Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Christians-they live for themselves, instead of living for Christ. No man is a Christian who lives for himself. There is a practical difficulty in being beset by temptation; but there is no passion in man's nature that cannot be overcome. The principle in dealing with sin is not prohibition, but substitution. The only way to keep high is to keep in high company-to follow Christ. Every man should try Christianity; then his whole nature will be softened and will become more spiritualized. "Walk in the Spirit and be shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh...
...ever sent, but dangers of various kinds are ahead. Every evil by being crushed can be made to serve the purposes of the Lord. Greatest of these evils at the present time may be placed side by side, socialism and laziness. It is scarcely possible to conceive of a sin that tempts one like laziness, the temptation of living for ourselves alone without the trouble to care for others. May one of the great principals of every student present be, let every one try to make the life of his fellows better and happier, recognizing that...
...service. Rev. F. G. Peabody read the 85th Psalm. The beautiful tenor solo from Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise," sung by Mr. Ricketson, then followed. Rev. Dr. Gordon read from the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and on this based his address, on "The Irremediableness of Sin." However good repentance may be, it can never undo the past. Every act remains as a record. How deeply soever we may regret squandered riches, overtasked strength, neglected opportunities, as Esau regretted his pledged birthright and Paul his misdirected zeal. yet the objects of our regret remain as facts...
...divine agency, because God is not in them. They have schooled themselves not to see, and so they will remain, forever, in the dark. When the voice of duty is no longer heard, then the soul is dead, although the understanding may remain. The sin of to-day is the insensibility to spiritual life. Men are asking whether life is worth living, but the souls of such men are dead. "What profits it a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul...
GLOBE THEATRE. - "The Wages of Sin...