The child's book of Bible stories : with practical illustrations and remarks on the fall . t that they wereindeed overcome. Then Christ was a complete con-queror over them. He may permit them, for wisereasons, to do some more evil in the world. Butthey can do nothing without his permission, and atlast they will be shut up forever in their dismal prison-house, never again to leave it, or disturb the peaceof Gods government over his obedient creatures. I have said thus much about Satan, my dear child,because he may tempt you. He may lead you tohave wicked thoughts and desires ; and I wish you to
The child's book of Bible stories : with practical illustrations and remarks on the fall . t that they wereindeed overcome. Then Christ was a complete con-queror over them. He may permit them, for wisereasons, to do some more evil in the world. Butthey can do nothing without his permission, and atlast they will be shut up forever in their dismal prison-house, never again to leave it, or disturb the peaceof Gods government over his obedient creatures. I have said thus much about Satan, my dear child,because he may tempt you. He may lead you tohave wicked thoughts and desires ; and I wish you toknow where you must look for strength to overcomethem. Look to Jesus Christ, the seed of the ivoman, 6 32 THE CURSE. who was to bruise the serpents head. If you look tohirn for this strength, and trust in him,—he will giveit to you, and the God of peace shall bruise Satanunder your feet. Remember that Christ has com-pletely conquered this great enemy of all good, andthat he can enable you to conquer him also. In thestrength of Jesus Christ, Resist the devil, and hewill flee frqm SEORY X,THE SENTENCE. If a school-master should find out that one of theboys had been very angry with another, and struckhim so hard as to hurt his eye badly, he would doright to call the two boys before him, in the presenceof the whole school, and inquire into the matter. After inquiring, he feels that it is his duty to pun-ish the boy who struck the other. He makes himstand on a stool so that all the scholars can see says to him; for your very bad conduct in get-ting angry and striking your school-fellow, you mustbring your dinner to school for three days, and stayhere locked up from twelve to two oclock, and yourdinner must be nothing but bread and water. This telling the boy what his punishment wouldbe, was the sentence which the master passed uponhim A judge sentences a man who is found guilty of 86 THE SENTENCE. stealing, to imprisonment; and a man who is foundguilty of murder, to d
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