oul. They are to be kept in
remembrance, to be kept in the heart, to be obeyed. They are to search, to
meditate upon, to trust in, to rejoice in, to delight in, to taste, to
long after, to stand in awe of, to esteem as a light, and to be let dwell
richly within us. It is the Word of God that shall judge us in that great
judgment-day. They that love God and keep his words, "against such there
is no law;" consequently they will "have boldness in that day." God's law
is eternal; it shall never pass away. The Lord Jesus says, "Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my words shall never pass away." "The word of
God which liveth and abideth forever." 1 Pet. 1:23.

The earth and all that therein is shall pass away,
But God's pure Word shall live and stand for aye and aye:
Man runs his race of life, then, passing from the scene,
Returns to dust, and is as though he ne'er had been--
This is not spoken of the inner man, the soul--
This, says the Word, shall live while ceaseless ages roll.
The city with its walls and towers of granite stone,
Shall be to dissolution brought by rain and sun;
The ships which round the world on crested wave have flown.
Go down amid the storm, and never more are known;
The daring mountain peak, all covered o'er with snow,
Shall mid terrific blast descend to depths below;
The proud empire whose scepter sways o'er land and sea,
Shall fall and pass away ere dawns eternity;
And haughty finite sovereign power no more shall be,
The stars in firmament above shall quit their place;
The waning moon shall cease her still nocturnal race,
And earth no more sail through immensity of space.
Because of sin all these shall pass fore'er away,
Shall melt with fervent heat in that avenging day,
But God's pure Word shall live and stand for aye and aye.

Chapter III. Sin.

The time was when there was no sin in this world. At that time it was an
Eden. By man transgressing God's holy law sin entered this world.
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. 5:12.
This is the origin of sin in this world and the awful consequence. God's
design was that his creation be sinless and pure, but by disobedience sin
has marred the scene of God's creative purity. The following texts will
acquaint the reader with the characteristics or nature of sin.