Do you know who it is?
That is _you_, O man, if, yielding to the temptations to an impure
life, you go out, and perish.
There is a way that seemeth bright, and fair, and beautiful; but the
end thereof is BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS FOREVER.
THE GUN THAT KICKS OVER THE MAN WHO SHOOTS IT OFF.
Blasphemy is a crime that aims at God, but does its chief harm to the
one that fires it off.
So I compare it to a piece of imperfect firearms to which the marksman
puts his eye, and, pulling the trigger, by the rebound finds himself
in the dust.
I tell you a story, Oriental and marvellous. History speaks of the
richest man in all the East. He had camels, oxen, asses, sheep, and
what would make any man rich even if he had nothing else--seven sons
and three daughters. It was the custom of this man's children to
have family reunions. One day he is at home, thinking of his darling
children, who are keeping banquet at their elder brother's house.
Yonder comes a messenger in hot haste, evidently, from his looks,
bearing evil tidings.
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