p. 405 | HOW TO KILL SIN by Leighton

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 7, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 26.

HOW TO KILL SIN.

By Leighton

WOULDEST thou have much power against sin and much increase of holiness, let thine eye be much on Christ; set thine heart on him; let it dwell in him, and be still with him. When sin is likely to prevail in any kind, go to him, tell him of the insurrection of his enemies, and thy inability to resist, and desire him to suppress them, and to help thee against them, that they gain nothing by their stirring but some new wound. If thy heart begin to be taken with and moved toward sin, lay it before him; the beams of his love shall eat out the fire of those sinful lusts. Wouldest thou have thy passions and love of the world and self-love killed, go sue for the virtue of his death, and that will do it. Seek his spirit, the spirit of meekness and humility and divine love. Look on him, and he will draw thy heart heavenward, and unite it to himself, and make it like himself. And is not that the thing thou desirest?—Leighton.