be burned.

But we may be asked--What are the trees in the devil's orchard? They are
men and women whose lives are wrong. You may see what Paul says in the
letter he wrote to the Christians in Galatia--Adultery, Fornication,
Uncleanness, Lasciviousness, Idolatry, Witchcraft, Hatred, Variance,
Wrath, Strife, Seditions, Heresies, Envying, Murders, Drunkenness,
Revellings, and such like.

NOW, DOES THIS LIST INCLUDE YOU?

Well, you say, I am not a murderer. But are you envious? Do you grieve
because someone more worthy than you is enjoying something you would
like? Do you not see that is like what the devil felt when he saw Adam
in Paradise? You can, by envy, soon become a destroyer. You say you are
not an Adulterer, but are you lascivious? Do you like to think of
unclean things? Do you delight in filthy pictures or "bawdy" songs? If
so, you are fitting yourself for the fire where the Sodomites are. You
say you are not as bad as some; perhaps you have not been growing as long
as they have. Hatred and Variance are the trees on which the devil
grafts Murders. Do you notice the last words in that sentence of Paul's--

"AND SUCH LIKE."

If not a Drunkard or a Reveller, yet going in that direction; having a
liking for evil companions and Sunday pleasuring. Am I looking on some
of the saplings which Satan means to graft before next year? Christmas
and New Year will soon be here. The dance and the ball-room are the
places where

REVELLERS BECOME FORNICATORS AND ADULTERERS!

Are you a tree in the devil's orchard? If so, you may see your future in
the words "Cast into the fire!"

In the crowds of people who listened to John, there were numbers of
religious folk. Some of them were teachers. All the devil's trees don't
grow on his estate, therefore I want you now to look at

THE DEVIL'S TREES WHICH GROW IN GOD'S ORCHARD.

JUDAS was one. He had the advantage of Christ's friendship, and might
have become one of the first missionaries, but he was covetous. DEMAS
was the companion of PAUL, and might have been another SILAS, but he
"loved this present world." ANANIAS and SAPPHIRA were growing side by
side among the beautiful trees in the early church, but they were selfish
and deceitful, and after telling a lie, they were both cut down and cast
into the fire. You notice it does not say every tree in the devil's
orchard shall be cut down, but "every tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit." How is it wi