The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-02
FIRST SIN AND SINNER
Preacher brew Z Strtal pittsfe Of Al
Sin from fdea laiil Now.

To a congregation taxing the ca
pacity Of the entire church. E.vange~
list George Stuart spoke last night
on the first sin of the race. It's a
picture of all sin from Eden till now,
said the preacher He chose as his
text. Gen til. $40 And they heard
tho voice Of the Lord walking In the J
garden in the cool of the day and
Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the presence Of the Lord God
amongst the trees Of the garden And !
the Lord God called unto Adam and
said unto him. where art thoue And
he said heard thy voice in the gar
den, and / was afraid, because was
naked: and / hid myself.
The large choir led by Mr.. Excel
had previously rendered several
hymns. some OF them new but insplr
ing. Mr.. Excel has the happy faculty
of selecting the hymns that fit the
occasion and his handling of the con-
gregation as well as the choir is done
without effort and in the sweetest
sort of spirit. Some of the hymns used
were: Rejoice the Lost is Found,
Where he Leads Me" and Bring
Peace to My Soul"
The evangelist came, prayed and
announced the text as above and be-
gan the sermon of great power. This,
said he, is a brief account Of the
first sin and Gods search for the
first sinner. Yes, going back tonight
to the first sin, first sinner and GODS
search to save him. It's profound.
and yet it's simple-its like that
wonderful painting of The Angel
us You look at its beauty ana
would like to hang it up in your
house An artist is seized with emo
! tions OF thousand sorts as he eaz-
| es upon it. Simple and yet pro1ouno.
I | take the simple view OF this picture
| of the first sin and sinner. I'll give
Won It's parallel in every day iiIe-
Willie is In the cupboard and mAmmH
is away The cherry pie is In the cup
board. One cherry sticks up tnrou9s
a hole in the top OF the pie Won'
do to take the cherry, but tnat httis
fleck OF sugar on it won't matter
He eats the sugar and 1t tastes nke
l+ho cherry Now o1s q sasrry lss1,l
1noh of a pie and out comes the
cherry while another rolls down IN
to the same place Inen anothel
lcherry gets into Willie's mouth
I+ban the hole is in the pie and then
bo takes out a small slice, then the
ouarter and finally to hide his sin
he hides the whole pie. Can't you see
NV text? This little philosopher in
sin makes a kindergarten picture or
every SINNERS life. Willie's head is
down of course when mamma comes
and calls him. Disobedience and then
eui1t and then hiding out and out
forever from Gods presence uhtli
we confess and give up and OBTAIN
forgiyeness. Sin brings gullt-and
guilt hides out. 1t belongs to the
very nature Of sin to hlde out we
first hide from father and molher
our little meannesS. Then we nlde
or fry to from the world and nnally
we are going to cry for the rocks and
mountains to hide us from the lace
of the Lamb if we persist IN SIN.
Mr. Stuart told of wicked son
| in a home in which he was at one
time entertained which gave the
congregation another picture or oil
| in the Garden" When that boy con-
fessed his sins to God he did not hide
ont from me any more, No SIT, ne
went with me, took me to the store
| and to the midnight train, cut loose
from the gamblers who had been
| getting the money he took from MS
fathers safe. He got right win pou
| and then all was right, the Wlcheu
| flee where no man pursueth nut the
righteous are as bold as a hon hld-
ing out from God is the story of
every sinner. Put him In heaven anu
he would run from God and out Oh
the heaven of the good. There Is NO
Iplace he will go or can 90 but neil
Conscience on fire Is hell. sin mahes
La breach between YOU and whatever
seems to YOU To be good ANA pure
lnnd holy. Again it's the natuE" Oh
God TO hunt for lost sinners 'hat he
NAV lind and saYe them. Ever hunt
for a lost child | did In the ci'y "t
New Orleans | never want to nv"
over that hour and set God is hnu'-
ms for YOU with a love which OUT
does am oar love. Ho told th' .'Htf
II "a saloon keeper whom God 'til"a
and fouud and saved by the mrm'rF
l. of Il salntyA mother iifo of faith lnd
pt,rity You see sin not arguluE mss
subject I'm Elvinr YOU iite pictures
tof il. I ran on u lawyer un o. tt'ln
lu.af Atlanta and he introduced Wn-
, l. seif aud toid me his lifr it w1a IHNi
the ola STORY of hiding out in hao"
, and God bunting fov him Reared IA
, .aaa home. wsnt to the eiia, wf .n-
ler, ~ home grew dim. = sent to fhe
Iciab and its dina and waste 81 ''ne
and manhood and on aud on un'H
eoms daxs aeo I snt a feiesA 10
lcom. ~ mv good mother a"aihteA