The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27
THE VIRGlNIANS WEEKLY SERMON
THE WAGES OF SIN
REV. ROBERT l.. BROWN

guilt is only aggravated by these
warnings of which you take no heed.
He has made sure that each or you
has heard and understood his call.
You have been brought up under
the caves of the sanctuary, have been
taught to lisp the Lords Prayer at
your mothers knee, are Versed In
Scripture which you neither heed nor
help to pass on TO others less fortu-
nate. You excuse yourself for not
listening TO Gods Word because you
do not admire his servant who blows
his trumpet You may not admire the
man who warns you that your house
is on fire, but nevertheless you heed
bis warning You have ignored God 8
warning so often that you have dou-
bly, sealed your damnation unless you
repent God Is not content with warn
ing you, but he has placed safeguards
or obstacles in your way to keep you
from wandering. His love and good
ness should restrain us from q desire
to sin. but they often fail to appeal
to our sense of gratitude, so he has
bound us with restraining home ties.
The consequences of sin are not felt
by the offender alone. but by those he
loves best and those who love him
best Some OF you had cody mothers
who prayed and worked for your sal
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They dedicated you to God when you
were in your cradle, told you stories
of hts wonderful love while you rest
ed on their knees, brought you up In
the way of righteousness and yet you
have strayed away. Every step you
take TO ruin is. therefore. stride.
You do not sin as cheapiy as some
others. Other mems scores grow
RAPIDLY. but where cents are put down
erla charged 10 Won.
because you know your duty and DO 1t
not.
God has implanted in you con-
science and a moral nature, and has
given YOU the opportunity to know
his will, not only by the preaching or
the word. but by the reading. He has
also promised you the gift Of his Holy
Spirit.
Mr.. Moody was once asked TO preach
to some prisoners in Jail in New
York. After preaching earnestly on
Gods love for the sinner and his will
ingness to save, he began talking with
a number Of men near the door. He
was struck with the fact that each
man took no blame TO himself for his
confinement. but censuref someone
else. one had been prosecuted and
another had been arrested on false
charges. "a third had been mistaken
for another whom he resembled, Not
one was guilty in his own eyes FIN
ally he came 10 a man who was cry
ing. When he asked the cause OF
his distress, he said. Because I am
a poor lost sinner" Thank God for
that" said Mr.. Moody. The prisoner
seemed surprised and grieved, but Mr..
Moody continued Except you realize
: your ain, Christ died for you In vain, "
Some OF you have found Jesus as your
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do not realize that he can save you
from the power. He can save TO the
uttcrmost. God deals so gently with
sinners that there may seem to be
no spark OF life in them, not pos
sibiilty Of anything good, but he pours
his love upon them and they grow into
radiant beauty and appear in heaven
among the Riorined. NO human life
liz hopelessly loss while God seeks the
unsaved. for we cannot sin ourselves
beyond the power Of Christs blood to
cleanse every spot"