Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-08
THE WAGES OF SIN
IS ETERNAL DEATH
The Evangelist Faulconer breaches
Strong Gospel Sermon to
Large Congregation
COMPARES SIN TO FIRE
That Burns by Hardening Sin When
it is Finished Brings Forth Death
mot Physical But Eternal
Death.

Death.
Excoriating sin as the one thing that
stands between man and God, the wa
ges OF which is death, the Rev. Henry
VI. Faulconer preached again last
night at the First NJ f. Church.
His sermon was earnest. forceIul
and persuasive, an exposition of Bible
truths, whose doctrines are devoid
of the language of the streets. and il
carried weight with every utterance
II was a clean, wholesome sermon.
founded on the Gospel, without frils
or furbelows, and Mr. Faulconer did
not play to the galleries in last nights
discourse.
He took for his theme Sin" and
two texts. one the sixth chapter Of
Romans. 23rd verse, first clause OF the
verse, Now the wages of Sin is
Death" His second text was the 23rd
verse of Jude. "And others save with
fear pulling them out of the fire" The
evangelist likened sin unto fire He
defined sin as ANY want Of Conform
ity UNTO, or Transgression OF the
Law of God" Sin is doing something
to offend God, not doing that which
is right Whenever you fell TO do
something that God con mands. shat is
sin. Sin has done nothing for the
world so far for good.
The question is not how did sin
come into The world bur how TO get
rid Of it. If the patien has typhoid
fever, he does not want to know how
he go it, but how to get we'll and rid
himself of the disease What we want
to do is to get rid Of sin, put it out Of
our lives. The commission of Jesus
Christ was to put sin out of the world
The Apostle John says we have
Fellowship with Him Fellowship
partners are in business together. and
failure on the part of one is failure
on the part of both. If we are iU
partnership fellowship with God
we should be about our Fathers bus
mess. He was manifest 10 destroy the
works of the levil. and we should be
about the same business.
Sin robbed the sons cf sonship and
made them enemies of God Fire is
terrible thing, but not so terrible as
sin. with all is ravages. The evan
gelist looked at sin under Tie nature
of fire and endeavored to present this
phase Of it One OF the greatest in
lets to the human heart. he said is
through the human eye From the eye
which covets and lusts when it sees
sin drops into the human heart. and
'sin, when it is conceived, brings forth
death"
There is no harm in little things.
but they are only the beginning. but It
does not stop there. The only way to
deal with sin is to cut its head OFF
Sin is the old monster that has
wrecked homes, filled jails and aims
houses, filled the cemeteries and has
loaded hell. The thing you do not see
the evil in. is responsible for all this.
Fire hardens. so does sin. There is
just one kind of sin. and people keep
on committing it.
People are saved through divine
grace If the seed Of wickendness is
in US. there is not one thing we
would hesitate TO do except for divine
grace II is only God that keeps US
from doing the things of the devil.
The evangelist illustrated how easy it
is TO commit sins more and more helm
Gus in the sight of God. by telling of
the boy who first stole a nickel. and
his conscience condemned him He
was afraid TO spend IT, Then he siol.
dine next quarter, then a half
dollar and bill, each time with less
compunction of conscience. 1t is 50
easy TO sin and sin is such a harden
ing things in our lives, but sin. when
it is conceived. brings forth death
You are living in the height of sin. the
evangelist said and whatever it is
that keeps Jesus Christ out Of our life
brings forth death Sin caused the
body and soul TO separate. II part
company, 20 say goodbye to each
other Sin makes you hate tn
church; hate God; hate your mother
prayers. Sin. when il is finished
brings forth death. physical and spirit
ual death, but not eternal death. The
| sin that YOU are playing with Is like
deadly. poisonous snake, and il viii
bite and sting you at the last. for the
wages or sin Is death, but the gift Ol
God is eternal life. There are sins oI
omission and commission. big and lit
tie sins, but Christ is a remedy for
them all. When you forsake your
sins there is forgiveness. nothing else
| viii save you
There viii be preaching. every niehi
| this week by Evangelist FauIconer. TX
| cept on Saturday night. The sone
service it at 7.30 O'Clock. On nexi
Sunday afternc or there will be a serv-
ice for young people at 3 O'Clock. The
evangelist said he would preach a sim
pie sermon to tho Young folks. and he
invited all,young or old.to be present
next SUNDAY z afferrlccr 2. . l.clr.rr- 81