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shall testify to lessen the guilt of the sinner when God testifies against
him? God’s verdict—guilty—has gone forth, and man cannot erase
it. [David knows the Scripture]: “Cursed is every one that continueth
not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”
David utters no complaint. The most eloquent psalm he ever sang was
when he was climbing Mount Olivet, weeping and barefooted, yet
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humbled in spirit, unselfish and generous, submissive and resigned.
The royal fugitive does not render evil for evil or railing for railing.
He does not harbor revengeful feelings in his heart, but amid his own
woes he is kind, noble, and sympathetic. Oh, what a marked contrast
has been your course....
Law of Sowing and Reaping—You have had every opportu-
nity, every privilege, every advantage, but you have not improved
them. When you came to Colorado, if you had both sought God like
young converts, studied your Bibles, walked humbly with God, prayed
earnestly, and watched thereunto, you would have shown that you
prized the boon of eternal life.
But you would not appreciate heaven. Although you have, on
account of your sins, been most terribly threatened of God and warned
for years of His punishment which is sure to come for transgression,
yet all the time you have been grieving the Saviour. He has made you
the object of His unwearied love and tender solicitude. He and all
heaven have been ashamed of you and looked upon your course with
loathing.
When the husbandman sows corn, he reaps corn. If he sows wheat,
he reaps wheat. If he sows poisonous seeds, he will have the same to
harvest. Thus with yourself as a responsible agent. If you sow to the
flesh, you will of the flesh reap corruption. If you sow licentiousness,
you will reap that which you have sown. The seed sown produces its
kind....
Possible Accomplishment of a Second Trial—God gave you an-
other trial. Oh, that you could have appreciated it, and offered earnest,
heartfelt prayer with true penitence and living faith to grasp the pre-
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cious promise. Had you with willing heart practiced self-denial, re-
sisted temptation, there would have been increased strength with every
effort to overcome self. Every new achievement of principle will
smooth the way for achievements of the same kind, the fruit of every
moral victory. This victory is the seed sown which produces its kind,