As long as we are in this old sinful flesh we will commit sin." And
Peter sat down, with an air of triumph.

Robert Davis arose immediately. Everybody present was on the tiptoe
of expectation. What would his reply be? They had not long to wait.
Turning directly to Peter Newby, he asked him a pointblank question:

"Sir, how much sin is there in this stove?" pointing to a stove that
stood there.

"None, I suppose," answered Peter, rather feebly, as if he feared a
trap were being laid for him.

"How much sin is there in the wood or stone of this house?" Robert
asked Peter next.

"None, I suppose," he replied.

"Well, then," asked Robert, "how much sin will there be in this old
body when it is dead?"

"I suppose there will be none," Peter replied in a tone that
registered defeat.

"Well, then, will you make death the salvation from sin? You say that
as long as we are in what you call the 'old sinful flesh" we must
commit sin, and yet you admit, as you must, that there will be no
sin in the body when it is dead. Where, then, does sin reside? Jesus
answers this question once for all in Matthew 15:19, 20: 'For out of
the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,