The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-06
The WAYS OF SIN.

ouances of sin. For IL Is written IN
the Book of Life For the wages OF sin
70 death" Death morally and spirit
ually. IL not physically Is the penalty
that man must inevitably pay for his
transgressions. II is an inexoraoie
,.w NJ God. The man or the woman
wbo Weld TO temptation. and leaves
the narrow way that he or she may
finger awhile among the forbidden out
alluring pleasures, will sooner iater
nav the penalty which the law OF COM
pensation and the rules OF justice
oxact There is no escaping the con-
seonences OF sin. BY the divine grace
NJ a loving Father and through the
intercession of the Son of God the
souls of the wicked may be saved ana
tho hearts of the degenerate regen-
Grated. but the stain and the memory
and the consequences Of their SINS can
not be effaced.
An erring woman is on trial IN the
Nations capital for murder THIS
case does not differ from thousands
~ others known to the criminal an
nails of the country except that the
woman consorted with man VINO was
formerly a Senator of the United
states. 1t is the story of mans IN
edeIity and woman's faithlessness.
Here is a woman whose age and ex-
perience In life should have given her
a perfect knowledge Of right ana
wrong. and man who was untrue 10
bis wife Each knew the others re-
sponsibilities and obligations Dut
reither respected them. Both appear
10 have been equally guilty and they
accompanied one another from tne
straight path neither leading ana
neither led
The man sought conquest and found
slavery and then death. He forgot
his sacred obligation assumed oefore
Almighty God at the marriage altar;
he was oblivious to the rules OF so
ciatv and he transgressed with I'M
nupity the laws of his country FOR
a brief spell he tasted the sweets OF
forbidden fruit, but retribution, sure
swift and certain, came. He paid tne
nenalty with his life. The avenging
bullet of his partner in crime sent
his souI from earth, maybe to eternaf
death That God alone knows. Whetn-
or the recording angel In balancing
his life's account ofund extenuatlng
circumstances on the credit page OF
the ledger; whether he was sinned
against while SHINING; to what extent
he must suffer in the world TO come
tho consequences of his fofly are mat
ters OF speculation and questions
which no mortal can answer.
Rut whatever the judgment may be at
the bar OF eternal justice, this man
has left stain of sin and heritage
Of shame that will bring anguish ana
suffering to two homes and the mem
ory of which will be a reproach TO
generations yet unborn
How different his death would have
been II he had used the great talents
with which God had so generously
endowed him. in the service OF MS
country: if, instead of conquerlns
through sin he had conquered SIN, ana
had been true to every obligation
imnosed by the laws of GOD and coun-
try. Then his name would have Deen
an inspiration to future generations
and his memory the most priceless
heritage of his children But ne
sowed to the winds and reaped the
whirl wind"
The woman betrayed her husband
and Knocked at her marriage vows ana
was in turn betrayed by her para
mour, She was scorned and sought re-
yenge. She sought the author OF her
misery and demanded and received
his life's blood. The old, old moral
is pointed by the climax and the on
repeated warning has again been writ
ten in blood.
Mrs. Bradley may be acquitted OF the
legal charge of murder; the jury ma!
find justification for her rash act, ou'
life for her is forever blasted. She
will be able to build little for the
future from the broken fragments OF
wrecked life Whatever view on
may take Of her case there is no es
Gaping the fact that the woman wht
errs pays dearly for her error
All because Of mans faithlessness e
woman and woman's inidelity to man
two homes have been wrecked on
soul gone to eternity and anothe
sentenced to moral death and obliqui
~. For the wages Of sin is death"