The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-21
THE BULLETINS SUNDAY SERMON
BY REV. FRANK DE WITT TALMAeE, D. o.

furthermore, that when was n young
man ! was crack shot When as a
boy went bunting, never used a
shotgun. but always a rife | could
as easily hit flying bird or leaping
jack rabbit with one ball as ! could
put four out of every five rifle shots
into the bulls eye Of a target fur
thermore knew that there were certain
battles in which we could see the
whites Of the enemys eyes. was one
of the best Of sharpshooters But |
never knew absolutely whether killed
a man, because | Fever wanted to
know would not want to see the
face Of a man whom ! turned into a
corpse and to realize that had wreck
ed that mans home | would not want
TO know that | had made his wife a
widow and his children orphans. After
the battles were over | never crossed
the fields in the direction where had
been shooting | was afraid to see the
proofs of my craftsmanship Remorse,
even when we are in the line OF duty,
has awful results. How much more
terrible is it for one to look upon the
face OF one whom the sinner has
wronged
Oh, sinner, let me prove 10 you that
you are now, like Adam and Eve, hid
ing In one of the Satanic retreats. Why
do you dislike Mrs. So-and-so? She
was the wife of one of the best friends
you ever had. Has she wronged you!
No. The reason you dislike her ana
never want TO be seen In her compan-
ionship is because that dead friend left
you the executor Of his estate. You
mismanaged it. You criminally mis-
managed il. You used her money for
your own benefit If that widow had
wanted, she might have put you in jail.
Now you hate her, You never want TO
meet her, not because she has wronged
you. but because you have wronged her.
why We Do Not Forgive.
Why is that lifetime friendship be-
tween you and your school chum
broken upY You were both born in
the same country village. You grew up
together You played ball together,
flew kites together, went fishing in the
old brook together, sat side by side be-
hind the same school desk and ate your
lunches out Of each others basket.
You came to the city on the same train.
lived in the same boarding house and
went 10 work AT the same city store on
the same day. Why are you estrangedF
| will tell YOU. You both fell in love
with the same girl. In order 10 win
that girls affections you lied about
your old friend You circulated evil re-
ports about his past life, when you
knew that no squarer, truer man ever
liver iou said mis- family MAS not re
spectacle, when his mother used TO he
second mother TO you and helped
nurse you when you were sick. You
hate your old school friend not because
he has done an injustice 10 you. but be-
cause YOU have done an injustice 10
him. What is the matter with Mr..
So-and-so?" I once asked my father
HE never comes around the house as
he used to do" NO" said father. "hc
is my enemy. ] loaned him some mon
ey. He would not pay me back. How
ever. for old times sake forgave him
the debt and said 1t was all right But
he has never forgiven me the injustice
he has done me-
But again learn that our first an
leaf and flower and clinging vine and
tree trunk and bush 1t IL true that
the tropical forests are so dense that
they make excellent hiding places. Sir
Gordon Cumming. the great hunter Of
wild beasts. tells MS that the Ceylen
jungies I'm places are so impenetrable
to the eye that the keenest and most
experienced hunters may sometimes be
unable 10 distinguish the wounded
monster only few yards
away. though the valleys and the
sides may he thunderous
with the bellowings of the dying wild
beast. But sin never tries to cover up
sin by the curtain of leaf alone. Sin
always tries to conceal sin behind the
bulwarks of other sins Thus when
Adam and Eve hid themselves from
the presence of God in the garden. they
tried To conceal their sin with the sin
Of falsity. They pretended they did |
not hear God when he called. They |
tried TO conceal sin by saying, The |
reason we have not answered thee. q
God. is because we were unclothcd and .
1are not appear before thee naked. as |
hon didst create US They tried 10 |
conceal sin in exactly The same way 4
rs thousands and tens Of thousands OF 1
living men Try TO conceal sin with sin. /
All. the poisonous ivy behind which /
Adam and Eve concealed themselves /
was not an arbor of oak. but IN arbor |
II lies and deceits. II they had spoken /
he truth. they would have said. The |
shame we feel. the shame that forced /
IL TO hide ourselves from thy presence. |
: due to our consciousness Of wrong
ioing."
ConccnIinE SIN.
How does man Try 10 conceal his first
lin behind D mighty bulwark of many |
sins: Here is young man who has
Deen brought up in country home. /
he was raised no right. He had his
first gospel lessons instilled into him