The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
'TlNENTY-SEVEN DECIDED TO
TURN INTO SALVATION
CONTINUED from rage oue.1

OF God to overcome temptation and
sin, than IT IS to fight aud overcome
them.
Four Definitions Of Sin.
There are four definitions Of sin
recorded in the Scriptures. The first
is given by John. who said that "Sin
Is the transgresslon of the law This
is the sin OF commission. Can any
one truthfully say that be has kept
all the commandments? ! believe not
one in this audience can say 1t.
1.-THE second definition Is that given
hy James and is called the sin OF
commission. James says: "He that go
eth TO do good and doeth it not com
mitteth sin?" When one knows that
lie aught to do good, but does moi
he commits the sin OF omission Can
anyone say honestly and truthfully
That lie has done everything that lie
aught to HAYS G3Ac"
paul is iAc aU.hc" a. II" third
definition. He say: - ,latso"ver is
not OF faith is sin" This allows M
doubt as to what sin really is. Arc
you sure thpt everything you have
done is eHa@aII: what yon onght tc
! have done? Now add to Johns defln
ition and James definition and Paul's
definition, that of Christ himself
THE fourth definition and the one
that strikes most deeply TO the heart
of humanity was given by Jesus Christ
who said: whatsoever looketh on Sin
TO desire It hath already committed
IT, sin, therefore. consists not only
of the act but also Of the thought
"'ThcrefOre, In the face OI these foul
definitions CT sin can anyone say he
Ia not sinner? If we say so we are
sinners and the truth is not in us.
All have sinncd." says the word Of
Col Rather put 1t this way, Il have
sinned and come short OF the glory Of
I! Cod"
Result Of Sin.
/ IN the second place the result o.
sin is made apparently in the tex
"The wages Of sin is death" And the
wages have never been changed. Sir
works automatically. Its result Is
spiritual death not by an arbitrary
fiat of Deity, but by the operation o.
the natural universal Law Of cause
and effect.
"lf | put fire on my hand It is burn
ed: II put my head OH the railroad
track ahead Of a locomotive going a
! 10 miles an hour | will get hurt. Thl:
is natural law and what humantt.
can expect as the result Of breakln;
! it.
"The followers of Mr.. Eddy CLAIM
that sin is a Pigment OF the lmagina
ton. If that is true imagination
would be good thing to nay grocery
don; believe in bills and won't pay
| bills with. wouldn't 1t? Just say yol
them. A boy was asked by a lad!
how his grandfather was The boy
replied that he was sick. You mustn't
say he is sick" said the lady. You
must say "Fln thinks he is sick.?" The
next day the grandfather dies, ant
the lady meeting the boy, again in
mired about his grandfather, The boy
remembering the correction of the
day before, replied: lie thinks he Is
dead ma'ma Jesus Christ would no
have come down frcm heaven TO save
man from a fgment OF Imagination.
"Why is so many people of strong
intellect, with broad minds and o.
fine emotions can be so negIectful Of
their spiritual life? 1t is because they
love sin which they are not willing tc
give up.
II once asked Il young man in col
! lege why he did not help 10 save 9th
er young men in his college, and h