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? 134 ashamed of our sins. When a people comes to that point, disaster is at hand. 1 Why should they be ashamed of their sins? Has not God, out of His mercy, shed the blood of His innocent Son (even of Himself ) for their redemption? This doctrine, however, gives a free licence to commit sins and has resulted in the Christians of Europe and America committing crimes of indecency more openly than anywhere else in the world: not only the ordinary Christians but preachers and the priests as well. See: The Crimes of Preachers; published New York: The Crimes of Christianity, by J. M. Wheeler, (London, 1887); Life, by the Nun of Kenmere; Inside the Church of Rome; Life inside the Church of England; and Why is Christianity a Failure? by a Churchman, published by Ideal Publishing Union, Ltd. , London. At all events sin still exists, especially in the Christian world; and I do not think Pauline Christianity can offer Christians any remedy for the forgiveness of their sins. St. Paul says: ‘For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. ’ 2 The sinful Christian world which commits sins after believing in the Crucified Christ shall die in sin, and according to the aforesaid saying, will never get salvation. 1. The Watchman, March 1941, p. 93 (London). 2. Hebrews 10:26