"I do not propose, friends, to be browbeaten by an upstart of a
preacher. I tell you I have been a student of the Scriptures, and I
have heard many learned ministers of the gospel preach, and I have
never heard one of them state that they lived free from sin. I try to
do my best every day, but, I tell you, the devil is strong, and the
flesh is weak, so I often fall into grievous sins and errors. But I
feel that I am a Christian, nevertheless. I have been baptized, and
know that I believe." And the old man sat down.
"Well, we have not discussed our chapter very much," said Robert. "Has
any one any explanation to give?"
People glanced at Peter, but it was evident that he was about through
for the evening. Robert then rose, and said:
"Friends, this sixth chapter of Romans is full of proof-texts favoring
holiness of life. Paul asks, 'Shall we continue in sin, that grace
may abound?' 'God forbid,' he answers. And then Paul asks a most
significant and conclusive question, 'How shall we, that are dead to
sin, live any longer therein?' Mark the words, 'dead to sin.
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