The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-27
Sin LEAVES TRAIL OF
TROUBLE In ITS WAKE

NIOlutC-
Sins and Sorro~s-
It's like the man, that went down
to Jerico. and fell among thieves.
He was rich but he was poor because
he was helpless.
Il have trSveied extensively and !
can look over the faces and see the
hoof prints OF the devil on many.
They don't want TO do wrong. but
they are serving the master that
drives them with the whip OF q
scorpian.
How great are the sorrows and
troubles that are caused by sin
Many people get In worse trouble by
trying 10 get out OF their trouble in
their own way. They will get deep
er and deeper into trouble In this
manner than braveing IL and making
a full confession Man thinks he
can commit one sin and stop.
i knew a man who made his liv-
ing by lying. He would stand on the
street corners and pose as a cripple.
He appealed especially to the old
soldiers by telling them that he lost
his arm in battles during the Civil
war. One day an old veteran came
up and after giving him money ask
ed him what regiment he served in
and he sad the 421. What company,
company ID. The man replied that
he was in the same company. He
then asked the man what battles he
was In and OF course the beggar was
in hot trouble. He had lied and lied
and lied. The man who sins is like
the man who yoked himself WITH an
OK TO see how IL would 60. When the
OK started down the field running
the man had to get down and sift
sand TO keep up with him.
Served God.
standing still in sin is Just like
standing still in fire. Ii is like the
bank wrecker. He took monet from
the bank at first in small sums in
tending TO repay IL and the frs,
thing he knew he had wrecked the
institution. There will never be any,
thing but trouble In this old world
because there will always be sin.
SOME people have more trouble
than others. The best way to get
out OF trouble is to serve God. Don't
try TO cover up your sins. come out
and make full confession.
Spiritual things at best are poorly
expressed. We preachers cannot
properly express them. Some talk To
much and others TO little. Read the
Psalms and God tells us through
David. what true religion Is.
This poor man cried and he mus,
have been in great trouble Men
don't weep as a rule. Like the man
who was trying to be converted. He
SAID l have never cried. do you think
l can be converted. He thought that
person had TO cry to be saved. he
believed in being emotional.
God viii Help.
There are no improvements with
GOD. Trust the Lord. God cannot
turn deaf ear TO man crying for
help. He wanted God, he wanted
more than riches. more than fame.
You must be on your knees and
your heart on you knees when you
seek for God. When you seek for
God. seek for him like the starvation
man does for food. Seek for him like
the famished does for water. We
can't seek God. through the brewer.
les We can't seek God. through the
saloons. We can't seek God, through
the Red Light district. That is the
reason why you don't find God.
Help Husbands.
There are many OF you that never
lost a meal praying for your husbands
IL your child was lost you would rush
nome. call the police and advertise n
IN the newspapers. You would no,
sleep. but you never lost anv sleen
trying 10 rescue your husband
The only way TO be lifted out a,
ha hnW
the cross. ! would save you all II
could but human hands can't save
you. The fact that He helped David
ls evidence that He will help men of
wheeling. What God does for one He
will do for all.
some say the Psalms are poetry
No they are experiences. The longer
you live In sin the deeper you sink I'm
the mire. The devil tightens his hold
every time you say no to God.
IF you hold onto sin another hon,
God may just let you 20. IL was no,
because he had slain the hear and
lion. that God saved David. II Vas
not because he was a great king 4,
vas not because he was a great gen.
eraL IL was not because be was called
tne sweet singer OF Isreal II was no,
because he was the great harpist tina,
God heard his cry. IL was because ba
was In trouble. God answers the moo,
and rich alike. No man nor woman
ls so wicked that God win not hear
their cry
What Fools.
some fellows will say ] am afraid
can't be a Christian. and live the
right way. u Is like a starving man
saying ] won't take food because
may again starve. u II like the mar
Vanishing refusing water because no
says he may famish again n il like
the man freezing TO death being too
lazy 10 kindle a FIRE because he save
he may freeze again. n IL ike David
would have been " he had said don,
liit me from the pit. am afraid I vii
iall IN again. What fools
\ would rather see a man take bt.
stand for God and live six months
man serve the devil and live for wear,
and years. have trusted God for 2r