The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-04

compelled to confess that the fruit OF
the forbidden tree has been placed
against their lips Even now they are
both trying to conceal sin within sin.
What Is the man trying to dof Why,
he is trying to throw all the blame or
his sin upon his wife What Is the
woman trying TO do? She IS no bet
ter. They are both tarred With the
same black pitch Of meanness. Why
she is trying to throw the blame OF
her sin upon the serpent. The man
said. "The woman whom thou gavest
to me. she gave me Of the tree, and l
did eat" The woman said. "The ser
pent begulled me, and ! did eat The
young Adam Of the present day says,
Il believe all my evil desires were in
herited from my ancestors, and they
are to blame, and not myself The
young Eve Of modern times, lifting the
glass Of wine TO her lips just before
her doom, says: II am not TO blame
Other people drink. Every one Of my
friends drink; therefore they set me
an example | must follow. They are
10 blame. not myself" The young
drunkard blames the saloon keeper for
selling him the whisky. The saloon
keeper Justifies himself by pleading
that the voter approves Of his having
license to stand behind the bar.
l believe I'm many cases the response
bllity Of sin may be placed upon other
shoulders than upon those Of the
one who has 10 suffer That was q ter
rible Indictment Peter N0ldermeyer,
the Chicago bandit, hurled at the
churches when In April, 1901. he stood
under the shadow Of the gallows and
said: cit is all well enough to pray
with me now. but il Is too late. VINO
are my two companions and myself,
about to diei We belong to the great
army of the poor, miserable, social out
casts. We grow up in the slums, half
starved and always miserable. We
work day after day like slaves, to die
miserably. II the churches did some
thing more for those who need their
aid ia the struggle to earn a living
they would do more good than they can
by converting men about to be hanged.
All. yes. there was a thunderbOlt OF
terrible truth hurled in that one say
ing by man who was facing eternity.
But. though In some cases the resp0n-
slbilIty Of sin may be placed upon 9th
er shoulders, this was not true Of Ad-
ANS sin. Ii was not true OF Ewes sin.
1t is not true Of your sin. II Is not true
OF my sin. God is willing to give you
and me enough spiritual strength to
resist any temptation which cOnfronts
us II we only 20 to him for help, as he
was ready to help Adam and Eve.
And, my friends, In reference to our
own sins let us have the manliness to
acknowledge them. I'm the courts even
a criminal earns the contempt of his
fellows when, as they say, che pl 'ads
the baby act" The way TO forgiveness
Is by humble confession, and there Is
no other way. II man will not take
that way he ought TO realize that ne is
booming himself to destruction, that
excuses are Of no avail and that he
himself and no other is responsible.
Never charge your doom upon your
mother, your wife, your child. your
surroundings, when yOu have no one
to blame but your own sinful self. DO
not try to conceal sin with cowardly
words such as those which Adam ut
tered.
But why should our first ancestors
have concealed themselves in their hid
ing places Of SIM Why should they
have run away after the fruit OF
the forbidden tree was eaten? Why
did they incriminate each other and
the serpent after they were brought
forth from their arbOreal retreatl Did
God want to destroy them, as so many
seem TO thinki | confess that In my
younger days / used to picture God as
A tyrant. a monster. when he was seek
ing those two frightened, fleeing sin
ners | nsed TO think his voice was
harsh and condemnatory, that the call,
adam, where art thouT had in it the
roar Of a wild African lion starting
forth at night TO seek his prey. But n
few years ago my mind entirely chang
cd in reference 10 this, for then heard
a great English preacher say: This
call Of God In the garden Of Eden was
not the call TO death, but TO life. Gods
call Adam, where art thOuT was the
pleading call OF a sorrow4ng father
seeking lost and a wayward child"
II is the same kind Of call the pill
grim fathers used when as searching
party they went forth into the dark
woods seeking a lost child. 1t is the
same call that you would give II your
boy were lost In the jungles Of the
Indian hills. Then you would CALL MY
child, oh. my child, cannot you hear
my voieef" As God was calling to our
ancestors to come forth out Of their
hiding places Of sin and they would be
forgiven. God the Father Is calling to
YOU and to me: "Come home, ye
wearied and lost sinner. Come home"
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