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all sin is efficacious in behalf of those only who believe in its merit,
and who present it before the Father as did Abel in his offering.
The offering of Cain was an offense to God, because it was a
Christless offering. The burden of our message is not only the com-
mandments of God, but the faith of Jesus. A bright light shines upon
our pathway today, and it leads to increased faith in Jesus. We must
receive every ray of light, and walk in it, that it may not be our con-
demnation in the judgment. Our duties and obligations become more
important as we obtain more distinct views of truth. Light makes
manifest and reproves the errors that were concealed in darkness; and
as light comes, the life and character of men must change correspond-
ingly, to be in harmony with it. Sins that were once sins of ignorance,
because of the blindness of the mind, can no more be indulged in with-
out incurring guilt. As increased light is given, men must be reformed,
elevated, and refined by it, or they will be more perverse and stubborn
than before the light came.
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