Wrongdoing Returns Upon the Sinner
G. Litting, LL. B. Colossians 3:25 But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons. Do you remember that poem of Southey's about Sir Ralph the Rover? On the east of Scotland, near Arbroath, in the old days, a good man had placed a float with a bell attached on the dangerous Inchcape Rock, so that the mariners hearing it might keep away. This Sir Ralph the Rover, in a moment of devilry, cut away both float and bell. It was a cruel thing to do. Years passed. Sir Ralph roamed over many parts of the world. In the end he returned to Scotland. As he neared the coast a storm arose. Where was he? Where was the ship drifting? Oh that he knew where he was! Oh that he could hear the bell on the Inchcape Rock! But years ago, in his sinful folly, he, with his own hands, had cut it away. Hark! to that grating sound heard amid the storm, felt amid the breakers; the ship is struck; the rock penetrates her, she goes to pieces, and with curses of rage and despair, the sinner's sin has found him out; he sinks to rise no more until the great day of judgment. (G. Litting, LL. B.) Parallel Verses KJV: But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. WEB: But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.