Confessing Our Sins

"Unless we realize our sins enough to call them by their names, it is hardly worth while to say anything about them. When we pray for forgiveness, let us say, "my temper," or "my untruthfulness," or "my pride," or "my selfishness, my cowardice, indolence, jealousy, revenge, impurity," etc. To recognize our sins, we must look at them in the face and call them by their right names, however humbling it may be. Honesty in confession, calls for definiteness in confession." -M. D. Babcock