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suggestion will stain the soul, as foul, impure water will defile the
channel through which it passes.
Clear as the Light of the Sun—Choose poverty, separation from
friends, losses, reproaches, or any suffering, rather than to defile the
soul with sin. Death before dishonor or the transgression of God’s
law, should be the motto of every Christian. As a people professing
to be reformers, treasuring the most sacred, solemn, purifying truths
of God’s Word, we must elevate the standard far higher than it is at
the present time. Sin and sinners in the church must be promptly dealt
with, that others may fear God. Truth and purity require that we make
more thorough work to cleanse the camp of the Achans.
Let those in responsible positions not suffer sin in a brother. Show
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him that he must either put away his sins or be separated from the
church. When the individual members of the church shall act as true
followers of the meek and lowly Saviour, there will be less covering
up and excusing of sin. All will strive to act at all times as if in God’s
presence. They will realize that the eye of God is ever upon them
and that the most secret thought is known to Him. The character, the
motives, the desires and purposes, are as clear as the light of the sun
to the eye of the Omniscient.
Peril of Indulged Sin—By far the larger class do not bear this in
mind because they do not cultivate spirituality and test their character
by God’s standard of right. They do not bear constantly in mind
that a fearful account must be rendered at the bar of God by all the
transgressors of His law. The life must be ordered and fashioned as
in the eye of the great Taskmaster. Can you who have professed to
receive such great light in advance of every other people on the face
of the earth, be content with a low level?
Oh, how earnestly and constantly should we seek for the Divine
Presence, that there may be not only a profession but a realization
of the solemn truth that the end of all things is at hand and that the
Judge of all the earth standeth at the door! How can you disregard
His just and holy requirements? How can you transgress in the very
face of Jehovah? Can you pursue a course of sin in full view of the
consequences? Can you cherish unholy thoughts and base passions
in the full view of the pure angels and of the Redeemer, who gave
Himself for you that He might redeem you from all iniquity, and purify
unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works? Can we be