Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-09


once, but, given time enough, they will
appear in physical disorders that battle
the skill of physicians.
One day on the street of an Eastern
city saw coming toward me one who
appeared to be- broken down, feeble
old man. When we came nearer l saw
that the man was not old, but young.
and that he evidently was smitten with
some dreadful disease. Looking closer,
| recognized him as a boyhood COM
panion and In CONSERVATION ex-
claimed: "Why Frank, what is the
matter" To which he replied with
one word, that awful word, "Sin." Yes,
his sin had found him out in his body.
No Peace to the Wicked.
There Is a passage of Scripture
which many men are proving true in
their own experience. 1t is that word
which says: "There is no peace, saith
my God, to the wicked" The reason
they have no peace is because their
sin is finding them out in their con-
science. Men try to escape an accus-
ing conscience by putting miles be
tween them and their sin, but wherever
they are that monitor of their soul is
there with them and keeps saying over
and over again to them: "Thou art
the man."
Conscience cannot be subdued. 1t is
Gods alarm clock in a human soul.
Every time one sins, this divine alarm
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| years, when it seems as if the years
must have buried the sin in oblivion,
| memory, that plastic piece of wax
| upon which are indelibly written the
| deeds of the past, brings it up again
| and conscience once more points the
accusing finger, and as before says,
EThou art the man."
Penalty Certain.
Unconfessed and unforgiven sin
finds one out in eternity. 1t may be
| that the consequences Of sin in this
life are sometimes avoided, in part at
least, if not altogether; but there is a
| time coming when one cannot escape
the penalty of his sin, providing he has
not confessed it and accepted him who
is the Lamb Of God that took away the
sins of the world.
God tells us that it is appointed
unto man once to die and after death
the judgment, and he warns US that Il
is foolish for anyone to think that ht
can escape the judgment of God. HI
tells us of "the day of wrath and reve
lation Of the righteous Judgment O.
God, who will render to every man &C
cording to his deeds;" so if one doe
escape the results of sin here, he can
not escape them in the hereafter. Coo
will bring him to account, and there il
for the one who rejects the salvation
that is offered In Christ, judgmen
Of sin to come "Some mems sins,
says Paul, "go on beforehand to judg
} ment and some mems sins follow
after"
The One Way Out.
There is a way to escape the penalt
and power Of sin. God has made tina
way. He tells US that he sent 'his so
/ to be the Savior Of the world" an
J that on the cross that Son put ava
sin by the sacrifice Of himself" Fl
, died there for our sins, according t
the Scriptures, and on the third da
by his resurrection from the dead
) | was declared to be the Son Of Go
with power. Wherefore he is able
: save them to the uttermost that com
5 unto God by him, seeing he ever livet
Y to make intercession for them"
: God has made it clear how men no.
} may, by the acceptance of the Lor
3 | Jesus Christ as their Savior, escap
t the Judgment that is to come; ho'
they may now pass from death unit
= life; how they may now have eterns
/. life. Could it be any palmer tha
J. Christ puts it when he says: "Veril,
n verify l say unto you, he that hearet
:. my word, and believeth on him ths
+ sent it, hath everlasting life, and sha
|. not come into judgment; but is passe
q from death unto life?'
One has pointed out that those WI
accept by faith the Lord Jesus Chri
:. as their Savior have: I) A new po
session, everlasting life;" (2) a ne
, provision, shall not come into jud
= ment;" (3) a new position, "passe
!, from death unto life"
Come now and let us reason t
gether, saith the Lord; though yol
: sins be as scarlet, they shall be {
y white as snow; though they be re
like crimson, they shall be as WOOL"