Evening journal., 1916-02-17

the same careful manner followed.
But he finally ate his breakfast on
the stone, with the stick hanging over
his head. This he did the next day.
and the next, until at last, he would
come down with absolute careless
ness, hop on the stone and enjoy his
meal. But one day. as he was in the
full enjoyment of his morning meal
the Indian, hidden in the reeds. null
cd two strings, dropping the stick and
unloosing the meshes Of the net
around the eagle, and no sooner was
he caught in that net, than a horse
blanket was thrown over him. and he
was thrust in a bag, carried TO Ed
munston, and sold to a Yankee for
ffty dollars. Young man, let me ask
you, when was the eagle caught? 0.
you say ne was caught the minute the
lndian pulled the strings and the
meshes OF the net entangled him. Not
a bit Of it-he was caught the first
DAY he ate his breakfast on that stone
Ihat Is when he was caught. And we
are caught not only in the sin OF our
day, but we are caught in very
truth and sold 10 satan for nothing.
but the wages Of sin, which is death.
on the first occasion we yielded to
the lust Of sin.
Resist the first impulses of sins
pluck out evil plants when thew are
young. Destroy the poisonous weeds
at the start or else they will choke out
the growing grain of gOdliness.
/ we have now revealed i'm David's
life the great confession. It SHOWS
thtt David was a man after Gods
own heart for when Nathan faces him
with his wrong doing he might have
become angry and thrown the preach
er into prison or sentenced him to
death. II shows the true greatness OF
his character when he acknowledges
his mistakes and says. q have sinned
against the Lord"
A great mission worker has said
that when one comes into a mission
with seeming desire for salvation
but is prompted only by the motive
that he has gotten into trouble and
wants to escape punishment, I have
little hopes for his sincerity or the
permanence of his repentance. But
on the other hand when one is grip
ped by the great truth that he has
sinned against God then | feel sure
he Is on the right road to salvation.
II was then that David wrote that
ifty-hrst Psalm. which all through
the centuries has been called the pen
itent psalm. II begins: Have mercy
on me. o God, according to thy low
ing kindness"
II we confess our sins, says the
Scripture. He is faithful to forgive
us for our sins and to cleanse us from
all our sins. The best way TO confess
sins is TO name them. God said, I
VIII remove thy sins as far from
you as the East is from the West. In
a New York mission one evening
there was a former professor OF
mathematics in a German university
who had taken to drink and had gone
down until he was only a shadow OF
his former self. In his ruin and dis
grace. he had crossed the sea. In that
mission he had given his heart to
Christ, and had started to live a So
ber godly life. The leader of the
meeting was speaking upon this
theme and he stopped and turned
toward this old professor as he said,
You who have the wonderful knowl-
edge Of astronomy and mathematics,
tell us how far is the East from the
West. This man with the breadth OF
intellect that had come through years
of scholarship bowed his head for a
moment in meditation. then he turned
10 the speaker and exclaimed. 1T is
beyond the power of human mind to
comprehend" God has promised to
/ bury your sins TO the depth of the sea
so deep that they will never come TO
light. He has promised to put your
sins behind His back and they will
stand against YOU no more.
Il was the consciousness Of this
forgiveness that led David to write
the thirty-second Psalm. BLESSED is
he whose transgression is forgiven.
whose sin is covered" We are told
in the twenty-eighth chapter Of
! Proverbs, "He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper; but whose confess
eth and forsaketh them shall have
mercy" But that is spoken of a man
who covereth his own sins. Man
whitewashes his sin but God washes
his sins white. When your sins are
once covered by the atoning blood OF
Christ, they are blotted out forever.
When Henry Moorehouse was visi-
ting in this country. he was enter
tained in the home where there was a
little daughter and he said TO the
child Are you a Christian" She
said. Il do not know how to become
a Christian" Then he opened his
Bible to the ffty-third chapter of
Isaiah and asked her to read the
words. "He was wounded for our
transgressions. He was bruised for
our iniquities; the chasetisement OF
our peace was upon Him: and with
His stripes We are healed" The girl
read the words but no ray OF hope
seemed to come to her life. Said Mr.
l. Moorehcuse, Nov read 1t this way
make it personal TO yourself" "He
- was wounded for my transgressions.'
Still her face was clouded. She con
tinued. "He was bruised for my
b iniquities, the chasetisement Of my