The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-08
lConinued from Las Week.

Continued from Last Week.
Lest.however.I should hurt some of
and make you feel what ! do not
Intend, let me remark that ] do
no, mean L, say that you must shea
actual teael. Some men are SO
bard in constitution that they
could not shed a tear. have
known some who have been able
70 sigh and to groan, but tears
would not come. Well, / say, that
though the tear often affords evil
deDte Of penitence, you may have
repentance unto life" without 1t.
What / would have you understand
Is that there must be some real
Nv. If the prayer may not
be vocal. it must be secret There
must be a groan If there is no
word; there must be sigh If there
be 10 tear, 10 show the repentance
even though 1t be but small
There must be in this repent
ance. think, not only sorrow, but
iere must be practice = practical
repentance.
'Tis not enough 10 say we're
sorry, and repent
And then go on from day to day
Just as we always went"
many people are very sorry and
Try penitent for their past sins
Hear them talk "ohi' they say,
81 deeply regret that ever j
should have been a drunkard: and
! sincerely bemoan that l should
have fallen into that sin; deep
ly lament that ! should have
done So" Then they go straight
home; and when one o'clock on
Sunday comes you will find them
at Il again. And yet such people
say they have repented Do you
believe them when they say they
are sinners, but do not love sin?
They may not love it for the
lime, but can they be sincerely pen
itent, and then go and transgress
again Immediately, in the same way
as they did before? How can We
believe you If you transgress again
ana again, and do not forsake your
sins? We know a tree by its
fruit. and you who are penitent
will bring forth works OF repent
ance. have often thought It
was very beautiful instance, show
ing the power Of penitence which
q pious minister once related. He
had been preaching on penitenee,
and had in the course OF his ser
mon spoke Of the sin Of stealing.
On his way home laborer came
alongside Of him. and the minister
observed that he had something
under his smock frOck. He told
him he need not accompany him fur
thef: but the man persisted AT
last he said, 81 have a spade I'M
der my arm which | stole up al
that farm house, heard you preach.
ing about the sin Of stealing, ant
must go and put It there again.
That was sincere penitence which
caused him to go back and replac,
the stolen article. 1t was Xix,
these South Sea Islanders. Of whom
We read, who stole the missionaries
articles Of apparel and furniture, an,
everything out Of their houses
but when they wee savingly con
verted they brought them all back
But many of you soy you repent
yet nothing comes of Il; il is no
Worth the snap Of the finger. Peo
pie sincerely repent, they say, tina
they should have committed a rob
berry. or that they have kept a gam
bling-house; hut they are very carr
full that all the proceeds shall ;
laid out to their hearts best CON
fort. True repentance will yiel
works meet for repentance, it wi
be practical repentance.
Yet farther. You may kno,
uhethar vour rapantance is practica
by this test Does 1t last OF doe
1t not? Many of your repentance
are like the hectic flush upon IN
cheek of the consumptive person
which Is no sign Of health. Man
time have l seen a young ma
in flow of newly acquired, bu
unscund godliness; and he ha
thought he was about 20 Iepen
OF his sins For some hours sue
As one was deeply penitent befor
God. and for weeks he relinquishe
his follies He attends the hous
Of prayer, and converses as a chill
OF God But back he goes 10 hi
Gins as the dog returns to his yomi
The evil spirit has gone 'bacl
10 HIS house and has taken wit
ann seven others more wicked tina
himself, and the last state of tina
man is worse than the first" HOY