Sin, Universal
Sin is universal, affecting every person everywhere without exception.
The existence of sin; of sin as an acknowledged fact; of sin as an acknowledged evil, which has not only tainted the nature, but which has poured its corruption upon every part of every man; found everywhere, — alike in the crowded city streets, and among the seantier tribes of the savanna; alike where refinement and civilization gild and soften crime, and where, in the swarthy-bearded Druse, it reigns tameless as the pennon that flutters upon the lance of his djerrid; alike in sordid man and lost woman, in generous youth and smiling babe, in all circumstances, in all countries, in all parallels of latitude, in all diversities of language, — there is no escape, and there is no exception from this disastrous uniformity of evil. The fountain has been corrupted, and the streams of necessity must flow polluted and impure. Every mouth must be stopped; for all the world is guilty before God. W. M. Punshon.