The Alaska citizen., 1915-03-22
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Be sure your sin will find you
out Numbers 81 %.
Sin is the one thing in the world
that can permanently damage man
and eternally bring him woe and
condemnation. He may be worried
by disappointment, saddened by
grief. adversely cause hardship. mis-
fortune may be- followed by discom-
forts, but the only thing that can
permanently leave its stamp on man )
character to hound his existence in
time and eternity is sin. No man
or woman can escape from the sins
he or she commits. All the sins OF
paid for. and no law in earth OF
heaven can absolve you from the
penalty and be sure your sin will
find you out. Nobody ever sinned
who was not the loser for it. No
body ever committed sin that paid
in the end lie might make a
revelry might bring some small salts
faction but it won't pay. You might
have followed the scent Of the booze
bottle. but it has never paid. The
most stupendous, fascinating folly
that ever entered the mind Of man
or woman is the supposition that 1t
pays to do wrong.
Wrong does not have to be seen
by man TO make it wrong. For years
evil doors have escaped the law and
justice, and during those years had
scarcely a day OF pleasure. The eyes
Of the Lord run to and fro through
out the earth and sin will come to
light.
There are some things which life
presents with large degrees OF un-
certainty You are not certain when
you will die. The Lord may burst
upon the world and judge you be-
fore another sun rises. Indeed, you
have no assurance that tomorrow 5
sun will rise 1t has risen for cen
turtles and we suppose it will rise
tomorrow, but nothing in Gods word
guarantees its appearance for you,
but we do know by the record that
sin will find out the sinner. You
do not need to read the Bible to
know such fact; just read the
newspapers. Take a trip to the peni-
Tertiary, the insane asylum, the re-
formatory, the inebriate hospital, the
ruined homes, and you have proof
that sin was found out.
An Egyptian monument bears this
inscription: The impious shall com
nit iniQuity with recompense, but
not without remorse." Remorse, yes,
big remorse sometimes, but not with
out remorse. The skilled aviator
performs rare feats in mid-air, but
at last he breaks the laws Of nature
and his friends bury him. You may
escape the laws of the land but not
the consequences OF your sin. The
human courts may never be permit
ted to deal with your evil deeds but
God is never eluded. Human courts
are imperfect and a criminal, because
OF pull, position. buying witnesses,
bribing juries may for months, or even
years, escape punishment. Not al!
the crooks are behind bars. Not all
the grafters and corrupt officials OF
the land are apprehended. The hu-
man law has been escaped but not
Gods law Men leave home and
journey miles to new country but
sin follows, and will find them at
last The lower-downs and the high
er-ups have congratulated themselves
that they have escaped. but sin is
q sleuth-hound that never tires nor
loses the scent.
Certain diseases are consequences
OF certain sins, just as natural as
that a leaf decays or a body decom'
poses. All men know that morality
Is conducive to health and immor-
ality Is conducive to disease; that
morality Is conducive to longevity
and immortality to a shortened life.
THE years Of the wicked shall be
shortened" THE wicked shall fall
by his own wickedness." THE
wicked Is shared in the work Of his
own hands" The man who is pure
will outlive the libertine. The man
who Is under self-control will out
live the booze-fighter. The honest
man will outlive the thief. For this
reason the wrong doer pays higher
rate OF life insurance premium.
The years Of the wicked shall be
shortened" II you put 1t on q
longevity basis it pays to do right
and drive sin out OF the life anc
heart All sins have physical con
sequences. The man who drink.
must suffer physically. The man o.
woman who commits adultery mus
suffer physically. and from some o.
the most loathsome diseases known
to medical science. The woman WHIT
gossips must suffer physically. Jus
as one who CANDLES must suffe
physically