Myriads of people who claim to be Christians today have not an idea of their own sinfulness and guilt in the sight of God. They flatter themselves that they have never done anything very wicked. They have never murdered, or stolen, or committed adultery, or given false testimony. They cannot surely be in much danger of missing heaven, they believe. But they forget the holy nature of the God they are dealing with. They forget how often they break his law in temper, or imagination, even when their