ever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
Some men complain and say that it is very unreasonable that they
should be held responsible for the sin of a man six thousand years
ago. It was not long ago that a man was talking to me about this
injustice, as he called it. If a man thinks he is going to answer God
in that way, I tell you it will not do him any good. If you are lost,
it will not be on account of Adam's sin.

Let me illustrate this; and perhaps you will be better able to
understand it. Suppose I am dying of consumption, which I inherited
from my father or mother. I did not get the disease by any fault of
my own, by any neglect of my health; I inherited it, let us suppose.
A friend happens to come along: he looks at me, and says: "Moody, you
are in a consumption." I reply, "I know it very well; I do not want
any one to tell me that." "But," he says, "there is a remedy." "But,
sir, I do not believe it. I have tried the leading physicians in this
country and in Europe; and they tell me there is no hope." "But you
know me, Moody; you have known me for years." "Yes, sir." "Do you
think, then, I would tell you a falsehood?" "No." "Well, ten years
ago I was as far gone. I was given up by the physicians to die; but I
took this medicine and it cured me. I am perfectly well: look at me."
I say that it is "a very strange case." "Yes, it may be strange; but
it is a fact. This medicine cured me: take this medicine, and it will
cure you. Although it has cost me a great deal, it shall not cost you
anything. Do not make light of it, I beg of you." "Well," I say, "I
should like to believe you; but this is contrary to my reason."

Hearing this, my friend goes away and returns with another friend,
and that one testifies to the same thing. I am still disbelieving; so
he goes away, and brings in another friend, and another, and another,
and another; and they all testify to the same thing. They say they
were as bad as myself; that they took the same medicine that has been
offered to me; and that it has cured them. My friend then hands me
the medicine. I dash it to the ground; I do not believe in its saving
power; I die. The reason is then that I spurned the remedy. So, if
you perish, it will not be because Adam fell; but because you spurned
the remedy offered to save you. You will choose darkness rather than
light. "How then shall ye escape, if ye neglect so great salvation?"
There is no hope for you if you ne