The chronicle=news., 1913-04-28
SUNDAY SERMONS
IN tine CHURCHES
Firsa Christian Church,

earth - This is heavens sentence
unon IN. frs, criminal and IL sad.
der than In. moan Of the sea or
.tbc Sigh of IN. wind in IN. mines
The ,.Inry NJ Tim, .nr,hIy nnrndis.
'hus dcpartcd. the dew has dried ON
IN. rross III. stars mr.. fading and
", listen Ia IN. lnm.n, Of Cain in
anguish "Ny nunIshm.n, is .rca,,r
than I can bear"
'Stat,ia,ory cnu,tm.uts. with
their peualtIes. com. and 20 through
IN, ages. bu, iii. laws of the human
soul mr., eternal and unrbunrInp
Let us no, them.
a. The sin of Cain.
'Th. sp,cilic erin. wus murder
that was only The lightning flash
from u moral atmosphere surchnrg-
discomfort, Back Of all sin is the
neglected and undisciplIu.J ,oui
Crime may be comii,cd In a moment
bu, behind th.. erin. may be Years
of bad training and living that have
been LAYING III. min. preparatory
anger only gives Confession to an
evil condition tina, Inns been growing
IL Tn. CONSEQUENCES Of Gains
act,
''ii Is AN old story. and has IN.
sam. features, whether features.
whether related bv Moses ar sha,,,s.
pcur.. Their. ia M yladn.ss In
wrong. doing. its only laughter Ia
IN, laughter ar .,oru Sine. ,h,r.,
was no ,l.,uloruc n, written ,oL,
nv wb,sc yns,ru,,i., al, w.. =,
b,. punish.d. ~, muy ,sk In VIVA,
ala his punishment, consist, II f..
consciousness. of stain was IN hi.
soul: and II. cou,d saw (which w.y
flee am hci!. | myself ain hell. -
-, Cain IL representative OF tn.
primitive man: tn. presence OF sin
writhcd In his soul. and reminds us
tina, In that far-away time man re-.
vol,ci at sin. Failure TO do 80, l..
indicative OF dcprayI,y ,ai The
Voice SAYS. You shall no, forget. -
"Wh.r. is thy brother" Slain
honor. slain Ideals. slain duty. slain
purity: all. IL shall be "a cursc to
think. and remember. 40 This
says also TIL. ground Is cursed.
Nothing can ever he til. sane. The
criminal looks upon different
world than before. aud no whcr" Is
II more Iorcihly illustrated than bs
Hugo In his Jean Val Jean. ,a'
does TINS mean only physical, pan
'shm"n'. when II" went into u Tar
! country Rather. II means u Tar
country from God. holiness. ana
purify. ana not simply going Into
another ncigh6orhood. His punish
inent was IN his conscience. and his
conscience went with him.
III Every man IL a possible. Cain
What thcolog.ans cali pcccubil-
ity. we cali today the downward
pull there Is n bias to sin In all.
1t Is Hawthorne that reminds us tina,
the same fire tina, smiles from the
graf. may leap out, ficnd like, from
a volcano. Human nature Is the
same. Leave Il alone. and every
man is Il opssibil. Cain: train IL,
and every life may realize Its divine
purpose.
"vb,, shall .,~, -. fran, ,ur..,-
y.sc II Shall in,.,,cc,. c.r,n,nIv
not cain w.s :, y.n,uv "a nm, ,f r..
sources ip,clIcc, nrowc.x aud . c.n.
min NJ ,udus,r,.. E. ,,r ,h., ,,,,r,
saya H., ..hu,,, , CITY, n N. ,cs.,n
M Cain Poo uxr,r ,,J u,rpx
,,.,r ,nvthinr ,h,v man, ,,,. In.
,cI,.c, p,u., Ia. ,,;soJ Ia. hiyh.-
n,ucr ar mr.. loo, 81 sb,,I .,t,.
itual privilege save u.s. Not unless
those privileges are used. Cain like
Abel, talked with Cod q, Shall
u splendid civilization suffice TO save
the world: Cain foreshadows TINT.
and HIS descendants give us music.
urchitccturc. and fine arts. but