FALL OF MAN.

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_ Here we have a very sad story. It is the story of
the first sin that man ever committed. See, Eve is hand-
ing the fruit to Adam, which God commanded them not.
to eat. Why does she do it?

God had placed them in the beautiful Garden, and.
told them that they might eat of every tree in the Garden,
except one. If they ate of that tree, “they should surely |
die.” To die here means to destroy their peace with God,
and lose their happy state.

The great tempter, the Devil, in the form of a serpent:
(for this is the way he appeared to them), tried to make:
Eve believe that God did not mean what he said. He
told her that they would be wiser if they should eat; so.
she believed the Devil, and disobeyed God. She gave to
Adam, and they both ate, and fell. They knew that they
had sinned, and were made afraid. Instead of running to. -
meet God now, as they had done, they hid themselves.
from his face when he came to the Garden. O, how
unhappy they were! All peace and joy gone out of their
hearts. How glad they would have been to have taken
back what they had done; but it was impossible. They
had disobeyed God, and destroyed the harmony they had.
with him and his universe.

This makes them wretched and unhappy. You know