The following is the text of a gospel tract Jay Adams wrote during his early pastorate and used for many years. It was first published by Good News Publishers. We are glad to have anyone copy and use it.
In the Massachusetts Bay colony during the early 1700s, convicted men and women literally became “marked men.” For a designated number of years they were required by law to wear, sewed to the sleeve, a large letter made from scarlet cloth revealing the sin which they had committed. A stood for adultery, B for blasphemy, D for drunkenness, F for forgery, I for incest, R for rape, and T for thievery.
That law was later repealed as being too inhumane for our society. And some people today mistakenly believe that because the law was repealed and the letters banished that the crimes they signify have been removed.
Tragically, however, sin has not decreased—only public concern about sin. Though those letters have long since disappeared, the sins they indicate still reach into every home, family, and life in some form or another.
Yes, the letters are gone, but in God’s sight we wear them yet! If suddenly a scarlet letter
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