THE NATURE OF SIN.It is expedient for you that I go: for if I go not, the Pamcletc will not come unto yon ; but If I go, I will send Him to you ; and when He is come, He shall convince the world of sin. John xvi.Stnce last Lent began, how many souls that were gathered here have passed into eternity. And before another Lent begins, how many will stand before the Great "White Throne. "WTio among ns shall be the first to go to judgment ? Let us, therefore, enter upon this Lent as if knowing it to be our last; let us begin this time of conversion to God as if we were sure that another would never be granted to us. " Thing forth, therefore, fruits worthy of penance, for now the axe is laid to the root of the tree ; every tree, therefore, that binngeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." * These thoughts have made me choose a subject, sad indeed and severe in all its parts, but vital to every one of us, necessary for our salvation, the root and the foundation Table of Contents CONTENTS; L; FAGB; THE NATURE OF SIN9; It is expedient for you that I go ; for if I go not, the Paraclete will Dot come unto you ; but if I go, T will send Him to you; and when He Is come, lie shall convince the world of sin St Jon* xvi 7; II; MORTAL SIN30; If any man shall see his brother sin u 6in which is not unto death, he shall ask, and life shall be given unto hiui that sin-ncth not unto death There is a sin unto death: I do not say for that any man shall ask All iniquity is sin ; and there is a siu unto death 1 St Joiin v 10,17; III; VENIAL SIN71; Ho that knowcth his brother to sin a sin which is not unto death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him who sinneth not to death There is a sin unto death : for that I say not that any man ask 1 St John v 10; IV; SINS OF OMISSION103; AVho can understand sins ? From my secret sins cleanse me, 0 God I'saim viii 13; (v)vi; CONTENTS; V; page; TII --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.