SIN— it a Wide Consequences-Charles Spurgeon

Sages of old contended that no sin was ever committed whose consequences rested on the head of the sinner alone that no man could do ill and his fellows not suffer. They illustrated it thus : — “A vessel sailing from Poppa, carried a passenger, who, beneath his berth, cut a hole through the ship’s side. When the men of the watch expostulated with him,

“What does thou, O miserable man?” the offender calmly replied, “What matters it to you? The hole I have made lies under my own berth.”This ancient parable is worthy of the utmost consideration. No man perishes alone in his iniquity ; no man can guess the full consequences of his transgressions.