The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-26

and consequent
M>1S~ wretchedness. II
A is among those
VNn>t21E6A who thus fall that
kzknexnhN rescue missions
have their field.
That which is referred to is often
spoken of as sin against ono's self,
and sad to say. much OF the preaching
OF this day is the appeal to self. as
lar as sin is concerned, and tho
strength Of this appeal is in the conse-
quences OF sin that are In this life and
temporal. The words: "He that SOW
eth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap
corruption" are frequently quoted and
their truth is rarely questioned.
but even In this there is something
forgotten, the consequences OF such a
life in the future world. The hell be.
yond this life is not alluded to fire.
quently, except often in a sneering
way as suggesting the hell on earth
Into which so many fall. There are
many who work along religious lines.
who appear to have very little in view,
except the consequences of sin as seen
In the present life. Many who are
enthusiastic in the support of foreign
missions are so simply because they
wish to lift up the heather who live
In huts and caves OF the earth into
which they crawl as the wild beasts
crawl into their dens, who are alto
gether %unclothed, or slightly clothed,
and subsist on foods that are not prop
erly prepared, to the comforts of sani-
tary homes, modern dress, and the
d~elicacies Of the modern dining table.
The Effect Of Sin on Others.
The appeal here is not as strong as
In the first case, but there are per.
sons who have so much OF the better
mar in them that they really regard
the welfare OF those who are about
them. The husband has regard to his
obligations to his children, and he
provides for their comfort. The son
recognizes that the father and mother
have deepest love for him, and II he
acts In a way that wounds that love
he feels that he has sinned against
them. This is all very worthy. and It
is proper on certain occasions to call
the attention OF certain persons to
their SHINING in this regard.
Sin Against God.
There is another sphere that in
these days needs notice. Harry Mon
roe, the man who In years long gone.
knew the depths of sin. but who for
thirty years at the Pacific Garden
Mission in Chicago has been the
means of leading hundreds of sinful
and women to God said to the
writer OF these words only a few days
ago: 1T is not hard to get men and
women to raise their hands, and to
stand up and go forward to the altar
but that is not enough, the trouble
Is, there is not enough conviction of
and he quoted the words OF
Against thee, thee only have
| sinned." One of the greatest diff
hcultles that workers for God have to
meet is to get men and women to get
hold OF the idea of God. A mans
moral degradation may be acknowl-
with very little thought OF God.
Even ones sins against others may
conceded with very little or no
of God. and there are many
men and IN who are faithful to
heir dependents who do not know
God. But In deeper thinking on sin
practically everything is lost IL God
S left out. There is no proper APP
,%rehension OF sin until God is brought
nto the foreground. The man readily
Eyes, ! have sinned against
and | have slnned against so
but when asked II he has
inned against God he is dazed. and
8 silent. II the man who acknowl.
sins against himself and So
'iety, would only think n little, he
would ask the question, "Who estab-
lshed the law that enforced these re-
he will soon come to the
lace where he must acknowledge
iod. and IL he does so, the solution
4 the problem of his sin is at hand.
David was near that solution when
said: 81 acknowledge my trans.
.ressions, and my sin is ever before
ne. Against thee, thee only have l
inned, and done this evil in thy
Job was near 1t when he said:
Behold, I am vile: what shall | an
wer theeY | will lay my hand upon
by mouth"
This is properly called conviction OF
II is not produced by trial In q
curt Of justice, nor is 1t the result
( carrying an abstract proposition
D its logical conclusion, but to a
ense of personal wrong doing in the
light Of God. A great evangelical
eacher OF the last century said that
onviction of sin involves a sense of
'rong doing, distress In view of the
asst and an apprehension in view of
hat Is to come. How much of the
onviction ofthe present day contains