The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-05

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They pr ON s et
| Moses that their fighting men would
cross with the rest of the tribes ant
help them drive the enemy out of the
land. Upon this condition Moses grant
ed their request and said, eff you fail tt
keep your promise to help conquer the
land, be sure your sin will find vol
out"
These words spoken by Moses sc
long ago are true in all generations
"WiII 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 q
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 1t. But bury sin, never SO
deep, there will come q time when 1t
will be uncovered, for 'the Lord will
bring TO light the hidden things of
darkness and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts," Il Cor. 4: 5.)
Some seem to think they can lose
| their sin down through the years; that
| the laI,se of time viii. annihilate it; but
there is an ever-present tense to sin
and it 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 you'll
have not been lost. They still dog hi.
steps, for as echo follows song, SO sir
| trails, on on! on!
Neither can sin be left behind b!
angling ones dwelling place. Man!
rs tried IL but never vet hal
"a. q u cdsh he has pss
noNsands Of miles and oceans wide be
FPNween him and his sin, he has neve
gotten away from it, for like Banquos
ghost, it cannot be left behind. Whel
least he expects it, it gibbers at him
then thinking to escape it, he turns an
other way when 10 ! it greets him there
Sow and We Must Reap.
1t is also a law of nature and so
law of God, that whatsoever NAL
soweth that shall he also reap. I'll
may think he is cunning enough to es
cape the consequences of his sin, jus
as the criminal thinks when he com
mits his crime, "Others may be caught
but not l." o foolish man! deceiv
not myself. AS thou dost sow, so shall
| thou reap. 4 day of reckoning is ahea
and thou shalt not then escape tn
| Judgment of God for, "Some mems sin
are open beforehand, going before t
Judgment; and some men they folloN
after" Il Tim. 5:24.)
But even now our sins find US 0u
Memory, that plastic piece Of wa
apon which everything is recorded, an
| from which nothing can be erased
brings before US our sin, and cor
science, which the Greeks called tn
whisper of God down the aisles Of
lHuu coua, chyof 1hou az thC man.
Herod, told Of the mighty works @
Jesus, cried In alarm as memory an
/ conscience did their work, ut is job
| the Baptist risen from the dead" an
he trembled with fear. Nothing pierce
one and leads to despair like an accus
1 ing conscience. Many man with n
other accuser has cried out, "My God
/ / am found out at last"
Deadly Virus of Sin.
/ Walking down our streets are man
who by their halting steps and palli
countenances verify the text. Fai
once was the body God gave then
sweet and clean, but alas! The deadl
/ virus Of sin has poured it's foulnes
/ through the blood and now they ar
/ wrecks physically. Sin has found thel
out in their bodies, which God intenC
ed not for sin, but for temples of tn
Holy Spirit.
4 But sad as 1t is to see body wrecke
/ by sin, infinitely sadder Is it to see
4 ruined soul. For sin sends its deadl
virus deeper than the body, it send
4 it into ones moral being. There is tn
i place where sin finds one out. Coz
science and memory may fail to d
their work now, and perchance tn
body may escape the detilement of sill
i but not so the soul. Sin there is ine1
pungeable. 1t makes us what we ar,
| 1t has wrought death within, and III
i less we avail ourselves Of the grac
4 OF God, we shall because of it die etel
nally.
i But God has way Of escape; it
i through his son Jesus Christ upo
Whom he laid the iniquity of us all. II
lis the only way, "for there is non
4 other name under heaven given anon
/ men, whereby we must be saved.
.i(Acts 4:12.) How then shall we escap
| being found out by our sin if we neg
4 iect so great salvation which God b
! Ills greee has provldedi