The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-04-27

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lsSS&&szSN "a M sheep and cattle.
They pr ON ed
Moses that their fighting men would
! cross with the rest of the tribes and
help them drive the enemy out of the
land. Upon this condition Moses grant
ed their request and said, III you fail 10
keep your promise 10 help conquer the
land, be sure your sin Will find you
out"
These words spoken by Moses so
long ago are true in all generations.
"Will Find You Out"
Note, these words do not say. your
sin will be found out. though that Is
true. What they say is, your sin will
find you out. That. you see, is quite
different thing. Something, l fear,
most people do not take into consid-
Grafton. They are fearful their SIN
will be found out and so they try tO
| conceal II. But bury sin, never so
deep. there will come IA time when IL
will be uncovered. for "the Lord will
bring To light the hidden things of
1 darkness and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts" U Cor. 4 -
! Some seem to think they can lose
| their sin down through the years that
the lapse of time will annihilate II (: but
there is an eyer-present tense To sin
and IL always keeps pace with the
! years. A mans hair may have turned
gray. his form become bent, and his
step tottering. but the sins OF his youth
have not been lost. They still dog his
steps for as echo follows song, so sin
trails on on on!
Neither can sin be- left behind by
changing ones dwelling place. Many
man has tried IL hut never yet has
anyone succeeded. Though he has put
thousands Of miles and oceans wide be-
tween him and his sin. he has never
gotten away from IT, for like Banquos'
! ghost, IL cannot be left behind. When
! least he expects II, IL gibbers at him !;
! then thinking To escape IT, he turns an
! other way when 10 IL greets him there
Sow and Ye Must Reap.
II is also law of nature and so n
! law of God. that whatsoever man
soweth that shall he also reap. He
may think he is cunning enough 10 es-
| cape the consequences Of his sin, just
| as the criminal thinks when he com.
mits his crime. "Others may be caught,
/ but not l." o foolish man! deceive
not thyself AS thou dost sow, 80 shalt
! thou reap. A day of reckoning is ahead
] Al. q I.f
! judgment OF God for. "Some mems sins
are open beforehand, going before 10
| judgment; and some men they follow
/ after" U Tim. :24)
! But even now our sins find us out.
Memory, that plastic piece Of wax
upon which everything Is recorded, and
from which nothing can be erased,
! brings before US our sin, and con
science, which the Greeks called the
/ whisper OF God down the alsles Of
mans soul, says, Thou art the man."
| Herod, told Of the mighty works OF
| Jesus. cried In alarm as memory and
| conscience did their work, at Is John
the Baptist risen from the dead" and
he trembled with fear. Nothing plerces
one and leads TO despair like an accus-
ing conscience. Many a man with no
other accuser has cried out, my God
/ am found out at last "
Deadly Virus Of Sin.
Walking down our streets are many
who by their halting steps and pallid
countenances verify the text. Fair
once was the body God gave them,
sweet and clean, but alas! The deadly
virus OF sin has poured its fOulness
through the blood and now they are
wrecks physically. Sin has found them
out I'm their bodies, which God intend
cd not for sin, but for temples Of the
Holy Spirit.
But sad as II Is 10 see body wrecked
By sin, infinitely sadder Is II 20 see a
ruined soul. For sin sends l's deadly
virus deeper than the body ~ sends
Il into ones moral being. There Is the
place where sin finds one out. Con
science and memory may fail 10 do
their work now, and perchance the
body may escape the defiloment OF sin,
but not so the soul. Sin there Is mex
pungeable. II makes US what we ere.
II has wrought death within, and un.
less we avail ourselves Of the grace
of God, we shall because Of u die eter-
naliy.
Bot God has q way OF escape; II is
through his son Jesus Christ upon
whom he laid the inlquity of w all. He
Is the only way "fOr there Is none
other name under heaven given among
men. whereby we muH be saved
(Acts 4:12.) How then shall we escape
being found out By our sin u We neg
loct 90 great salvation which God by
his grace has prOyidedl