(James Smith, "Manna in the Wilderness" 1863)
When we look around upon people
and observe their ways, we see that there is . . .
not a sin prohibited, but they
willfully commit it;
not a duty prescribed, but they cheerfully neglect it;
not
a mercy bestowed, but they wickedly abuse it;
not an attribute of God's nature
discovered, but they daringly insult it;
and that they have altogether become
abominable, filthy, and condemned!
