SINFUL NATURE OF MAN.

 

We see, in this picture, two young men; one has a.
club in his hand, the other lies on the ground as if dead.
Who are they? Their names are Cain and Abel. They
are the first children born to,Adam and Eve. Cain, the
older one, is a murderer. How very sad that the first
man born into this world was a murderer. He killed his
brother.

_ This is the way it was done: The brothers came, one
Sabbath morning, to worship the Lord, each bringing an
offering to the altar. Cain brought the fruits he had
raised from the field, thinking his works would be accept-
able to God; but Abel brought:a lamb from the flock, and
slew it, and burned it on the altar. His offering was
pleasing to God, for it was an offering of blood to repre-
sent, by faith, Jesus, who in after years should die for our
sins.

God showed his favor to Abel’s offering in some way, ©
we don’t know just how, but probably by sending fire from
heaven to burn up the sacrifice, just as he did upon the
altar of Elijah.

When Cain saw that God had showed favor to his
brother’s offering and not to his, he was filled with jeal-