News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

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They p ON i S 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, eff you fail to
keep your promise to 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.
"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
different thing. Something, fear
most people do not take into consid-
Grafton. They are fearful their sin
will be found out and so they try to
conceal it. But bury sin, never so
deep, there will come a time when it
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 lapse Of time will 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 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
a man has tried it but 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 it cannot be left behind. When
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 law of nature and so
law of God, that whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap. He
may think he is cunning enough to 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 myself. AS thou dost SOW, so shalt
thou reap. A day of reckoning is ahead
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judgment of God for, "Some mems sins
are open beforehand, going before to
judgment; and some men they follow
after" Il Tim. 5 :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 aisleS of a
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 pierces |
one and leads to despair like an accus-
ing conscience. Many a man with no |
other accuser has cried out, my God |
l am found out at lastl'
Deadly Virus of Sin.
Walking down our streets are many
who by their hating 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
the blood and now they are
wrecks physically. Sin has found them
out in their bodies, which God intend
ed not for sin, but for temples of the
Holy Spirit.
But sad as it is to see body wrecked
oy sin, infinitely sadder is it TO see a
ruined SOUL For sin sends its deadly
virus deeper than the body, it sends
t into ones moral being. There is the
place where sin finds one out. Con-
science and memory may fail to do
heir work now, and perchance the
'ody may escape the defilement of sin,
nut not so the soul. Sin there is mex
1t makes us what we are.
t has wrought death within, and I'M
ess we avail ourselves of the grace
f God, we shall because Of it die eter-
ally.
But God has a way of escape; it is
through his son Jesus Christ upon
HON he laid the iniquity Of us all. He
, the only way, "for there is none
Their name under heaven given among
len, whereby we must be saved"
Acts 4:12.) How then shall we escape
cling found out by our sin if we neg
ct so great a salvation which God by
is grace has prOvided2 Il