There is a great difference, my dear children, between these two kinds of fear—the fear of punishment, and the fear of sin. The first will only keep a child from some sins, at some times; and if he often escapes being found out, he will lose it almost altogether. But the fear of sin itself, because God forbids it, will keep a child from any sin, and will be felt more powerfully as he grows up in grace. An e-book. A short story.