To violate any law is reprehensible, and in most cases is punishable.
A man steals, and he is put in jail as a punishment for not letting
another man’s property alone. It is his and you have no right to it,
wherefore you are punished.
But when you violate a law of nature, you are inflicting an injury upon
yourself such as no wise man will do.
All men were created for a special purpose, and every man who has
reached the age of reason knows what that purpose is. It is a law of
that man’s nature which he must obey or take the consequences.
It is a law established by God, the Creator, and can not be violated
with the same impunity as the laws of man.
For instance: The legislature enacts a law forbidding you to steal. You
steal, nevertheless, and you are punished as has been said, being sent
to prison. But if you violate a law of God—or a law of nature, which is
the same thing, you do not see any prison in sight and you imagine you
are going to get off free from punishment. But wait a moment.
A man commits suicide or does other flagrant acts upon himself.
The suicide commits a murder, but if he murdered another he might have
an opportunity to repent—to make his peace with God. But by putting an
end to himself he cuts off his chance of repentance and appears before
his Creator with the blood stains indelibly fixed upon his hands. He is
a marked Cain, and he fixes his own punishment to begin immediately.
Any flagrant violation of the laws of nature are an insult to the
majesty of the Creator who made all things perfect, and fixes sure
punishment upon him who defaces His handiwork.
The Devil’s Work in the Home, in Society, in Business, in Politics, and
in Every Walk of Life