The Danger of Respectable Sins
The Rev. John Watson, D.D., is publishing in the New York Observer a series of articles on “respectable sins.” Of course this means respectable from the human view, respectable because common, or because of the wealth, station, or influence of the sinner. But let all know that there are no “respectable sins” in God’s sight. Neither is He a respecter of persons. The so-called “respectable sins” are oftentimes the very worst, because they stand in every path as stumbling-blocks, are in every cup that is quaffed to dull and stupefy the senses, blind every vision by their fog, and so corrupt and destroy the finer spiritual sensibilities that the soul makes shipwreck. Beware of the “respectable sins;” they are the devil’s own ambassadors.