The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-05
THE WAGES or SIM
Eloquent Plea For High Ideals of Life
BY Pastor Of Lutheran Church.

Eloquent Plea For High Ideals of Life
BY Pastor Of Lutheran Church.
Rev. Charles H. Armstrong, pastor
lutheran church. used the following
subject: THE Wages OF Sin based
on Romans 6.23. For the wages Of
sin is death; but the gift OF God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord .
Death physical and spiritual--is
the logical emf, the wages Of sin.
The gift of God Is life, all-mclusive-
physical, mental. moral, spiritual Sin.
Scripturally defined, lis transgression
of law" Compliance with law
through Christ-confers life. Who
.soeyer committeh sin transgresseth
the law" Sin may result through the
.perversion Of good Over-eating,
oyer-work, physical or mental, excess
sive recreation, the qualification Of
coarse appetites-this Is sin Violat-
ing natures Gods laws. resulting in
death before the proyerbial three
score and ten" is sin, Parents sin,
thereby transmitting defects. physi-
cal, mental moral--even spiritual TO
their posterity. thereby unintention-
ally, but surely, handicapping them in
'ife's race, imperiling their chances
for success.
The Wages of Sin Sure.
Physical task-masters are not al
ways sure pay, the wages of sin are
paid One must always
reckon with the Nemesis of sin.
Whatsoever a man soweth that shall
le also reap
The mills of God grind slowly. yet
they grind exceeding small:
rho with patience He stands waiting, +
with eXacness grinds He all % 4
Sins Wages Always Large.
One sows the wind, reaping the
yhirlwind The harvest is always
many fold in excess of the seed sown.
he saddest commentary on the
Of Divine law Is the
trophy-resulting in possible an
the mental, moral.
Diritual germs implanted by God in
he human soul.
For illustration, there was Edgar
liam Poe. whose cunning fingers
aftly swept the harp of life. evoking
le sweetest and tenderest tones
otes that still vibrate in the souls Of
IS surviving fellows. AS the grim
wen, clad in sable pIUmage, fitted
to his window and perehed upon the
lst OF Philosophical of intellect
} the specter of despair entered his
Jetsoul through the portal of in I
importance. and the hollow mockery y
her Never. nevermore" chilled his j
Fart forever Hope was dead to live l
, mere and "unwept. unhonored and
lsung" his frail body turned to dust /
premature grave II
Easy to Hire Oneself TO Sin. Il
The power OF evil habits. en- Il
'ndered often by evil associations. u
lght not to be lightly regarded. n
hese habits of sin are easy to form s.
ficult to break. To a lamentable
tent men and women are creatures
habit
lice is a monster of so frightful R
mien. 10
As to be hated needs but to be
seen: lar
t seen too oft. familiar with her "
face tt
We first endure. then pity. then p,
embrace %
The human will. obedient to the
vine viii, is the potent factor In
angling the current of ones life ST
bits. The power OF good associa. al
n. correct environment and good Bi
srature Is invaluable. Overcome nc
il-sln-with cool. the one is a 70
sitive. the other a negative force "
tn the Christian Scientist affirm all
1d, all faith, all hope. all trust in
rs spirit: this viii break the cruel
III Of evil habits. OF sin. "a
rhe mental manor soul man 81
nay be compared to the sensitizea b.