August 31
Daily Cheer for All the YearIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.—I JOHN i, 9.
Sin no more, lest a worst thing come unto thee.—JOHN v, 14.
Our sins, like our shadows, When our day's in its glory, scarce appear; Towards our evening, how great and monstrous! SUCKLING.
Oh, what authority and show of truth can cunning sin Cover itself withal!
SHAKESPEARE.
Sin, which is the transgression of the law, cannot but be noticed by Him who gave that law; and if noticed, must be punished either in this world or that which is to come.
BISHOP HORNE.
He that lives in sin and hopes for happiness hereafter, is like him that soweth cockle and thinks to fill his barn with wheat and barley.
JOHN BUNYAN.
Sins go not alone, but follow one another as do the links of a chain.
What a thing is sin; what a devil and master of devils is it, that it should, where it takes hold, so hang that nothing can unclutch its hold but the mercy of God and the heart-blood of His dear Son.
IBID.