Him If they
realized that they might saw no for the
last time. To have no HEN in temptation
and no comfort in the hour OF sorrow.
and no support in the day OF death would
indeed he an awful thing. A friend of
mine told me of a man in the West who
had been constantly besourht by his
friends to come to Christ. and had resisted
all their entreaties. He hid been en-
treated BY God himself as He called him
in prosperity and in adversely. and at
last the calls became so mari ked that it
was as it God had actually spoken to him:
and at last in heat Of passion be cried
ont as if he were speaking to God: "Oh:
God, let me alone" and He did. and until
the dav of his death it is said he never
again had even faint desire to 60 to
Christ 1t is dangerous to resist: CO.!
pity the man who saws no to Christ and
speaks for the last time and then comes
to the place where he had no hope and is
without God in the world.
Was True to Her Colors.
A beautiful instance of Christian fdel::