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Duties of the Husband and the Wife
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who do not understand your crooked course, and by thus doing di-
viding the judgment of the people who profess the truth. We pity
you. My heart aches for you. I see nothing before you but perdition,
nothing but utter shipwreck of faith.
Will you cover your sins and brave the matter out? God says
you shall not prosper. But he that confesseth and forsaketh his sins
shall find mercy. Will you choose death? Will you shut the kingdom
of heaven against yourself because you will not yield your wicked
pride? Your only hope is in confessing your backslidings. God has
let light shine upon your pathway. Will you choose your own course
of corruption? Will you cast the truth behind you because it will not
sustain you in a course of iniquity? Oh, be entreated to “rend your
heart, and not your garments.” Make thorough work for eternity.
God will be merciful to you. He will be entreated in your behalf. He
will not despise a broken and contrite spirit. Will you turn? Will you
live? Your soul is worth saving; it is precious. We wish to help you.
I saw that you are not happy. You are not at rest. You feel
distressed, and yet you refuse to take the only course that will bring
you relief and hope. He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall
find mercy. Your condition is deplorable, and you are greatly injuring
the cause of God. Your influence will destroy others besides yourself.
If you refuse to come to God and confess your backslidings that
He may heal you, there is nothing to be hoped for you or your poor
family in the future. Misery will follow upon the steps of sin. God’s
hand will be against you, and He will leave you to be controlled
by Satan, to be led captive by him at his will. You know not to
what lengths you may go. You will be like a man at sea without an
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anchor. The truth of God is an anchor. You are breaking away from
that anchor. Your eternal interests are being sacrificed to the lust
of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. You are on
the point of breaking the bonds which would save you from utter
destruction. In seeking to save your life by concealing your wrongs,
you are losing it. If you now humble yourself before God, confess
your wrongs, and return to Him with full purpose of heart, yours can
yet be a happy family. If you will not do this, but choose your own
way, your happiness is at an end.
You have a great work to do. You have been too slack in your
deportment. Your words have not been elevated, chaste, and pure.