Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-30

Iull or adultery" tnat le6r on every
street.
Its sad effects are manifest in the
curse that has overspread creation be-
cause of it, so that "the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in main togeth-
er until now," as though it were liv,
ing thing of feeling, crying out in
pain. Behold the sorrow of the heart
The sea of life is briny with human
tears. Every setting sun beholds a
thousand broken hearts. Every sigh
of saddened souls, every tear on faded
cheeks, every bit of Grape at the door,
every funeral in the silent streets, ev-
cry policeman on the corner is a token
of the curse that sin has brought into
the world.
u. Sin is the most universal fact of
human history. This is enforced by
~ the history of +he Old Testament,
and (2) by the positive declaration of
all Scripture.
Every age has ended in abounding
sin and failure on the part of man
and of judgment IN the part of God.
When men clamor today for a better
environment for the race, they forget
about Adam. His environment was
he sinned. In that age of bolshevism
that followed, there were finally only
eight people that were fit to live on
earth, and God destroyed all the rest.
Human government was established in
Noah, and he demonstrated by getting
drunk that he was unable to even
govern himself. The age ended in the
Judgment of God at the plair of Shin
ar. Then God chose a nation and gave
them his Word, but they rebelled
against him. and became idolators.
Their glory faded in the B&bylonian
captivity. At last he sent his Son,
and men nailed him to a cross. Sin,
sin, sin
Every page of Gods revelation tes-
titles to the universally of human sin.
Romans sums up the testimony,
showing that man, in every department
of his being, has been corrupted b.
sin.
III. Sin is the most awful fact in the
wrath was poured out to the utmos
upon that Blessed One, who there was
made SIM for us hear the cry of that
anguished heart; see the darkness
| gathering round-to foreshadow the
eternal, outer darkness as the doom OF
! cir 1nS
his holy hatred of sin and shown tc
men what an awful thing it is. But
''fools make mock of it and do moi
believe what he says.
And herein. again, is its awfulnes:
seen; that men are blind to it; theil
reasoning powers so corrupted they per
vert Gods ways, believe The life Of the
Devil rather than his truth, and evel
imagine sin to be an asset. They car
speak of a "fall upward" And 81
blind are they, with all their profes
sion of wisdom, that the Holy Spiri
must come down from heaven to icon
vince the world of sin." ''If our Cos
pei be hid, it is hid to them that ar,
lost, in whom the god of this worlt
hath blinded the minds of them tina
believe not"
w. Sin is here personified as a mas
ter. Every life is, therefore. service
"Ye we're the servants of sin," say
the apostle speaking Of the former con
dition of Christians. "His servants y
are to whom ye obey of sin unit
DEATH" "The plowing of the wicke,
is sin" and "the sacrifices of the wick
ed are an abomination unto the Lord.
This master is an exacting tyran
and an infallible paymaster. He prom
ises pleasures, and he gives them, bu
the end of all is death. 'Sin ha
reigned unto DEATH" No wonder tina
God tells US of "the deceitfulness. q
sinI" 1t offers pleasure, but fnall
pays its servants With death. Death
With relentless hand he gathers tn
servants of sin to the grave, and the
to the flake of fire." which sis tn
second DEATH"
But thanks be unto God! if sin
disclosed N his Word, it is always
the light of his grace. If the foul di!
ease is laid fully bare, the perfeC
remedy is discovered by its side! eth
wages of sin is death, but the gift {
God is eternal life through Jesl
Christ, our Lord.
oh, soul, you need not die! Accel
Gods gracious gift today, and live!
Heaven.