Article January 24, 1983 Issue

Christ frees from sin

MARGARET CAMPBELL

One of the great purposes of Christianity is to lead us compassionately away from sin and condemnation of the sinner. Acceptance of the Christ, and the regeneration this includes, replace condemnation with confidence in God's unwavering love and care for us as His spiritual ideas. A hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal sets forth this tender purpose:

Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me. Hymnal, No. 330 .