The Washington herald., 1918-01-24

In the District of Columbia as IL is
and said, Thou art the man. You
are the lobster"
And then David cried out in the
words Of my text, "oh, have sinned
against the Lord"
1t was a great sin for David. Why?
He sinned against his light. He knew
better. So do you. There isn't a man
that goes out and sins that he doesn't
know from what others tell him and
what he sees. There isn't a man that
starts out to drink that doesn't know
that that's the way a fellow becomes
drunkard. There isn't a girl that
starts to go down the line with a gang
and doesn't wear clothes enough to
wad a shotgun that doesn't know.
She has the example Of others, no diff
ference where you go.
The boy that shoots craps and dips
pennies begins to gamble. He knew
better. There isn't a man or woman
on earth that doesn't know better.
There isn't man or woman on earth
that doesn't know. my friends. that
to have one unforgiven sin in their lifo
places them in the awful peril Of
Gods Judgment. that they can forsake
the vilest sins that control the lives
OF men and women If they surrender
to God and Jesus Christ. challenge
you.
Value of Faith.
There isn't a soul on earth, I don't
care where they are, bound hand and
foot by avarice and greed and sensu-
atty, but that man or woman can rise
in all their liberty and freedom II
they will only yield to God in faith
and Jesus Christ. 1 don't care what
his sin or what he may have done.
You may have read ii, 1t occurred
years ago. A man was arrested and
taken to the Tombs and in the morn
ing when the drunken stupor went
over he said, what are the charges
against me?"
1T is murder" he was told.
He said, Don't tell my wife"
ut is your wife that you killed"
And yet that crime put him in Sing
Sing.
They know better when they start
out. 1t was a great sin. He sinned
my friends, against his light for he
knew better. He sinned against his
IOOy db a hlHS. "
a man sins he hurts somebody else.
II the sinner was the only one af-
fected I wouldn't be working so hard.
When you sin you hurt your wife
and children, and somebody else
suffers. We are all tied together like
cars to a train. When one moves up,
the others pull along with 1t.
In love, home influence, marriage,
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are all tied with somebody else in
the world. You hurt somebody else
when you SIN.
I have been in communities and
said, "Who is that girl7"
Her name is such and such. Her
mother is so and SO. Her father is
such a man.
So the children have to live in the
community ostracized and stigmatiz-
ed because they are unfortunate
enough to have flowing through their
veins the blood Of that man who is
living in defiance with God. Other
people don't want them to play with
their children, because their parents
have sinned. When you sin you hurt
your wife. and your children, you are
not the only one that has got to suf-
fer for it.
AS sure as you live and breathe
now 1t was a great repentance. I
wish could stop and read the 51st
psalm that was written by David dur
ing the period when the tears of sor-
row were rolling down his cheeks that
he sinned against the Lord.
wish I had time to stop and ask
the audience what is repentance.
I would get variety of definitions
One man would say, 1t is sorrow for
sin. Oh, no! have never. known a
sinner in my life that was not sorry
that he committed SIN, especially if
he got caught in It, Ohy no, not con-
victs. I know men, sir, that are
afraid to come to this Tabernacle, for
fear If they put themselves under the
influence here, that they would yield
to Jesus Christ and do one decent
thing before they die, They are
afraid. They are convicted. They
know what preach is right. They
know the way they live is wrong,
and they know IL they come they
would yield to the spirit of God and
live the way I preach and they don't
want to live the way I preach and
they are afraid. So they are trying
to make themselves believe IL is the
way l preach rather than the way he
lives.
True Repentance.
They are trying to divert atten-
tion from their own abusive Ian
guage and iniquity by saying Bill
is vulgar and Bill is crude. Oh,
no I am not vulgar and crude; you
are rotten, that is all there is to
II. You doped that wrong, my
friends.
1t isn't remorse. No! Years ago,
was helping DR.. Chapman. We
were in town in New York and a
fellow jumped up in the middle of
the meeting one night. threw his
hands to his head and cried, re-
morse, remorse, remorsel Two days
later they found his body. back of
stale beer Joint in an alley where
he died. 1t was not remorse. He
had remorse but he remained in
the condition that brought him to
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