The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-19
S E R M ON E T TIE S
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SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
NO PROFIT IN SIN

What does it profit a man to gain
the whole world and lose his sou?
Nothing-for this world, nor the things
of the world, not the pleasures of this
world can never be his. The world is
just resting place-a dressing room
in which to prepare for greater king
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 its
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
dry path through which Moses lead
the Israelites? What have you to
show after rebellion against 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 i'll
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
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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? II
all joy be found in Heaven how car
there be any pleasure in hell? If al
comfort be found in Christ how car
there be any peace in satan? If al
riches be found in eternity how car
there be any gains in time? If victory
is for the righteous then there is M
profit in sin.
The soul that sinneth shall die-de
stroyed forever-cast of from thing!
Heavenly and be eternally damned. L
shall be forever deprived of the priv
lege of eternal life. There is no king
dom prepared-no crown awaiting, NJ
victory to gain-for its only reward il
eternal damnation.
Go over to the infirmary and stop by
the bedside of youth whose body nov
racks with pain brought on by what ht
thought was gain. Now he suffer;
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-tht
body slowly sinks as sin lures death
nearer and nearer and whispers in his
ears the theme of carnality-"there is
no profit in sin"
Stop youth on his march to the asy
lum-ask him the effects of sowing
seeds of pleasure; he knows now, thai
in the sowing of wild oats no man car
sow sin and reap virtue. So-with {
lost mind and weak body he inter
prets the echoes of judgment-thert
is no profit in sin.
Stop youth on his march to the gal
lows, and if he is truthful in speech ht
will admit that that which he counted
as gain was loss. He started off will
a little wealth, being enthused hi
sought for more-but now in his enc
he meets facts face to face and mus
admit there is not profit in sin.
So why not repent and turn to Goo
why not seek new way and a new
heart follow the beacon light of mere!
and let the angels and arch-angels re
joice as Gods prodigal becomes con
scious of the truth that there is NJ
profit in sin. So now-without com
promise-without delay-accept the
way of all gain-of all love-of al
peace-of all Heaven-of all victory
believing at all times that there is NJ
profit in sin.