The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1917-05-10

a pasture for their
"A 80 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, IF 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
"WilI 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 a
different thing.
Some seem TO think they can lose
their sin down through the years; that
the lapse of time will annihilate 1t; but
there is an ever-present tense to sin
and 1t always keeps pace with the
years.
Neither can sin be left behind by
changing ones dwelling place. Many
man has tried 1t 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, 1t cannot be left behind. When
least he expects it, Il gibbers at him.
then thinking to escape it, he turns an
sther way when 10 ii greets him there,
Sow and Ye 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 mani deceive
not thyself. AS thou dost SOW, so shalt
thou reap. A day of reckoning is ahead
and thou shalt not then escape the
judgment Of God for, "Some mems sins
are open beforehand, going before to
judgment; and some men they follow
after" Il Tim. :24.)
But even now our sins find us cut.
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
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, ut 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.
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 in their bodies, which God intend
ed not for sin, but for temples of the
Holy Spirit.
But sad as 1t Is to see body wrecked
by sin, infinitely sadder is 1t to see a
ruined soul. For sin sends It's deadly
virus deeper than the body. 1t sends
1t into ones moral being. There Is the
place where sin finds one out. Con
science and memory may fail to do
their work now, and perchance the
body may escape the deflement OF sin,
but not so the soul. Sin there is mex
pungeable. 1t makes us what we are.
1t has wrought death within, and un-
less we avail ourselves Of the grace
of Goa, we shall because Of 1t die eter-
nally.
But God has a way of escape; 1t is
through his son Jesus Christ upon
whom he laid the iniquity of us all. He
Is the only way, "fOr there is none
other name under heaven given among
men. whereby we must be saved"
(Acts 4:12.) How then shall we escape
heing found out by our sin II we neg
.ct 50 great salvation which God by
~ grace has providedI