The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-03-13


among Bible students as to this "Sln
Unto Death" This deadly sin has been
committed by thousands and will be
committed by thousands more. A dy.
ing man said / have known for
twenty years that | was doomed for
hell" o, the horror of it, to know for
twenty years that you are doomed for
hell,
What is the objectionable Sin, or the
Sin Unto Death?
l. WHAT IT is NOT.
|. It is not murder in any form. The
command comes from laundering and
quaking Sinai, Thou shall not KILL"
and no man can stain his hands with
human blood without suffering for it.
The man who takes life will suffer fer
it. He may be acquitted by human
courts but he will never be acquitted at
the bar of his own conscience. His
conscience will lash him with scorpion
laSheS until the stains are taken from
his soul by the blood of Jesus Christ.
Stephen Holcome, now minister of
the Gospel, was playing cards one
night aboard a Mississippi river steam
er, when a sman accused him of dis.
honesty. Stephen HOlcome drew his
revolver and fired at the man, the ball
taking effect in the accuSer'S neck. The
man fell on the floor and bled to death.
Stephen Holcome for weeks and months
could see the dying man in his dreams
struggling, grooming and bleeding on
the floor of the steamer. He joined the
church. thinking that he could get peace
of conecience, but he could still see and
hear the dying man. He went to the
Lords table and ate of that bread EN-.
5lematiC of the broken body of Christ:
he drank of the cup emblematiC Of the
shed blood of Christ. But still he was
haunted by his awful crime. Months
after he was in his room praying, 20,
Tod how can | get rid of this awful
SCene?" And there came stealing
through his senses the strains Of that
old familiar hymn.
what can wash away my sins,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus"
And Stephen Holcome saw Christ on
the cross dying for his sins and found
peace of conscience.
Murder is an awful crime, and |
think that inIanticide is the worst form
IF murder. Thousands of unborn
babes are murdered by their parents.
assisted by the family physician, and ON
the judgement day there will be
thousands of parents cursed into hell
by these undeyeloped infants. Yes
murder is an awful crime, an awful sin
out it is not the objectionable Sin, for
though your sins be scarlet they shall
be as white as snow; though they shall
be red like crimson they shall be as
WOOL"
2. 1t is not adultery. This sin is
cruel enough, mean enough, and black
enough committed one time to send a
soul to he'll. But the man or woman,
though they have lived an impure life
till it has wrecked body and mind may
cone to Christ and find pardon. God
said. Thou shall not commit
adultery" but yet He will forgive
those who repent of this terrible sin.
Adultery unforgiven will sink the soul
down to the lowest, deepest and hottest
hell; but this is not the objectionable
sin, or the "Sin unto death"
3. 1t is not dishonesty. A man may
cheat, lie, defraud his neighbor, gamble
be dishonest with God, his family and
himself; desecrate the Sabbath and sink
into the lowest depth of life of shame,
but yet he may repent and be saved.
Dishonesty is not the "Sin unto death.
4. 1t is not idolatry. Men are wor.
Shipping many gods instead OF the one
true God. God says, Thou shalt have
no other gods before me-" but though
man may worship gold, silver, fame,
worldly amusements. and the pleasures
OF sin for d season, yet 1.-The blood OF
Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from
all SIM"
5. 1t is not drunkenness, Men drink
until they lose their money, their man.
hood, their reputation and character,
and bring want and misery to their
homes, bring their children to rags
and crust of bread, their wives to
want and misery; and become filled
with mania for the damnable cup. in
SO much that they will sell their man.
hood and Self.respect for one drink oil
intoxicating liquor; but yet men who
have been sot drunkards have repented
become good citizens, loving husbands
and fathers, and even ministers of the
Gospel. Drunkenness is sin black