The Washington herald., 1918-02-18

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this sermon:
This evening the text is: Num-
bers, SO chapter. So verse.
BE sure your sins will find you
out"
The most studendous and gigan-
tic folly that can possess any man
or woman is to imagine that you
gain anything by doing wrong. You
lose in character. reputation and
health. You lose in respectability.
in everything that is decent, that
God admires and men respect. You
gain nothing. Absolutely nothing.
1 challenge any man or woman
on earth to show me where anybody
has ever gained anything by doing
wrong.
There may be those here tonight,
who are contemplating committing
some sin. You may be here in or
der to aIlay suspicion that there is
in your mind or heart the slightest
inclination. toward sin. You may
be here until a more convenient
hour presents itself. You may have
dropped in here because it is nicely
lighted, and comfortable and you'd
like to hear the speaking and sing
ing. II that is true. please remem-
her the words of my text, BE sure
that sin will find you out"
Punishment sure.
II you are bound to sin. you will
suffer, remember that. II you put
your hand into the fire, you must
expect to be burned by doing it.
Therefore. when you sin, you must
expect the reward for that sin and
that's punishment, surely.
Now, why do you do the thing
that you positively. absolutely know
is a detriment to you from every
viewpoint and every angle that you
can. or men and women can argue?
Absolutely from every viewpoint.
No exception
Get up and tell me why you have
got TO plead to get a man or woman
TO be a Christian; get up and tell
me why you have TO plead with a
man or woman to get them to do
what God wants them to do. To be
a Christian is what God wants you
10 be. and when you are what God
wants you to be, you are the best
on earth. Then for any man or
woman to refuse to be what God
wants them to be- want you to
get up and show me. Come on. 1
want to see.
BE sure your sins will find you
out" You may escape the law. but
you cannot escape the consequences
of sin. You may escape the law
Of man, hut you cannot escape the
law of God That's an impossible
ity. And there is no place where
any man or woman can hide away
from God.
Sin - the one thing and the only
thing in this universe which can per-
manently damage a man. or eter-
ally damn him. Disappointment may
worry him and grief may sadden him,
adversely may bring hardships, and
hunger into his life. 1t may bring
sIualOr and want. but sin Is the one
thing in this universe that can perm
anently mark your character with a
mark that will last. Be sure, be sure
sin finds you out In the execution of
human laws.
God has a law IN this world. Sin
finds US out through the execution
OF law.
While some have an international
reputation for being thief catchers,
there are other people who have an
and ability to elude and escape. One
may successfully elude the law for
days. weeks. months, and possibly for
years. and yet all that time, my
friends, an invisible something is
weaving a net which sooner or later
will bring that man to justice. Go
down and ask the police how few
people ultimately escape. You'd be
dumbfoUnded if you knew all the
crime that's committed where ulti-
mately something happens that brings
most Of the criminals to justice.
Mighty few Of them, ultimately, es-
cape.
Cannot Bribe God.
Now, in the preparation of all
crime. the criminal agent with in
credible egOtism is preparing to
match his brain and his cunning
against that of destiny and how
strikingly do such incidents show
the utter futility of trying to get
away.
A man prepares to commit a
crime. He lays his plans and he
takes his precautions and he goes
TO work and yet destiny idly. cas-
ually and contemptuOusly. without
making any attempt to lay a coun-
ter plan, trips him up by some
trihing incident. He overlooked
the two hicks in the knife. He
overlooked the log chain, with the
initial on il. Something will bring
them to Judgment later on. And
your sins will find you out in your
own bodies.
Morals are the basis of all law.
Morale are derived from God Nor
ais came from heaven, they didn't
come from hell. Morals came from
God. not from inhdelity. So, morals.
my friends, are the basis of all law,
and morals are derived only from
God.
All sins have physical conse-
quences. Oh. the sufferings when
some men or women commit some
sins NAV not he Immediate Ynn