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

the divinity or CHRIST VIII Damn SOUL
for all eternity.
God cannot look upon sin with the
least degree of allowance, for He hates
sin. THE wages of sin is death" The
soul that sinneth it shall die" More
of these sins which have named are
objectionable. The Sin unto death" is
different from all other sins in that
when it is once committed it forever
shuts one out of heaven. He is as Ger.
tain for hell as if he were already there
There is line by us unseen
That crosses every path that
Marks the boundary of Gods mercy
and His wrath"
II. WHAT 1T is.
l. 1t is blaSphemy. All manner of
sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
unto men; but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven
unto men. And whoever Speaketh a
word against the Son of Man it shall be
forgiven him; but whoever speak
against the Holy Ghost it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to come. (Matt.12;.
3l.32.) "All sins shall be forgiven unto
the sons of men, and blasphemies where
with Soever they shall blaSpheme; but
he that shall blaspheme against the
Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness but
is in danger of eternal damnation: Be.
cause they said "He hath unclean
spirit" Mark 3:2S,29.) That is what
it was then, and what it was then it is
now. Attributing the work of God to
the devil. luke 2:14D And he was
casting out devil and it was dumb.
And it came to pass when the devil was
gone out, the dumb Spake: and the
people wondered, but some of them
said, He cdSteth out devils through
Baelzebub the chief of devils. " luke
2:19.) land if with the finger of God
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom
of God is come upon YOU"
There is great danger Of committing
the "Sin unto death" by speaking, or
opposing a true Holy Spirit revival.
When boy l remember hearing my
pastor relate the following authentic
incident: He was holding a meeting
and there was prominent man in the
community who was very wicked. One
afternoon this wicked man said, Il be-.
lieve | will 90 down to church tonight
and see what a hell of time they are
having down there" Just before sun.
down he went to his home. Supper
was not ready so as he was not feeling
very well he went to his room, lay down
upon his bed and began to play with his
child. EHiS wife soon heard him Strugg.
ling and running into his room found
him dead. Dead before churrh that
night! ! verify believe many men will
find themselves in hell having commit.
ted the objectionable sin speaking
against a revival without the Holy
Ghost being present in great power,
and as you value your soul be careful
that you do not stand in the way of the
onward march of a band of Christians
led by theiHoly Ghost.
Two men were together, One a be-
lever; the other dn infdel. Some
women passed with their Bibles and
the inf1del asked where they had been
Whereupon his friend told him that
they were returning from a revival
The infidel said. IL will defy God and
show you that there is no God" He
then Walkedupon little hilland looked
up into the shy and Said. If there be
God let Him strike me dead" He
paused a moment and then said, iii
there be God let Him send belt OF
lightning and strike me dead" He
said the same thing d third time and
started to say it fourth, but d bolt OF
lightning came down from the sky and
struck him dead in his tracks. The
pastor of the Baptist church of that
city was on the ground before he had
been removed and testifies to the fact.
lit can be committed by grieving
the Spirit of God. my Spirit shall not
always strive with man." Gen. 6:3
Woe to him that striveth with his
with his maker" lisa. 44.9. They
shall call upon me but will not answer
they shall seek me early but they shall
not find me-" Prov. 24:3l. 1.-THE Holy
Ghost sayeth, To-day if you will hear
my voice harden not your heart" Heb
81.
III. THREE STEPS TO HE'LL,
/. Neglect. How shall we escape
if we neglect so great salvation" Heb
20. Then Agrippa said unto Paul
Almost thou persuadeth me to be a
Christian" Agrippa lost his soul be-
aauca he naulootod Morv dnon ;,4.