The guardian., 1941-04-26

dom to come. You are here for Just a
little while and at a time when you
know not, your friends know not, doc
tors know not, mothers know not. You
shall be given the command to move on
and leave everything behind. Rich and
poor-haughty and humble-great and
small-wise and foolish must march
on from life to death to more abundant
life. So how can there be profit in the
attainment of the fruits of time that
shall stain the soul and hinder it's
progress in eternity. Ask Pharoah the
great king of Israel if he ever found
any profit in sin. What have you to
show after the breath of God struck
the waters and folded it back making
a dry path through which Moses lead
show after rebellion against a mighty
God and stepping down in the sea in
which there was no God to hold the
waves that dashed you in Eternity
Ask Judas, the deceptive Disciple to
show you the gain of his thirty pieces
of silver when his body was dashed
amongst the rocks of the cliff Ask
King Balshazar to show you one iota
of his riches after the great feast
where wine was turned to blood
Why must the thief lose all his ill
gotten gains, why can he have no
peaceful mind, why must he be strip
ped of all his possessions and find on
his eternal day that the doors of his
eternal home leads down? Because
there is no profit in sin. Why must
the adulterer lose his home, why must
he be destroyed by sorrows-detected
in shame; why must the proud be
made humble-the naughty cast down
the gambler forced. out of town-the
murderer take his own life and live in
eternal torment? Why must the
wicked prosper only for a time and
soon be scattered like ashes in the
wind? Why must the sinner suffer
destruction; have all losses and nc
gains-all trouble and no peace-all
burdens and no yoke-all storm and
no calm-all darkness and no light
all hell and no Heaven? Because there
is no profit in sin.
If all profit be found in Righteousness
how can there be any profit in sin? If
all joy be found in Heaven how can
there be any pleasure in hell? If all
comfort be found in Christ how can
there be any peace in satan? If all
riches be found in eternity how can
there be any gains in time? If victory
is for the righteous then there is nc
profit in sin.
The soul that sinneth shall die-de-
stroyed forever-cast of from things
Heavenly and be eternally damned. 1t
shall be forever deprived of the privi-
lege of eternal life. There is no king
dom prepared-no crown awaiting, nc
victory to gain-for it's only reward is
eternal damnation.
Go over to the infirmary and stop by
the bedside of youth whose body now
racks with pain brought on by what he
thought was gain. Now he suffers
from the danger of carnal greed. His
groan is heavy-his moan is pathetic
the doctor shakes his head-a mother
covers his face with her tears-the
body slowly sinks as sin lures death
nearer and nearer and whispers in his
ears the theme of carnality-"there is
no profit in sim"
Stop youth on his march to the asy-
lum-ask him the effects of sowing
seeds of pleasure; he knows now, that
in the sowing of wild oats no man can
sow sin and reap virtue. So-with a
lost mind and weak body he inter
prets the echoes of judgment-there
is no profit in sin.
Stop youth on his march to the gal
lows, and if he is truthful in speech he
will admit that that which he counted
as gain was loss. He started off with
little wealth, being enthused he
sought for more-but now in his end
he meets facts face to face and must
admit there is not profit in sin.
So why not repent and turn to God
why not seek a new way and new
heart follow the beacon light of mercy
and let the angels and arch-angels re-
joice as Gods prodigal becomes con-
scious of the truth that there is no
profit in sin. So now-without COM
promise-without delay-accept the
way of all gain--of all love-of all
peace-of all Heaven-of all victory
believing at all times that there is no
profit in sin.