truth, know the truth about SIN.
marks before you in order. Let every boy and girl come and hear what I am going to say.
1. I tell you then, for one thing, that children who walk in truth, know the truth about SIN.
What is sin? To break any command of God, is sin. To do anything that God says ought not to be done, is sin. And God is very holy, and very pure; and every sin that is sinned displeases Him exceedingly. But, in spite of all this, most people in the world, both old and young, think very little about sin. Some try to make out they are not great sinners, and do not often break God's commandments. Others say that sin is not so terrible a thing after all, and that God is not so particular and strict as ministers say He is. These are two great and dangerous mistakes.
Children who walk in truth think very differently. They have no such proud and high feelings. They feel themselves to be full of sin—and this grieves and humbles them. They believe that sin is the abominable thing which God hates. They look upon sin as their greatest enemy and plague. They hate it more than anything on earth. There is nothing they so heartily desire to be free from, as sin.
Dear children, there is the first mark of walking in truth. Look at it. Think of it. Do you hate sin?
2. I tell you, for another thing, that children who walk in truth love the true SAVIOR of sinners, and follow Him.
There are few men and women who do not feel they need in some way to be saved. They feel that after death comes the judgment, and