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The wicked are sometimes seen flourishing as a green bay tree. Their cup of worldly prosperity runneth over. To the spectator their days appear to flow by in pleasantness and peace. They conform to the world's code of morals, and their praises are on the tongues of all. They fare sumptuously every day and fancy that they are to sit down at the banquet of everlasting life. Peace and prosperity are within their gates, if we may believe appearances. But we refer to believe God. He knoweth all hearts. He know what is worthy to be called peace.

That certainly is not worthy to be called peace, which cannot endure to face all truth. You look down deep into the heart of the splendid sinner with whom all seems to go serenely, and you see a stone sealed with many seals. You ask, what is underneath that stone? Hist! breathe no such unwelcome interrogations as this. There is a mystery about that stone and all inquiry is disallowed, all mention of it forbidden. You are waved disdainfully away from those mysterious penetralia. There is One however who knoweth well the secrets of all hearts, and who is willing to make known to you the mystery of that stone and the chamber underneath. Hearken! Beneath that stone are buried many things, implacably hostile to the peace of that man. The law of his being is such that it is not possible to extrude them from the mind, to bury them in the depths of the sea; wherefore, as the only alternative they are buried in the depths of his own mind. There are the suppressed memories of innumerable sins, the blotted records of many experiences, the disregarded warnings of conscience. There, in that chamber are many forgotten passages of Scripture, once heard, once for a moment or more revolved in the mind; many words of Christ and his apostles. Many fragments of sermons and counsels of pious friends are there. Vows, prayers even are there. Nay, there are thunders there, thunders of God's providence. Truth in her most tremendous forms is there. There these all are buried, but not forever. There is to be a resurrection, a terrible retribution. The man has made for himself a hell within himself, and has covered it over with a stone and bound down the stone with a few frail bands, and he calls this peace.

Bible Verses: Isaiah 57:21

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