The GOSPEL TRUTH The Oberlin Evangelist. January 4, 1854 By PRESIDENT FINNEY. Reported by The Editor. "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." --James 5:19, 20. A subject of present duty and of great practical importance is brought before us in this text. That we may clearly apprehend it, let us I. Enquire into the true idea of a sinner. What constitutes a sinner? (1.) A sinner is, essentially, a moral agent. So much he must be, whatever else he may or may not be. He must have free will, in the sense of being able to originate his own activities. He must be the responsible author of his own acts, in such a sense that he is not compelled irresistibly to act one way or another, otherwise than according to his own free c
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