Conscience | Conviction | Evil | Lost | Speech

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
The preacher had just concluded a hot and scathing sermon on the sin of swearing. He had stated several times that he knew that one of his members was guilty. The service ended. The worshippers one by one filed out of the door. The first one to go was a woman never suspected of using foul language. With a red and angry face she exclaimed, “I will never darken this door again.” Before the astonished preacher could recover from this blast, another said, “Well brother, if I had known you were listening last week, I would have been more careful of my language.” A third said, I think you might at least have come to me privately about it, rather than telling it to the whole church.” A fourth remarked angrily, “I was never so embarrassed in all of my life.” Then came the real culprit – the one at whom the preacher had aimed all his remarks. With a bland…