The First Sin | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 18, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 36.

The First Sin.

THE foundation wall beneath the house came down in a sudden collapse, and yet there was a long, gradual process of undermining. Into a crevice in the wall oozed a raindrop, followed by another, and a third, and by many ultimately, all uneasy, all working and boring, the crevice enlarging steadily. A rill plied its crystal bar where a drop once worked, other rills succeeding, till one day the wall tumbled, with a roar, into the cellar. Apply the thought to spiritual life. The last manifestation of sin may be sudden, but there is a long previous process of development, beginning with some small transgression. If the owner had known the wall was about to tumble, how he would have hurried to it with prop and brace! Look out for that sly little drop, rather, the first transgression.—Christian at Work.