,sovereign ,grace   ,its ,source1 ,its  
,nature and ,its ,effects   ,by ,d4 ,l4 
,moody   ,by ,grace are ye              
saved4--,ephesians ii4 #h   ,with ,three
 ,gospel ,dialogues   ,chicago ,new     
,york ,toronto  ,,fleming ,h4 ,,revell  
,,company  ,london and ,edinburgh       
,copyrighted #ahia by ,fleming ,h4      
,revell ,company4    ,,prefatory ,,note4
   ,,in the exercise of his high        
calling1 the faithful ambassador of     
,christ must not scruple to declare the 
whole counsel of ,god--rightly dividing 
the word of truth1 to all classes of    
hearers4 ,he must warn the openly wicked
 man that if he persists in his evil    
courses1 the just judgments of ,god will
 inevitably overtake him2 he must unmask
 the hypocrite2 he must utter no        
uncertain protest against the crooked   
and devious ways of the self-seeker and 
the time-server4 ,but if he enters into 
the ,spirit of his ,master1 no part of  
his public work will be more congenial  
or delightful than the proclamation of  

the full1 free1 and sovereign grace of  
,god1 manifested towards sinful men in  
the gift of ,his ,eternal ,son1 to be   
the ,saviour of the world4 ,it has been 
my happy privilege in years past to tell
 out1 as best ,i could1 this wonderful  
story of redeeming grace4 ,the following
 pages record the addresses ,i have     
given on the various aspects of this    
great subject4 ,i pray ,god that in     
their printed form they may serve to    
deepen in the mind of the reader the    
appreciation of this grace1 at once so  
infinite and so undeserved4  ,the       
chapter entitled ,a ,chime of ,gospel   
,bells1 though not strictly flowing out 
of the general subject1 is in perfect   
harmony with it2 every note in the chime
 is intended to ring out the gracious   
invitation to ,come to the ,god of all  
grace and be blessed4 ,the ,dialogues   
which form the latter part of the book  
were heard with much interest and profit
 at some of the ,london meetings2 ,i    
think the perusal of them will be       

helpful in removing many of the         
hindrances that prevent anxious         
inquirers from accepting without delay  
the salvation that ,god in ,his grace   
has provided for the sinful children of 
men4    ,,contents4   ,the ,fountain of 
,grace  ,saved by ,grace ,alone         
,possessing1 and ,working ,out  ,grace  
,abounding to the ,chief of ,sinners    
,law and ,grace  ,grace for ,living     
,grace for ,service  ,a ,chime of       
,gospel ,bells    ,,gospel ,,dialogues3 
,i4 ,what ,it ,is to be a ,child of ,god
  ,,ii4 ,how to ,become a ,christian    
,,iii4 ,what ,it ,is to be ,converted   
,grace6 'tis a charming sound1          
,harmonious to the ear2    ,heaven with 
the echo shall resound1       ,and all  
the earth shall hear4     ',twas grace  
that wrote my name       ,in life's     
eternal book2    ',twas grace that gave 
me to the ,lamb1       ,who all my      
sorrows took4     ,grace taught my      
wandering feet       ,to tread the      
heavenly road2    ,and new supplies each

 hour ,i meet1       ,while pressing on 
to ,god4     ,oh let that grace inspire 
,my soul with strength divine4    ,may  
all my prayers to ,thee aspire1         
,and all my days be ,thine4  ,dr4       
,doddridge4    ,,sovereign ,,grace      
,,chapter ,i4   ,,the ,,fountain ,,of   
,,grace4   ,,there are some words with  
which we have been familiar from our    
infancy up1 and probably there are few  
words in the ,english language that are 
so often used as this word ,,grace4     
,many of you at your table say grace    
three times a day4 ,you seldom go into a
 church without hearing the word        
mentioned4 ,you seldom read any part of 
the ,new ,testament1 especially the     
,epistles1 without meeting the word4    
,there is probably not a word in the    
language so little understood4 ,there   
are a great many who have received the  
grace of ,god into their heart1 but who1
 if they should be asked what the word  
means would be troubled1 and confused1  
and unable to tell4 ,i experienced the  

grace of ,god a good many years before  
,i really knew the true meaning of the  
word4  ,now1 grace means unmerited      
mercy--undeserved favor4 ,if men were to
 wake up to the fact1 they would not be 
talking about their own worthiness when 
we ask them to come to ,christ4 ,when   
the truth dawns upon them that ,christ  
came to save the unworthy1 then they    
will accept salvation4 ,peter calls ,god
 the ,god of all grace4  ,men talk about
 grace1 but1 as a rule1 they know very  
little about it4 ,let a business man go 
to one of your bankers to borrow a few  
hundred dollars for sixty or ninety     
days2 if he is well able to pay1 the    
banker will perhaps lend him the money  
if he can get another responsible man to
 sign the note with him4 ,they give what
 they call three days' grace after the  
sixty or ninety days have expired2 but  
they will make the borrower pay interest
 on the money during these three days1  
and if he does not return principal and 
interest at the appointed time1 they    

will sell his goods2 they will perhaps  
turn him out of his house1 and take the 
last piece of furniture in his          
possession4 ,that is not grace at all2  
but that fairly illustrates man's idea  
of it4 ,grace not only frees you from   
payment of the interest1 but of the     
principal also4   ,,its ,,source4  ,in  
the ,gospel by ,john we read1 ,the ,word
 was made flesh and dwelt among us1 and 
we beheld ,his glory1 the glory as of   
the ,only-begotten of the ,father1 full 
of grace and truth 4 4 4 ,for the law   
was given by ,moses1 but grace and truth
 came by ,jesus ,christ4 ,now you know  
that for many years men were constantly 
trying to find the source of the ,nile4 
,the river of grace has been flowing    
through this dark earth for six thousand
 years1 and we certainly ought to be    
more anxious to find out its source than
 to discover the source of the ,nile4 ,i
 think if you will read your ,bible     
carefully you will find that this       
wonderful river of grace comes right    

from the very heart of ,god4  ,i        
remember being in ,texas a few years    
ago1 in a place where the country was   
very dry and parched4 ,in that dry      
country there is a beautiful river that 
springs right out of the ground4 ,it    
flows along2 and on both sides of the   
river you find life and vegetation4     
,grace flows like that river2 and you   
can trace its source right up to the    
very heart of ,god4 ,you may say that   
its highest manifestation was seen when 
,god gave the ,son of ,his bosom to save
 this lost world4 ,not as the offense1  
so also is the free gift4 ,for if       
through the offense of one many be dead1
 much more the grace of ,god1 and the   
gift by grace1 which is by one man1     
,jesus ,christ1 hath abounded unto many4
   ,a ,,free ,,gift4  ,notice1 it is the
 free gift of ,god4 ,grace be unto you1 
and peace1 from ,god our ,father1 and   
from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,i thank 
my ,god always on your behalf1 for the  
grace of ,god which is given you by     

,jesus ,christ4 ,paul wrote fourteen    
,epistles2 and every one of them is     
closed with a prayer for grace4 ,paul   
calls it ,the free gift of ,god4        
,thousands have been kept out of the    
kingdom of ,god because they do not     
realize what this free gift is4 ,they   
think they must do something to merit   
salvation4  ,the first promise given to 
fallen man was a promise of grace4 ,god 
never promised ,adam anything when ,he  
put him in ,eden4 ,god never entered    
into a covenant with him as ,he did with
 ,abraham4 ,god told him of the tree of 
the knowledge of good and evil thou     
shalt not eat of it3 for in the day that
 thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely  
die2 but when this came to pass then    
,god came and gave him a gracious       
promise4 ,he dealt in grace with him4   
,as he left the ,garden of ,eden he     
could say to ,eve1 ,well1 ,god does love
 us1 though ,he has driven us out4      
,there was no sign that ,adam recognized
 his lost condition4 ,as far as we know 

there was no cry for mercy or pardon1 no
 confession of sin4 ,yet we find that   
,god dealt in grace with him4 ,god      
sought ,adam out that he might bestow   
,his grace upon him4 ,he met ,adam in   
his lost and ruined condition1 and the  
first thing ,he did was to proclaim the 
promise of a coming ,saviour4  ,for six 
thousand years1 ,god has been trying to 
teach the world this great and glorious 
truth--that ,he wants to deal with man  
in love and in grace4 ,it runs right    
through the ,bible2 all along you find  
this stream of grace flowing4 ,the very 
last promise in the closing chapter of  
,revelation1 like the first promise in  
,eden1 is a promise of grace3 ,whosoever
 will1 let him take the water of life   
freely4 ,so the whole revelation1 and   
the whole history of man is encircled   
with grace1 the free favor of ,god4     
,some years ago when ,i was speaking on 
this subject1 a friend sent me the      
following3 ,by the grace of ,god ,i am  
what ,i am6 ,this is the believer's     

eternal confession4 ,grace found him a  
rebel--it leaves him a son4 ,grace found
 him wandering at the gates of hell--it 
leads him through the gates of heaven4  
,grace devised the scheme of            
,redemption3 ,justice never would2      
,reason never could4 ,and it is grace   
which carries out that scheme4 ,no      
sinner would ever have sought his ,god  
but 'by grace4' ,the thickets of ,eden  
would have proved ,adam's grave1 had not
 grace called him out4 ,saul would have 
lived and died the haughty              
self-righteous persecutor had not grace 
laid him low4 ,the thief would have     
continued breathing out his blasphemies1
 had not grace arrested his tongue and  
tuned it for glory4  ',out of the       
knottiest timber1' says ,rutherford1    
',he can make vessels of mercy for      
service in the high palace of glory4'   
',i came1 ,i saw1 ,i conquered1' says   
,toplady1 'may be inscribed by the      
,saviour on every monument of grace4'   
',i came to the sinner2 ,i looked upon  

him2 and with a look of omnipotent love1
 ,i conquered4'  ,my friend1 we would   
have been this day wandering stars1 to  
whom is reserved the blackness of       
darkness--,christless--hopeless         
--portionless--had not grace invited us1
 and grace constrained us4              
,,restraining ,,grace4  ,it is grace    
which1 at this moment1 keeps us4 ,we    
have often been a ,peter--forsaking our 
,lord1 but brought back to him again4   
,why not a ,demas or a ,judas8 ',i have 
prayed for thee that thy faith fail     
not4' ,is not this our own comment and  
reflection on life's retrospect8 ',yet  
not ,i1 but the grace of ,god which was 
with me4'  ,oh1 let us seek to realize  
our continual dependence on this grace  
every moment6 ',more grace6 more grace6'
 should be our continual cry4 ,but the  
infinite supply is commensurate with the
 infinite need4 ,the treasury of grace1 
though always emptying is always full3  
the key of prayer which opens it is     
always at hand3 and the almighty        

,almoner of the blessings of grace is   
always waiting to the gracious4 ,the    
recorded promise never can be canceled  
or reversed--',my grace is sufficient   
for thee4'  ,let us seek to dwell much  
on this inexhaustible theme4 ,the grace 
of ,god is the source of minor temporal 
as well as of higher spiritual          
blessings4  ,it accounts for the crumb  
of daily bread as well as for the crown 
of eternal glory4 ,but even in regard to
 earthly mercies1 never forget the      
channel of grace through ,christ ,jesus4
 ,it is sweet thus to connect every     
7even the smallest and humblest7 token  
of providential bounty with ,calvary's  
,cross--to have the common blessings of 
life stamped with the print of the      
nails2 it makes them doubly precious to 
think this flows from ,jesus4 ,let      
others be contented with the            
uncovenanted mercies of ,god4 ,be it    
ours to say as the children of grace and
 heirs of glory--',our ,father which art
 in heaven1 give us this day our daily  

bread4' ,nay1 reposing in the           
all-sufficiency in all things1 promised 
by 'the ,god of all grace4'    ,,chapter
 ,,ii4   ,,saved ,,by ,,grace ,,alone4  
,i ,,want to call your special attention
 to the fact that we are saved by grace 
alone1 not by works and grace4 ,a great 
many people think that they can be saved
 by works4 ,others think that salvation 
may be attained by works and grace      
together4 ,they need to have their eyes 
opened to see that the gift of ,god is  
free and apart from works4 ,for by grace
 are ye saved through faith2 and that   
not of yourselves1 it is the gift of    
,god4 ,not of works1 lest any man should
 boast4 ,many people would put it thus3 
,for by your works are ye saved1--or by 
your tears1 or your prayers1 or your    
fastings1 or your trials1 or your good  
resolutions1 or your money6 ,but ,paul  
tells us plainly that it is not of      
works1 lest any man should boast4 ,if we
 could be saved by works1 then of course
 ,christ's mission to this world was a  

mistake4 ,there was no need for ,him to 
come4  ,what had ,paul ever done that   
could merit salvation8 ,up to the time  
that ,christ called him he had done     
everything he could against ,christ and 
against ,christianity4 ,he was in the   
very act of going to ,damascus to cast  
into prison every ,christian he could   
find4 ,if he had not been stopped1 many 
of them would probably have been put to 
death4 ,it was ,paul1 you remember1 who 
cheered on the mob that stoned ,stephen4
 ,yet we find that when ,christ met him 
,he dealt in grace with him4 ,no apostle
 says so much against salvation by works
 before the cross1 as ,paul2 and none   
says so much about works after the      
cross4 ,he put works in their right     
place4 ,i have very little sympathy with
 any man who has been redeemed by the   
precious blood of the ,son of ,god1 and 
who has not got the spirit of work4 ,if 
we are children of ,god we ought not to 
have a lazy drop of blood in our veins4 
,if a man tells me that he has been     

saved1 and does not desire to work for  
the honor of ,god1 ,i doubt his         
salvation4 ,laziness belongs to the old 
creation1 not to the new4 ,in all my    
experience ,i never knew a lazy man to  
be converted--never4 ,i have more hope  
of the salvation of drunkards1 and      
thieves1 and harlots1 than of a lazy    
man4   ,,what ,,the ,,thirty-,,nine     
,,articles ,,say4  ,i find some people  
have accused me of teaching heresy1     
because ,i say salvation is all of      
grace4 ,i remember once1 a clergyman    
said ,i was teaching false doctrine     
because ,i said salvation was all of    
grace4 ,he said that works had as much  
to do with our salvation as grace4 ,at  
that time ,i had never read the         
,thirty-,nine ,articles2 if ,i had ,i   
should have been ready to meet him4 ,i  
got the ,prayer ,book1 and looked       
through the ,thirty-,nine ,articles2 and
 ,i found1 to my amazement1 that they   
put it a good deal stronger than ,i had 
done4   ,let us hear what they say--    

,,xi4 ,of the ,justification of ,man4   
,we are accounted righteous before ,god1
 only for the merit of our ,lord and    
,saviour ,jesus ,christ by ,faith1 and  
not for our own works or deservings3    
,wherefore1 that we are justified by    
,faith only1 is a most wholesome        
doctrine1 and very full of comfort4     
,,xii4 ,of ,good ,works4 ,albeit that   
,good ,works1 which are the fruits of   
,faith1 and follow after ,justification1
 cannot put away our sins1 and endure   
the severity of ,god's judgment2 yet are
 they pleasing and acceptable to ,god in
 ,christ1 and do spring out necessarily 
of a true and lively ,faith2 insomuch   
that by them a lively ,faith may be as  
evidently known as a tree discerned by  
the fruit4  ,,xiii4 ,of ,works ,before  
,justification4 ,works done before the  
grace of ,christ1 and the inspiration of
 ,his ,spirit1 are not pleasant to ,god2
 forasmuch as they spring not of faith  
in ,jesus ,christ1 neither do they make 
men meet to receive grace1 or 7as the   

school-authors say7 deserve grace of    
congruity3 yea rather1 for that they are
 not done as ,god hath willed and       
commanded them to be done1 we doubt not 
but they have the nature of sin4  ,that 
is stronger than ,i ever put it4 ,these 
,articles say of works before           
justification that they have the nature 
of sin4 ,i never called them sin6 ,so   
you see this is not any new doctrine    
that we are preaching4 ,when the church 
and the world wake up to the fact that  
works before salvation go for nought1   
then--and not till then1 ,i believe--men
 will come flocking into the kingdom of 
,god by hundreds4 ,we work from the     
cross1 not to it4 ,,we work because we  
are saved1 not in order to be saved4 ,we
 work from salvation1 not up to it4     
,salvation is the gift of ,god4  ,you   
have heard the ,prayer ,book3 now hear  
paul2 ,abraham believed ,god2 and it was
 counted unto him for righteousness4    
,now to him that worketh is the reward  
not reckoned of grace1 but of debt4 ,but

 to him that worketh not1 but believeth 
on ,him that justifieth the ungodly1 his
 faith is counted for righteousness4    
,notice what the ,apostle says3 ,to him 
that worketh not4 ,that is plain        
language1 is it not8 ,i may perhaps     
startle some of you by saying that many 
of you have been kept out of the kingdom
 of ,god by your good works4            
,nevertheless it is true4 ,if you put   
works in the place of faith1 they become
 a snare to you4 ,it is to him that     
worketh not1 but believeth4  ,i freely  
admit salvation is worth working for2 it
 is worth a man's going round the world 
on his hands and knees1 climbing its    
mountains1 crossing its valleys1        
swimming its rivers1 going through all  
manner of hardship in order to attain   
it4 ,but we do not get it in that way4  
,paul went through all the trials and   
hardships he had to endure1 because by  
the grace of ,god resting on him he was 
enabled to do so4   ,,penance ,,for     
,,sin4  ,would you insult the ,almighty 

by offering ,him the fruits of this     
frail body to atone for sin8 ,supposing 
your ,queen were to send me a           
magnificent present1 and ,i said to the 
royal messenger3 ,i certainly should not
 like to accept this from ,her ,majesty 
without giving her something in return4 
,suppose ,i should send her a penny6    
,how would the ,queen feel1 if ,i were  
to insult her in that way8 ,and what    
have we that we can offer to ,god in    
return for ,his free gift of salvation8 
,less than nothing4 ,we must come and   
take salvation in ,god's way4  ,there is
 no merit in taking a gift4 ,if a beggar
 comes to my house1 and asks for bread  
to eat1 and ,i give him a loaf of bread1
 there is no merit in his taking the    
bread4 ,so if you experience the favor  
of ,god1 you have to take it as a       
beggar4 ,some one has said3 ,if you come
 to ,god as a prince1 you go away as a  
beggar3 if you come as a beggar1 you go 
away as a prince4 ,it is to the needy   
that ,god opens the wardrobe of heaven1 

and brings out the robe of              
righteousness4  ,paul says again3 ,if by
 grace1 then is it no more of works3    
otherwise grace is no more grace4 ,but  
if it be of works1 then is it no more   
grace3 otherwise work is no more work4  
,paul is reasoning in this way3 that if 
,i work for a gift or attempt to give   
money for it1 it ceases to be a gift4   
,the only way to get a gift is to take  
it as a gift4  ,an old man got up in one
 of our meetings and said1 ,i have been 
forty-two years learning three things4  
,i pricked up my ears at that2 ,i       
thought that if ,i could find out in    
about three minutes what a man had taken
 forty-two years to learn1 ,i should    
like to do it4 ,the first thing he said 
he had learned was that he could do     
nothing towards his own salvation4      
,well1 said ,i to myself1 that is worth 
learning4 ,the second thing he had found
 out was that ,god did not require him  
to do anything4 ,well1 that was worth   
finding out too4 ,and the third thing   

was that the ,lord ,jesus ,christ had   
done it all1 that salvation was         
finished1 and that all he had to do was 
to take it4 ,dear friends1 let us learn 
this lesson2 let us give up our         
struggling and striving1 and accept     
salvation at once4   ,a ,,free ,,pardon4
  ,i was preaching in the ,southern     
,states a few years ago2 and the        
minister called my attention to one of  
the elders in his ,church4 ,he said3    
,when the civil war broke out1 that man 
was in one of the far ,southern ,states1
 and he enlisted into the ,southern     
army4 ,he was selected by the ,southern 
,general as a spy1 and sent to spy out  
the ,northern army4 ,as you know1 armies
 have no mercy on spies1 if they can    
catch them4 ,this man was caught4 ,he   
was tried by court-martial1 and ordered 
to be shot4 ,while he was in the        
guard-room1 previous to the time of     
execution1 the ,northern soldiers used  
to bring him his rations4 ,every time   
they came to his cell he would call     

,abraham ,lincoln by every vile epithet 
he could think of4 ,it seemed as though 
he lay awake nights trying to study such
 names4 ,at last the soldiers got so    
angry that they said they would be glad 
when the bullet went through his heart4 
,some of them even said they would like 
to put a bullet through him2 and if they
 were not obliged by military order to  
feed him1 they would let him starve in  
the prison4 ,they thought that was what 
he deserved for talking so unjustly of  
,lincoln4  ,one day while he was in the 
prison1 waiting to be led out to        
execution1 a ,northern officer came to  
the cell4 ,the prisoner1 full of rage1  
thought his time was come to be shot4   
,the officer opened the prison door1 and
 handed him a free pardon from ,abraham 
,lincoln6 ,he told him he was at        
liberty2 he could go to his wife and    
children6 ,the man who had before been  
so full of bitterness1 and malice1 and  
rage1 suddenly quieted down1 and said1  
,what6 has ,abraham ,lincoln pardoned   

me8 ,for what8 ,i never said a good word
 about him4 ,the officer said1 ,if you  
had what you deserved you would be shot4
 ,but some one interceded for you at    
,washington and obtained your pardon2   
you are now at liberty4 ,the minister1  
as he told me1 said that this act of    
undeserved kindness quite broke the     
man's heart and led to his conversion4  
,said the minister1 ,you let any man    
speak one word against ,abraham ,lincoln
 now in the hearing of that man1 and see
 what will happen4 ,there is not a man  
in all the ,republic of ,america1 ,i    
believe1 who has a kinder feeling       
towards our late ,president than he4    
,now that is grace4 ,the man did not    
deserve a pardon4 ,but this is exactly  
what grace is3 undeserved mercy4 ,you   
may have been a rebel against ,god up to
 this very hour2 but if you acknowledge 
your rebellion1 and are willing to take 
the mercy that ,god offers1 you can have
 it freely4 ,it is there for every soul 
on the face of the earth4 ,the grace of 

,god that bringeth salvation to all men 
hath appeared4 ,thank ,god for that6    
,salvation by grace is for all men4 ,if 
we are lost1 it will not be because ,god
 has not provided a ,saviour1 but       
because we spurn the gift of            
,god--because we dash the cup of        
salvation from us4  ,what says ,christ8 
,you remember that when ,he was on      
earth1 they came to ,him and asked what 
they should do to work the works of     
,god4 ,he had been telling them to labor
 not for the bread that perisheth1 but  
for the meat that endureth unto         
everlasting life4 ,then they asked ,him1
 ,what shall we do that we may work the 
works of ,god8 ,what did ,jesus tell    
them to do8 ,did ,he tell them to go and
 feed the hungry1 to clothe the naked1  
to visit the widow and the fatherless in
 their affliction8 ,perhaps you may say 
that1 according to ,scripture1 is pure  
and undefiled religion4 ,granted2 but   
something comes before that4 ,that is   
all right and necessary in its place4   

,but when these men wanted to know what 
they had to do to inherit eternal life1 
,jesus said3 ,this is the work of ,god1 
that ye believe on ,him whom ,he hath   
sent4   ,,you ,,can ,,believe4  ,a      
friend lately called my attention to the
 fact that ,god has put the offer of    
salvation in such a way that the whole  
world can lay hold of it4 ,all men can  
believe4 ,a lame man might not perhaps  
be able to visit the sick2 but he can   
believe4 ,a blind man by reason of his  
infirmity cannot do many things2 but he 
can believe4 ,a deaf man can believe4 ,a
 dying man can believe4 ,god has put    
salvation so simply that the young and  
the old1 the wise and the foolish1 the  
rich and the poor1 can all believe if   
they will4  ,do you think that ,christ  
would have come down from heaven1 would 
have gone to ,gethsemane and to         
,golgotha1 would have suffered as ,he   
did1 if man could have worked his way up
 to heaven8--if he could have merited   
salvation by his own efforts8 ,i think  

if you give five minutes' consideration 
to this question you will see1 that if  
man could have saved himself ,christ    
need not have suffered at all4          
,remember1 too1 what ,christ says3 ,he  
that climbeth up some other way1 the    
same is a thief and a robber4 ,he has   
marked out the way to ,god4 ,he has     
opened up a new and shining way1 and ,he
 wants us to take ,his way4 ,certainly  
the attempt to work our way up to heaven
 is climbing up some other way1 is it   
not8 ,if ever a man did succeed in      
working his way into heaven we should   
never hear the last of it6 ,i have got  
so terribly sick of these so-called     
self-made men4 ,there are some men whom 
you cannot approach without hearing them
 blow their trumpet1 saying1 ,i am a    
self-made man4 ,i came here a poor man  
ten years ago2 and now ,i am rich4 ,it  
is all ,i--,i--,i6 ,they go on boasting1
 and telling what wonderful beings they 
are6 ,there is one thing that is        
excluded from the kingdom of heaven2 and

 that is--boasting4 ,if you and ,i ever 
get there it will be by the sovereign   
grace of ,god4 ,there will be no credit 
due to ourselves4      ,saved by grace  
alone6       ,this is all my plea3      
,jesus died for all mankind1       ,and 
,jesus died for me4    ,,chapter ,,iii4 
,,possessing1 ,,and ,,working ,,out4    
,i ,,can imagine some one asking3 ,what 
does that passage mean--,work out your  
own salvation with fear and trembling8  
,well1 ,i want you to emphasize the word
 your3 ,work out your salvation4 ,that  
is most important4 ,you hear people talk
 of working out salvation1 when all the 
time they have not got it4 ,how can you 
work out what you do not possess8 ,paul 
is here writing to the ,christians at   
,philippi4 ,they were already saved by  
the grace of ,god4 ,now that they had   
got this wonderful gift1 he says3 ,go1  
work it out4 ,when you see a person     
working for salvation1 you may know that
 he has got a false idea of the teaching
 of the ,scripture4 ,we have salvation  

as a gift2 and of course we cannot get  
it by working for it4 ,it is our        
appreciation of this gift that makes us 
work4  ,many people are working and     
working1 as ,rowland ,hill says1 like   
children on a rocking horse--it is a    
beautiful motion1 but there is no       
progress4 ,those who are working for    
salvation are like men on a treadmill1  
going round1 and round1 and round2      
toiling1 and toiling1 and toiling2 but  
nothing comes of it all4 ,there is no   
progress1 and there cannot be until you 
have the motive power within1 till the  
breath of life comes from ,god1 which   
can alone give you power to work for    
others4  ,suppose ,i say to my son3 ,you
 are going away from home2 and ,i want  
you to be very careful how you spend    
that #ejj4 ,well1 he says1 if you will  
give me #ejj1 ,i will be careful about  
it2 but how can ,i be careful in        
spending what ,i have not got8 ,and so1 
unless you have salvation1 you cannot   
work it out4  ,take another             

illustration4 ,one summer my boy asked  
me to give him a piece of ground that he
 might have a garden all to himself4 ,i 
said ,i would give it to him2 but that  
,i expected he would keep it clear of   
weeds1 and use it in some way that would
 make it pleasant and profitable to him4
 ,he was to work out the piece of land2 
but he could not do that until ,i had   
given it to him4 ,neither was it his    
working it out that secured him the     
garden4 ,i gave it to him freely1 apart 
from any merit of his own2 but ,i did so
 on the understanding that he should    
employ it to the best advantage4 ,i     
think that is a fair illustration of our
 working out the salvation that ,god has
 given us4  ,of course these            
illustrations fail in some points4 ,i   
could not impart to my son the          
willingness to work out the piece of    
land1 though ,i could provide him with  
all the necessary implements4 ,god not  
only gives us salvation freely1 but he  
gives us the power to work it out4  ,a  

writer says on this point3 ,paul does   
not command the ,philippians to save    
themselves4 ,there was no thought in his
 mind of any meritorious                
self-righteousness4 ,man can by no work 
of his own either procure salvation or  
merit salvation4 ,god worketh the       
salvation within the soul--man only     
worketh that salvation out in the       
,christian life4 ,to break off from     
known sin2 to renounce all              
self-righteousness2 to cast ourselves in
 loving faith on the merits of ,christ  
crucified2 to commence at once a life of
 self-denial1 of prayer1 of obedience2  
to turn from all that ,god forbids1     
resolutely and earnestly1 unto all that 
,god requires--this is what the text    
implies4 ,but then this is not          
salvation4 ,salvation is of ,god--of    
grace--of free grace4 ,from the germ to 
the fruit1 from foundation to           
top-stone--it is of grace1 free grace1  
altogether and only4 ,but the 'working  
out of salvation'--is man's part in the 

work of salvation4 ,god will not repent 
for the man2 nor believe for the man2   
nor lead a holy life for the man4 ,god  
worketh inwardly--man worketh outwardly4
 ,and this outward human work is as     
necessary as the inward ,divine work4   
,god works in us2 and then we work for  
,him4 ,if ,he has done a work in us1 we 
certainly ought to go and work for      
others4 ,a man must have this salvation1
 and must know it1 before he can work   
for the salvation of others4  ,many of  
you have tried hard to save yourselves2 
but what has been the end of it all8 ,i 
remember a lady in the ,north of        
,england who became quite angry when ,i 
made this remark publicly3 ,no one in   
this congregation will be saved till    
they stop trying to save themselves4    
,down she came from the gallery1 and    
said to me3 ,you have made me perfectly 
miserable4 ,indeed1 ,i said1 how is     
that8 ,why1 ,i always thought that if ,i
 kept on trying1 ,god would save me at  
some time2 and now you tell me to stop  

trying3 what1 then1 am ,i to do8 ,why1  
let the ,lord save you4 ,she went off in
 something like a rage4 ,it is not      
always a bad sign when you see a man or 
a woman wake up cross1 if it is the     
,word of ,god that wakes them up4 ,a day
 or two afterwards she came and thanked 
me4 ,she said she had been turning over 
in her mind what ,i had said2 and at    
last the truth dawned upon her1 that    
though she had worked long1 though she  
had formed a good many resolutions1 she 
had made no progress4 ,so she gave up   
the struggle2 and then it was that the  
,lord ,jesus saved her4  ,i want to ask 
you this question3 ,if sin needs        
forgiveness--and all sin is against     
,god--how can you work out your own     
forgiveness8 ,if ,i stole #ajj from a   
friend1 ,i could not forgive myself1    
could ,i8 ,no act of mine would bring   
about forgiveness1 unless my friend     
forgave me4 ,and so1 if ,i want         
forgiveness of sin1 it must be the work 
of ,god4 ,if we look at salvation as a  

new life1 it must be the work of ,god4  
,god is the author of life3 you cannot  
give yourself life4 ,if we consider it  
as a gift1 it must come from some one   
outside of ourselves4 ,that is what ,i  
read in the ,bible--,salvation as a     
gift4 ,while ,i am speaking1 you can    
make up your mind that you will stop    
trying1 and take this gift4  ,i wish ,i 
could get this whole audience to drop   
the word try1 and put the word trust in 
its place4 ,the forgiving grace of ,god 
is wonderful4 ,he will save you this    
very minute1 if you are willing to be   
saved4 ,he delights in mercy4 ,he wants 
to show that mercy to every soul4 ,the  
religion of ,christ is not man working  
his way up to ,god2 it is ,god coming   
down to man4 ,it is ,christ coming down 
to the pit of sin and woe where we are1 
bringing us out of the pit1 putting our 
feet upon a rock1 and a new song in our 
mouth4 ,he will do it this minute1 while
 ,i am speaking1 if you will let ,him4  
,will you let ,him8 ,that is the        

question4  ,i do not believe much in    
dreams2 but they sometimes illustrate a 
point4 ,i heard about a woman who had   
been trying for a long time1 just like  
many of you1 to be better and better4   
,she tried to save herself1 but made no 
progress4 ,one night she fell asleep in 
a very troubled state of mind1 and she  
had a dream4 ,she thought that she was  
in a pit striving to get out--climbing  
and slipping1 climbing and slipping1    
climbing and slipping2 at last she gave 
up the struggle1 and laid herself down  
at the bottom of the pit to die4 ,she   
happened to look up1 and she saw through
 the mouth of the pit a beautiful star4 
,she fixed her eye on it2 and it seemed 
as if the star lifted her up till she   
was almost out4 ,but the thought of     
herself came to her mind2 she looked off
 at the sides of the pit3 immediately   
she lost sight of the star1 and down to 
the bottom of the pit she went4 ,again  
she fixed her eye on the star2 and again
 it seemed to lift her almost out4 ,but 

once again she took her eye off the     
star1 and looked at herself2 down into  
the pit she fell again6 ,the third time 
she fixed her eye on the star and was   
lifted higher and higher1 until all at  
once her feet struck the ground above1  
and she awoke from her sleep4  ,god     
taught her a lesson by the dream4 ,she  
learned that if ever she was to be      
saved1 she must give up the struggle1   
and let ,jesus ,christ save her4 ,my    
friends1 give up the struggle today6    
,you have tried long and hard4 ,it has  
been a hard battle1 has it not8 ,give it
 up2 and repose in the arms of ,jesus   
,christ4 ,say ,lord1 ,i come to thee as 
a poor sinner2 wilt ,thou not save me   
and help me8 ,the gift of ,god is       
eternal life4 ,it is offered to all3 who
 will have it8  ,i see some children    
here3 let me tell you a story4 ,if you  
have not heard it before1 please do not 
forget it4 ,a ,sunday school teacher    
wished to show his class how free the   
gift of ,god is4 ,he took a silver watch

 from his pocket one day1 and offered it
 to the eldest boy in the class4 ,it is 
yours1 if you will take it4 ,the little 
fellow sat and grinned at the teacher4  
,he thought he was joking4 ,the teacher 
offered it to the next boy1 and said3   
,take that watch3 it is yours4 ,the     
little fellow thought he would be       
laughed at if he held out his hand1 and 
therefore he sat still4 ,in the same way
 the teacher went nearly round the      
class3 but not one of them would accept 
the proffered gift4 ,at length he came  
to the smallest boy4 ,when the watch was
 offered to the little fellow1 he took  
it and put it into his pocket4 ,all the 
class laughed at him4 ,i am thankful1 my
 boy1 said the teacher1 that you believe
 my word4 ,the watch is yours4 ,take    
good care of it4 ,wind it up every      
night4 ,the rest of the class looked on 
in amazement2 and one of them said3     
,teacher1 you don't mean that the watch 
is his8 ,you don't mean that he hasn't  
to give it back to you8 ,no1 said the   

teacher1 he hasn't to give it back to   
me4 ,it is his own now4 ,oh--h--h6 if ,i
 had only known that1 wouldn't ,i have  
taken it6  ,i see you laugh2 but my     
friends you are laughing at yourselves4 
,you need not go far away to find these 
boys4 ,salvation is freely offered to   
all1 but the trouble is that men do not 
believe ,god's ,word1 and do not accept 
the gift4 ,who will accept it now8  ,i  
found a few lines the other day on this 
point that ,i thought very good4 ,i will
 close with them3      ,i would not work
 my soul to save1       ,for that my    
,lord hath done2    ,but ,i would work  
like any slave1       ,for love of      
,god's dear ,son4    ,,chapter ,,iv4    
,,grace ,,abounding ,,to ,,the ,,chief  
,,of ,,sinners4   ,i ,,want to lay      
emphasis on the fact that ,god desires  
to show mercy to all4 ,christ's last    
command to ,his disciples was1 ,go ye   
into all the world and preach the       
,gospel to every creature4 ,there may be
 some hearing me who have not received  

this grace1 though it has often been    
pressed on their acceptance4 ,one reason
 why many do not become partakers of    
this grace is that they think they can  
do better without it4 ,the ,jews said   
they were the seed of ,abraham4 ,they   
had ,moses and the ,law3 therefore they 
had no need of the pardoning grace of   
,god that ,christ had come to bring4 ,we
 read in the book of ,revelation of a   
church that said it was rich1 and       
increased in goods1 and had need of     
nothing4 ,that was the trouble when     
,christ was down here4 ,instead of      
coming to ,him to be blessed1 the people
 too often went away thinking and saying
 they had no need of ,his favor and     
blessing4   ,,the ,,two ,,prayers4  ,in 
the ,gospel by ,luke ,christ brings two 
men before us4 ,i do not know that we   
can get any two cases in ,scripture that
 will give us more light on this subject
 than those of the ,pharisee and the    
,publican1 who went into the temple to  
pray4 ,one went away as empty as he     

came4 ,he was like the church described 
in ,revelation1 to which ,i have        
referred4 ,he went into the temple      
desiring nothing2 and he got nothing4   
,the other man asked for something2 he  
asked for pardon and mercy4 ,and he went
 down to his house justified4  ,take the
 prayer of the ,pharisee4 ,there is no  
confession in it1 no adoration1 no      
contrition1 no petition4 ,as ,i have    
said1 he asked for nothing and he got   
nothing4 ,some one has said that he went
 into the temple not to pray but to     
boast4 ,the sun and the moon were as far
 apart as these two men4 ,one was       
altogether of a different spirit to the 
other4 ,the one prayed with his head1   
and the other with his heart4 ,the one  
told ,god what a wonderfully great and  
good man he was3 ,i am not as other men 
or even as this publican4 ,his prayer   
was not a long one2 it consisted of     
thirty-four words2 yet there were five  
capital ,i's in it4 ,it was self in the 
beginning1 self in the middle1 self in  

the end--self all through4 ',i fast     
twice a week2' ',i give tithes of all ,i
 possess2' ,i am a wonderfully good man1
 am ,i not1 ,lord8 ,he struck a balance 
twice a week1 and ,god was his debtor   
every time4 ,he paraded his good deeds  
before ,god and man4 ,such a one was not
 in a condition to receive the favor of 
,god4  ,you can divide the human family 
to-day into two classes--pharisees and  
publicans4 ,there are those who are poor
 in spirit3 the dew of ,god's grace will
 fall upon them4 ,there are others who  
are drawing around them the rags of     
their self-righteousness3 they will     
always go away without the blessing of  
,god4 ,there were but seven words in the
 prayer of the ,publican3 ,god be       
merciful to me a sinner6 ,he came to    
,god confessing his sins1 and asking for
 mercy2 and he received it4  ,if you    
were to run through ,scripture1 you     
would find that where men have gone to  
,god in the spirit of the ,publican1 ,he
 has dealt with them in mercy and grace4

  ,a young man came to one of our       
meetings in ,new ,york a few years ago4 
,he was convicted of sin2 and he made up
 his mind he would go home and pray4 ,he
 lived a number of miles away1 and he   
started for home4 ,on the way1 as he was
 meditating about his sins and wondering
 what he was going to do when he got    
home1 the thought occurred to him3 ,why 
should ,i not pray right here in the    
street8 ,but he found he did not know   
just how to begin4 ,then he remembered  
that when he was a child1 his mother had
 taught him this prayer of the          
,publican3 ,god be merciful to me a     
sinner6 ,so he began just where he      
stood4 ,he said afterwards1 that before 
he got to the little word me1 ,god met  
him in grace1 and blessed him4 ,and so  
the moment we open our lips to ask ,god 
for pardon1 if the request comes from   
the heart1 ,god will meet us in mercy4  
,let our cry be that of the ,publican3  
,be merciful to me6--not to some one    
else4 ,a mother was telling me some time

 ago that she had trouble with one of   
her sons1 because he had not treated his
 brother rightly4 ,she sent him         
upstairs2 and after awhile she asked him
 what he had been doing4 ,he replied    
that he had been praying for his        
brother6 ,although he had been the      
naughty one1 he was acting as if the    
fault lay with his brother instead of   
himself4 ,so many of us can see the     
failings of others readily enough but   
when we get a good look at ourselves1 we
 will get down before ,god as the       
,publican did and cry for mercy3 and    
that cry will bring an immediate answer4
 ,god delights to deal in grace with the
 poor in spirit4 ,he wants to see in us 
a broken and contrite heart4 ,if we take
 the place of a sinner1 confessing our  
sins and asking for mercy1 the grace of 
,god will meet us right then and there2 
and we shall have the assurance of ,his 
forgiveness4  ,in ,matthew we see how   
,god deals in grace with those who come 
in the right spirit4 ,then came she and 

worshipped ,him1 saying1 ,lord1 help me6
 ,but he answered and said1 ,it is not  
meet to take the children's bread1 and  
to cast it to dogs4 ,and she said1      
,truth1 ,lord3 yet the dogs eat of the  
crumbs which fall from their master's   
table4 ,then ,jesus answered and said   
unto her1 ,o woman1 great is thy faith3 
be it unto thee even as thou wilt4 ,and 
her daughter was made whole from that   
very hour4  ,the disciples did not      
understand how full of grace was the    
heart of ,christ4 ,this poor woman      
belonged to the far-off coasts of ,tyre 
and ,sidon4 ,she was a poor ,gentile1   
and they wanted to send her away4 ,they 
thought she was not one of the elect2   
she did not belong to the house of      
,israel4 ,so they said to the ,master1  
,send her away1 for she crieth after us4
 ,can you conceive of the loving        
,saviour sending away a poor troubled   
one who comes to ,him8 ,i challenge you 
to find a single instance of ,his doing 
such a thing1 from the beginning to the 

end of ,his ministry4 ,send her away6 ,i
 believe ,he would rather send an angel 
away than a poor suppliant for ,his     
mercy2 ,he delighted to have such as she
 come to ,him4 ,but ,he was going to    
test her1 as well as to give an         
object-lesson to those who should come  
after4 ,it is not meet1 ,he said1 to    
take the children's bread1 and to cast  
it to dogs4   ,a ,,humble ,,spirit4  ,i 
am afraid if some of us had been in her 
place we would have answered somewhat in
 this fashion3 ,you call me a ,gentile  
dog1 do you8 ,i would not take anything 
from you now if you were to give it to  
me4 ,why1 ,i know a ,jewish woman who   
lives in my town4 ,though she is a      
daughter of ,abraham she is the meanest 
woman in the whole street4 ,i would not 
let my dogs associate with her4 ,if this
 poor woman had replied to the ,master  
in such a fashion1 she would not have   
got anything4 ,yet you will find a good 
many men who respond to the ,saviour in 
that way when ,he wants to deal in grace

 with them4  ,what does this ,gentile   
woman say8 ,truth ,lord2 yet the dogs   
eat of the crumbs which fall from their 
masters' table4 ,she took her right     
place down at the feet of the blessed   
,master4 ,there was humility for you6   
,she was willing to take any place if   
the ,lord would but meet her need2 the  
,lord blessed her4 ,see asked for a     
crumb1 and ,he gave her a whole loaf6   
,i once heard ,rev4 ,william ,arnot say 
that he was the guest of a friend who   
had a favorite dog4 ,the animal would   
come into the room where the family were
 sitting at the dinner table and would  
stand looking at his master4 ,if the    
master threw him a crumb1 the dog would 
seize it before it got to the floor4    
,but if he put the joint of meat down on
 the floor the dog would look at it and 
leave it alone1 as if it were too good  
for him4 ,so1 said ,mr4 ,arnot1 there   
are many ,christians who are satisfied  
to live on crumbs1 when ,god wants to   
give them the whole joint4   ,a ,,full  

,,blessing4  ,this poor woman got all   
she wanted2 and if we will come in the  
right spirit--if we are humble and poor 
in spirit--and call upon ,god for what  
we want1 ,he will not disappoint us4    
,she went right to the ,son of ,god1 and
 appealed to ,his great loving heart    
with the cry1 ,lord help me6 and he     
helped her4 ,let that cry go up to him  
today1 and see how quickly the answer   
will come4 ,i never knew a case where   
,god did not answer right on the spot1  
where there was the spirit of meekness4 
,if on the other hand we are conceited1 
and think we have a right to come1      
putting ourselves on an equality with   
,god1 we shall get nothing4             
,,worthiness4  ,in the ,gospel by ,luke 
we read of the centurion who had a sick 
servant4 ,he felt as though he were not 
worthy to go himself and ask ,christ to 
come to his house2 so he asked some of  
his friends to beseech the ,master to   
come and heal his servant4 ,they went   
and delivered the centurion's message1  

saying1 ,he is worthy for whom ,thou    
shouldst do this3 for he loveth our     
nation1 and he hath built us a          
synagogue4 ,the ,jews could not         
understand grace2 so they thought       
,christ would grant the request of this 
man1 because he was worthy4 ,why1 they  
said1 he hath built us a synagogue6 ,it 
is the same old story that we hear      
to-day4 ,let a man give a few thousand  
dollars to build a church and he must   
have the best pew2 he is worthy4        
,perhaps he made his money by selling or
 making strong drink2 but he has put the
 ,church under an obligation by this    
gift of money1 and he is considered     
worthy4 ,the same spirit was at work in 
the days of ,christ4  ,the ,master      
immediately started for the centurion's 
house2 and it looked as though ,he were 
going because of his personal           
worthiness4 ,but if ,he had done so1 it 
would have upset the whole story as an  
illustration of grace4 ,as the ,saviour 
was on the way1 out came the ,roman     

officer himself and told ,jesus that he 
was not worthy to receive ,him under his
 roof4 ,he had a very different opinion 
of himself to that of his ,jewish       
friends4 ,suppose he had said1 ,lord1   
you will be my guest2 come and heal my  
servant because ,i am worthy3 ,i have   
built a synagogue4 ,do you think ,christ
 would have gone8 ,i do not think he    
would4 ,but he said1 ,i am not worthy   
that ,thou shouldst enter under my roof4
 ,neither thought ,i myself worthy to   
come unto ,thee2 but say in a word1 and 
my servant shall be healed4  ,jesus     
marveled at the man's faith4 ,it pleased
 ,him wonderfully to find such faith and
 humility4 ,like the ,syro-,phenician   
woman1 he had low thoughts of himself1  
and high thoughts of ,god3 therefore he 
was in a condition to receive the grace 
of ,god4 ,his servant1 we are told1 was 
healed that very hour4 ,his petition was
 granted at once4 ,let us learn a lesson
 from this man1 and take a humble       
position before ,god1 crying to him for 

mercy2 then help will come4   ,,great   
,,forgiveness4  ,i never noticed till   
lately an interesting fact about the    
story of the poor sinful woman mentioned
 in ,luke's ,gospel1 who went into      
,simon's house4 ,if you have not        
observed it before1 it will be quite    
interesting for you to know it4 ,the    
incident occurred immediately after     
,christ had uttered those memorable     
words we read in ,matthew3 ,come unto   
,me1 all ye that labor and are          
heavy-laden1 and ,i will give you rest4 
,matthew closes the narrative there2 but
 in the seventh chapter of ,luke you    
will find what the result of that       
invitation was4 ,a poor fallen woman    
came into the house where ,he was1 and  
obtained the blessing of rest to her    
soul4 ,i think that many ministers will 
bear me out in this statement1 that when
 one has preached to a large            
congregation1 and has given an          
invitation to those who would like to   
remain and talk about salvation1        

probably the only one to do so is a poor
 fallen one1 who will thus become a     
partaker of the grace of ,god4  ,we find
 that the ,saviour was invited to the   
house of ,simon1 a ,pharisee4 ,while he 
was there1 this poor sinful woman crept 
into the house4 ,perhaps she watched for
 a chance when the servants were away   
from the door1 and then slipped into the
 room where the ,master was4 ,she got   
down on her knees1 and began to wash his
 feet with her tears1 wiping them with  
the hairs of her head4 ,while the feast 
was going on the ,pharisee saw this2 and
 he said to himself3 ,jesus must be a   
bad man1 if ,he knows who this poor     
woman is4 ,even if ,he did not know1 ,he
 would be unclean according to the      
,mosaic law--because he had allowed the 
woman to touch ,him4 ,but the ,master   
knew what ,simon was thinking about4 ,he
 put some questions to him3 ,and ,jesus 
answering said unto him1 ,simon1 ,i have
 somewhat to say unto thee4 ,and he     
saith1 ,master1 say on4 ,there was a    

certain creditor which had two debtors3 
the one owed five hundred pence1 and the
 other fifty4 ,and when they had nothing
 to pay1 he frankly forgave them both4  
,tell me therefore1 which of them will  
love him most8 ,simon answered and said1
 ,i suppose that he to whom he forgave  
most4 ,and ,he said unto him1 ,thou hast
 rightly judged4  ,then ,he makes the   
application1 ,i came to your house1 ,he 
says1 and you gave me no water for my   
feet2 you gave me no kiss2 and no oil   
for my head4 ,you refused me the common 
hospitalities of life4 ,in those days   
when one went into a gentleman's house1 
a servant would be at the door with a   
basin of water2 the guest would slip off
 his sandals1 and the servant would wash
 his feet4 ,then the master of the house
 would salute him with a kiss instead of
 shaking hands as we do4 ,there would   
also be oil for his head4 ,christ had   
been invited to ,simon's house2 but the 
,pharisee had got ,him there in a       
patronizing spirit4 ,you gave me no     

water1 no kiss1 no oil2 but this woman  
hath washed my feet with her tears1 and 
wiped them with the hairs of her head3  
she hath not ceased to kiss my feet1 and
 she hath anointed them with ointment4  
,she was forgiven much3 and so she loves
 much4 ,to the poor woman herself ,jesus
 said1 ,thy sins are forgiven4 ,they may
 have risen up like a dark mountain     
before her2 but one word from the       
,saviour and they were all gone6  ,the  
spirit shown by ,simon was altogether   
different from that of the poor woman4  
,christ said that the publicans and     
harlots would go into the kingdom of    
,god before the self-righteous          
,pharisees6 ,simon1 the ,pharisee1 got  
nothing2 and so there are many who go   
away from religious meetings without one
 drop of heaven's dew1 because they do  
not seek for it4 ,from the morning of   
the creation down to the present time no
 man or woman ever went to ,god with a  
broken heart without experiencing the   
forgiving love and grace of ,god1 if    

they believed ,his ,word4 ,it was so    
with this poor woman4 ,notice1 the      
,master did not extract any pledge or   
promise from her4 ,he did not ask her to
 join some synagogue2 all ,he said was1 
,thy sins are forgiven thee4 ,she found 
grace4 ,so it was with the              
,syro-,phenician woman4 ,christ did not 
ask any pledge from her2 ,he met her in 
grace1 and blessed her according to her 
soul's desire4  ,you know what touched  
the heart of the father of the prodigal2
 it was the broken and contrite spirit  
of his returning son4 ,would not the    
same thing move the heart of any parent 
here8 ,suppose you had a son who had    
gone astray3 the boy comes home2 and    
when you meet him he begins to confess  
his sin4 ,would you not take him to your
 bosom and forgive him8 ,nothing in the 
wide world would you more readily do    
than forgive him4 ,so if we come to ,god
 with this contrite spirit1 ,he will    
deal in grace with us and receive us    
freely1 ,when ,saul left ,jerusalem1    

there was nothing he wished for less    
than to receive the grace of ,god4 ,yet 
the moment he said1 ,lord1 what wilt    
,thou have me to do8 the forgiving grace
 of the ,master flowed out towards him4 
,we are told by ,matthew and ,mark that 
the thief on the cross1 who was         
converted1 railed on the ,saviour at    
first like the other3 but the moment his
 heart was broken down and he said1     
,lord1 remember me6 that very moment    
,christ heard and answered his prayer4  
,god is waiting to cover all your sins  
today2 ,he has a long and a strong arm  
that can reach down to the darkest1     
vilest1 deepest depths of sin4 ,he will 
lift you up on a rock1 and put a new    
song into your mouth4 ,will you let him 
do it8  ,a man was telling me some time 
ago that he had prayed for over ten     
years that ,god would have mercy upon   
him4 ,has not ,god answered your prayer8
 ,no4 ,indeed6 ,let me ask you one      
question3 suppose ,i offered you that   
,bible as a gift1 and you were          

afterwards to come and ask me for it2   
what would ,i think of you8 ,i do not   
know what you would think4 ,well1 but   
what do you suppose ,i would think8 ,you
 would perhaps think ,i had gone a      
little wrong in my head4 ,what is the   
use of your asking that ,god would deal 
in grace with you1 if you are not       
willing to receive it2 or if you do not 
believe that ,he gives it to you8  ,when
 ,i was on the ,pacific coast some years
 ago1 ,i stayed with a friend who had a 
large garden1 with a great many orange  
trees4 ,he said to me3 ,make yourself   
perfectly at home2 if you see anything  
you want just help yourself4 ,when ,i   
wanted some oranges1 ,i did not go into 
the garden and pray to the oranges to   
tumble into my mouth2 ,i just put out my
 hand and took all ,i required4 ,so it  
is with us4 ,why should we go on asking 
and beseeching ,god to have mercy upon  
us1 when ,he has already given ,his     
,son1 and given ,his ,holy ,spirit8     
,what we need is to have a broken and a 

contrite heart1 and to be willing to    
receive ,him4 ,the trouble with us is   
that we have locked the doors of our    
hearts against ,him4  ,there is a story 
that ,dr4 ,arnot was accustomed to tell 
of a poor woman who was in great        
distress because she could not pay her  
landlord his rent4 ,the ,doctor put some
 money in his pocket and went round to  
her house intending to help her4 ,when  
he got there he knocked at the door4 ,he
 thought he heard some movement inside2 
but no one came to open the door4 ,he   
knocked louder and louder still2 but yet
 no one came4 ,finally he kicked at the 
door1 causing some of neighbors to look 
out and see what was going on4 ,but he  
could get no entrance2 and at last he   
went away thinking his ears must have   
deceived him1 and that there was really 
no one there4 ,a day or two afterwards  
he met the woman in the street1 and told
 her what had happened4 ,she held up her
 hands and exclaimed1 ,was that you8 ,i 
was in the house all the while2 but ,i  

thought it was the landlord1 and ,i had 
the door locked6  ,many people are      
keeping the door of their heart locked  
against the ,saviour in just the same   
way4 ,they say ,i am afraid ,i shall    
have to give up so much4 ,that is       
something like a ragged beggar being    
unwilling to give up his rags1 in order 
to get a new suit of good clothes4 ,i   
pity those people who are all the time  
looking to see what they will have to   
give up4 ,god wants to bestow ,his      
marvelous grace on ,his people2 and     
there is not a soul who has believed on 
,jesus1 for whom ,god has not abundance 
of grace in store4 ,what would you say  
of a man dying of thirst on the banks of
 a beautiful river1 with the stream     
flowing past his feet8 ,you would think 
he was mad6 ,the river of ,god's grace  
flows on without ceasing2 why should we 
not partake of it1 and go on our way    
rejoicing8  ,do you say you are sinners8
 ,it is just to such as you that ,god's 
grace is given4 ,there was a sailor     

whose mother had long been praying for  
him4 ,i do think mothers' prayers are   
sure to be answered some day4 ,one night
 the memory of his mother came home to  
this man2 he thought of the days of his 
childhood1 and made up his mind he would
 try and lead a different life4 ,when he
 got to ,new ,york he thought he would  
join the ,odd-fellows2 he imagined that 
would be a good way to begin4 ,what     
miserable mistakes men make when they   
get trying to save themselves6 ,this man
 applied to a lodge of ,odd-fellows for 
admission2 but the committee found that 
he was a drinking man1 and so they      
black-balled him4 ,then he thought he   
would try the ,freemasons2 they         
discovered what sort of a man he was1   
and they black-balled him too4 ,one day 
he was walking along ,fulton ,street1   
when he received an invitation to come  
to the daily prayer-meeting held there4 
,he went in1 and heard about the        
,saviour2 he received ,christ into his  
heart1 and found the peace and power he 

wanted4 ,some days after he stood up in 
the meeting and told the story how the  
,odd-fellows had black-balled him2 how  
the ,freemasons had black-balled him2   
and how he came to the ,lord ,jesus     
,christ1 who had not black-balled him1  
but took him right in4 ,that is what    
,christ will do to every poor penitent  
sinner4 ,this ,man receiveth sinners4   
,come to ,him to-day1 and ,he will      
receive you3 ,his marvelous1 sovereign  
grace will cover and put away all your  
sins4  ,i am so glad that we have a     
,saviour who can save unto the very     
uttermost4 ,he can save the drunkard1   
the man who for years has been the slave
 of his passions4 ,i was talking to a   
friend not long ago1 who said that if a 
man had a father and a mother who were  
drunkards1 he would inherit the taste   
for drink1 and that there was not much  
chance of saving him4 ,i want to say    
that there is a grand chance for such   
men1 if they will call upon ,jesus      
,christ to save them4 ,he is able to    

destroy the very appetite for drink4 ,he
 came to destroy the works of the devil2
 and if this appetite for gin and       
whiskey is not the work of the devil1 ,i
 want to know what is4 ,i do not know   
any more terrible agency that the devil 
has got than this intoxicating liquor4  
,an ,englishman went out from ,england  
to ,chicago1 and became one of the      
greatest drunkards in that city4 ,his   
father and his mother were drunkards    
before him4 ,he said that when he was   
four years old1 his father took him into
 a public-house1 and put the liquor to  
his lips4 ,by and by he got a taste for 
it2 and for several years he was a      
confirmed drunkard4 ,he became what in  
,america we call a tramp4 ,he slept out 
of doors4 ,one night1 on the shore of a 
lake1 he awoke from his slumber1 and    
began to call upon ,god to save him4    
,there1 at the midnight hour1 this poor1
 wretched1 forlorn object got victory   
over his sin4 ,the last time ,i met him 
he had been nine-and-a-half years a     

sober man4 ,from that memorable midnight
 hour1 he said1 he had never had any    
desire to touch or taste strong drink4  
,god had kept him all those years4 ,i am
 so thankful we have a ,gospel that we  
can carry into the home of the drunkard1
 and tell him that ,christ will save    
him4 ,that is the very thing ,he came to
 do4  ,bunyan represents the power of   
grace1 as shown by its first offer to   
the ,jerusalem sinners1 the murderers of
 ,christ1 thus3 ,repent1 every one of   
you3 be baptized1 every one of you1 in  
,his name1 for the remission of sins2   
and you shall1 every one of you1 receive
 the ,holy ,ghost4  ,but ,i was one of  
those who plotted to take away ,his     
life4 ,may ,i be saved by ,him8  ,every 
one of you4  ,but ,i was one of those   
who bore false witness against ,him4 ,is
 there grace for me8  ,for every one of 
you4  ,but ,i was one of those who cried
 out1 ,crucify ,him6 crucify ,him6 and  
who desired that ,barrabas1 the         
murderer1 might live1 rather than ,he4  

,what will become of me1 think you8  ,i 
am to preach repentance and remission of
 sins to every one of you4  ,but ,i was 
one of those who did spit in ,his face  
when ,he stood before ,his accusers2 ,i 
also was one that mocked ,him when1 in  
anguish1 ,he hung bleeding on the tree4 
,is there room for me8  ,for every one  
of you4  ,but ,i was one of those who1  
in ,his extremity1 said1 ,give ,him gall
 and vinegar to drink6 ,why may ,i not  
expect the same when pain and anguish   
are upon me8  ,repent of these thy      
wickednesses2 and here is remission of  
sins for every one of you4  ,but ,i     
railed on ,him2 ,i reviled ,him2 ,i     
hated ,him2 ,i rejoiced to see ,him     
mocked at by others4 ,can there be hope 
for me8  ,there is2 for every one of    
you4  ,oh1 what a blessed               
,every-one-of-you is here6 ,how willing 
was ,peter and the ,lord ,jesus by the  
ministry of ,peter--to catch these      
murderers with the word of the ,gospel1 
that they might be monuments of the     

grace of ,god6  ,now it is a solemn fact
 that every one who receives the offer  
of the ,gospel can lock and bolt the    
door of his heart1 and say to the ,lord 
,jesus ,christ he refuses to let ,him   
in4 ,but it is also a blessed truth that
 you can unlock that door and say to    
,him1 ,welcome6 thrice welcome1 ,son of 
,god1 into this heart of mine6 ,the     
question is3 ,will you let ,christ come 
in and save you8 ,it is not a question  
of whether ,he is able4 ,who will open  
their hearts1 and let the ,saviour come 
in8      ,there's a stranger at the     
door3                  ,let ,him in6    
,he has been there oft before3          
,let ,him in6    ,let ,him in1 ere ,he  
is gone2    ,let ,him in1 the ,holy     
,one1    ,jesus ,christ1 the ,father's  
,son3                  ,let ,him in6    
,open now to ,him your heart3           
,let ,him in6    ,if you wait ,he will  
depart3                  ,let ,him in6  
,let ,him in1 ,he is your ,friend2      
,he your soul will sure defend2    ,he  

will keep you to the end3               
,let ,him in6     ,hear you now ,his    
loving voice8                  ,let ,him
 in6    ,now1 oh now1 make ,him your    
choice3                  ,let ,him in6  
,he is standing at the door2    ,joy to 
you ,he will restore1    ,and ,his name 
you will adore3                  ,let   
,him in6     ,now admit the heavenly    
,guest4                  ,let ,him in6  
,he will make for you a feast3          
,let ,him in6    ,he will speak your    
sins forgiven1    ,and when earth-ties  
all are riven1    ,he will take you home
 to heaven1                  ,let ,him  
in6  ,rev4 ,j4 ,b ,atchinson            
,,chapter ,v4   ,,law ,,and ,,grace4    
,,in his ,epistle to the ,romans1 ,paul 
writes ,for as by one man's disobedience
 many were made sinners1 so by the      
obedience of ,one shall many be made    
righteous4 ,moreover1 the law entered   
that the offense might abound4 ,but     
where sin abounded1 grace did much more 
abound3 that as sin hath reigned unto   

death1 even so might grace reign through
 righteousness unto eternal life by     
,jesus ,christ our ,lord4  ,moses was   
the representative of the law4 ,you     
remember that he led the children of    
,israel through the wilderness1 and     
brought them to ,jordan2 but there he   
left them4 ,he could take them up to the
 river1 which is a type of death and    
judgment2 but ,joshua 7which means      
,jesus--,saviour7 led them right through
 death and judgment--through the ,jordan
 into the ,promised ,land4 ,here we have
 the difference between ,law and ,grace2
 between the ,law and the ,gospel4      
,take another illustration4 ,john the   
,baptist was the last prophet of the old
 dispensation--the last prophet under   
the law4 ,you remember that before      
,christ made ,his appearance at the     
,jordan1 the cry of ,john1 day by day   
was1 ,repent3 for the kingdom of ,god is
 at hand6 ,he thundered out the law4 ,he
 took his hearers down to the ,jordan   
and baptized them4 ,he put them in the  

place of death2 and that was as far as  
he could take them4 ,but there was ,one 
coming after him who could take them    
into the ,promised ,land4 ,as ,joshua   
led the people through the ,jordan into 
,canaan1--so ,christ went down into the 
,jordan of death1 through death and     
judgment1 on to resurrection ground4    
,if you run all through ,scripture you  
will find that the law brings to death4 
,sin reigned unto death4 ,a friend was  
telling me lately that an acquaintance  
of his1 a minister1 was once called upon
 to officiate at a funeral1 in the place
 of a chaplain of one of ,her ,majesty's
 prisons1 who was absent4 ,he noticed   
that only one solitary man followed the 
body of the criminal to the grave4 ,when
 the grave had been covered1 this man   
told the minister that he was an officer
 of the law whose duty it was to watch  
the body of the culprit until it was    
buried out of sight2 that was the end of
 the ,british law4  ,and that is what   
the law of ,god does to the sinner2 it  

brings him right to death1 and leaves   
him there4 ,i pity deep down in my heart
 those who are trying to save themselves
 by the law4 ,it never has2 it never    
will2 and it never can--save the soul4  
,when people say they are going to try  
and do their best1 and so save          
themselves by the law1 ,i like to take  
them on their own ground4 ,have they1   
ever done their very best8 granting that
 there might be a chance for them if    
they had1 was there ever a time when    
they could not have done a little       
better8 ,if a man wants to do his best1 
let him accept the grace of ,god2 that  
is the best thing that any man or woman 
can possibly do4  ,but you will ask1    
,what is the law given for8 ,it may     
sound rather strange1 but it is given   
that it may stop every man's mouth4 ,we 
know that what things soever the law    
saith1 it saith to them who are under   
the law3 that every mouth may be        
stopped1 and all the world may become   
guilty before ,god4 ,therefore by the   

deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
 justified in ,his sight2 for by the law
 is the knowledge of sin4 ,the law shuts
 my mouth2 grace opens it4 ,the law     
locks up my heart2 grace opens it--and  
then the fountain of love begins to flow
 out4 ,when men get their eyes opened to
 see this glorious truth1 they will     
cease their constant struggle4 ,they    
will give up trying to work their way   
into the kingdom of ,god by the deeds of
 the law4 ,they will give themselves up 
for lost1 and take salvation as a free  
gift4  ,life never came through the law4
 ,as some one has observed3 ,when the   
law was given1 three thousand men lost  
life2 but when grace and truth came at  
,pentecost1 three thousand obtained     
life4 ,under the law1 if a man became a 
drunkard the magistrates would take him 
out and stone him to death4 ,when the   
prodigal came home1 grace met him and   
embraced him4 ,law says1 ,stone         
him6--grace says1 ,embrace him6 ,law    
says1 ,smite him6--grace says1 ,kiss    

him6 ,law went after him1 and bound him2
 grace said1 loose him and let him go6  
,law tells me how crooked ,i am2 grace  
comes and makes me straight4  ,i pity   
those who are always hanging around     
,sinai1 hoping to get life there4 ,i    
have an old friend in ,chicago who is   
always lingering at ,sinai4 ,he is a    
very good man2 but ,i think he will have
 a different story to tell when he gets 
home to heaven4 ,he thinks ,i preach    
free grace too much2 and ,i must confess
 ,i do like to speak of the free grace  
of ,god4 ,this friend of mine feels as  
though he has a kind of mission to      
follow me2 and whenever he gets a chance
 he comes in with the thunders of       
,sinai4 ,i never yet met him but he was 
thundering away from ,horeb4 ,the last  
time ,i was in ,chicago1 ,i said to him1
 ,are you still lingering around ,sinai8
 ,yes1 said he1 ,i believe in the law4  
,i have made inquiries1 and ,i never    
heard of any one being converted under  
his preaching3 the effects have always  

dwindled and died out4 ,if the law is   
the door to heaven1 there is no hope for
 any of us4 ,a perfect ,god can only    
have a perfect standard4 ,he that       
offends in one point is guilty of all3  
so all have sinned and come short of the
 glory of ,god4  ,paul says to the      
,galatians3 ,is the law then against the
 promises of ,god8 ,god forbid3 for if  
there had been a law given which could  
have given life1 verily righteousness   
should have been by the law4 ,but the   
,scripture hath concluded all under sin 
that the promise by faith of ,jesus     
,christ might be given to them that     
believe4 ,but before faith came1 we were
 kept under the law1 shut up unto the   
faith which should afterwards be        
revealed4 ,wherefore the law was our    
schoolmaster to bring us unto ,christ1  
that we might be justified by faith4    
,but after that faith is come1 we are no
 longer under a schoolmaster4 ,for ye   
are all the children of ,god by faith in
 ,jesus ,christ4   ,,the ,,softening    

,,power ,,of ,,grace4  ,so we see that  
the law cannot give life2 all it can do 
is to bring us to ,him who is the life4 
,the law is said to be a schoolmaster4  
,perhaps some of you do not know what a 
schoolmaster is4 ,if you had been under 
the same schoolmaster as ,i was when a  
boy you would have known4 ,he had a good
 cane and it was frequently in use4 ,in 
the little country district where ,i    
went to school1 there were two parties3 
for the sake of illustration we may call
 the one the law party and the other the
 grace party4 ,the law party said that  
boys could not possibly be controlled   
without the cane3 and they kept a       
schoolmaster there who acted on their   
plan4 ,the struggle went on1 and at     
last1 on one election day1 the law party
 was put out1 and the grace party ruled 
in their stead4 ,i happened to be at the
 school at that time2 and ,i remember we
 said to each other that we were going  
to have a grand time that winter4 ,there
 would be no more corporal punishment1  

and we were going to be ruled by love4  
,i was one of the first to break the    
rules of the school4 ,we had a lady     
teacher1 and she asked me to stay       
behind4 ,i thought the cane was coming  
out again2 and ,i was going to protest  
against it4 ,i was quite in a fighting  
mood4 ,she took me alone4 ,she sat down 
and began to talk to me kindly4 ,i      
thought that was worse than the cane2 ,i
 did not like it4 ,i saw that she had   
not got any cane4 ,she said3 ,i have    
made up my mind that if ,i cannot       
control the school by love1 ,i will give
 it up4 ,i will have no punishment2 and 
if you love me1 try and keep the rules  
of the school4 ,i felt something right  
here in my throat4 ,i was not one to    
shed many tears2 but they would come--,i
 could not keep them back4 ,i said to   
her1 ,you will have no more trouble with
 me2 and she did not4 ,i learned more   
that winter than in the other three put 
together4  ,that was the difference     
between law and grace4 ,christ says1 ,if

 you love ,me1 keep ,my commandments4   
,he takes us out from under the law1 and
 puts us under grace4 ,grace will break 
the hardest heart4 ,it was the love of  
,god that prompted ,him to send ,his    
only-begotten ,son into the world that  
,he might save it4 ,i suppose the thief 
had gone through his trial unsoftened4  
,probably the law had hardened his      
heart4 ,but on the cross no doubt that  
touching prayer of the ,saviour1        
,father1 forgive them6 broke his heart1 
so that he cried1 ,lord1 remember me6   
,he was brought to ask for mercy4 ,i    
believe there is no man so far gone but 
the grace of ,god will melt his heart4  
,it is told of ,isaac ,t4 ,hopper1 the  
,quaker1 that he once encountered a     
profane colored man1 named ,cain1 in    
,philadelphia1 and took him before a    
magistrate1 who fined him for blasphemy4
 ,twenty years after1 ,hopper met ,cain1
 whose appearance was much changed for  
the worse4 ,this touched the ,friend's  
heart4 ,he stepped up1 spoke kindly1 and

 shook hands with the forlorn being4    
,dost thou remember me1 said the        
,quaker1 how ,i had thee fined for      
swearing8  ,yes1 indeed1 ,i do3 ,i      
remember what ,i paid as well as if it  
was yesterday4  ,well1 did it do thee   
any good8  ,no1 never a bit3 it made me 
mad to have my money taken from me4     
,hopper invited ,cain to reckon up the  
interest on the fine1 and paid him      
principal and interest too4 ,i meant it 
for thy good1 ,cain2 and ,i am sorry ,i 
did thee any harm4  ,cain's countenance 
changed2 the tears rolled down his      
cheeks4 ,he took the money with many    
thanks1 became a quiet man1 and was not 
heard to swear again4   ,,peace1 ,,grace
 ,,and ,,glory4  ,so there is a great   
deal of difference between law and      
grace4 ,being justified by faith we have
 peace with ,god through our ,lord      
,jesus ,christ2 by whom also we have    
access by faith into this grace wherein 
we stand1 and rejoice in hope of the    
glory of ,god4 ,there are three precious

 things here3 peace for the past2 grace 
for the present2 and glory for the      
future4 ,there is no peace until we see 
the finished work of ,jesus             
,christ--until we can look back and see 
the ,cross of ,christ between us and our
 sins4 ,when we see that ,jesus was the 
end of the law for righteousness2 that  
,he tasted death for every man2 that ,he
 suffered the ,just for the unjust--then
 comes peace4 ,then there is the grace  
wherein we now stand4 ,there is plenty  
of grace for us as we need it day by    
day1 and hour by hour4  ,then there is  
glory for the time to come4 ,a great    
many people seem to forget that the best
 is before us4 ,dr4 ,bonar says that    
everything before the true believer is  
glorious4 ,this thought took hold of my 
soul2 and ,i began to look the matter   
up1 and see what ,i could find in       
,scripture that was glorious hereafter4 
,i found that the kingdom we are going  
to inherit is glorious3 our crown is to 
be a crown of glory2 the city we are    

going to inhabit is the city of the     
glorified2 the songs we are to sing are 
the songs of the glorified2 we are to   
wear garments of glory and beauty2 our  
society will be the society of the      
glorified2 our rest is to be glorious2  
the country to which we are going is to 
be full of the glory of ,god and of the 
,lamb4 ,there are many who are always   
looking on the backward path1 and       
mourning over the troubles through which
 they have passed2 they keep lugging up 
the cares and anxieties they have been  
called on to bear1 and are forever      
looking at them4 ,why should we go      
reeling and staggering under the burdens
 and cares of life when we have such    
prospects before us8  ,if there is      
nothing but glory beyond1 our faces     
ought to shine brightly all the time4   
,if a skeptic were to come up here and  
watch the countenances of the audience  
he would find many of you looking as    
though there was anything but glory     
before you4 ,many a time it seems to me 

as if ,i were at a funeral1 people look 
so sad and downcast4 ,they do not appear
 to know much of the joy of the ,lord4  
,surely if we were looking right on to  
the glory that awaits us1 our faces     
would be continually lit up with the    
light of the upper world4 ,we can preach
 by our countenances if we will4 ,the   
nearer we draw to that glory-land1 where
 we shall be with ,christ--the more     
peace1 and joy1 and rest we ought to    
have4 ,if we will but come to the throne
 of grace1 we shall have strength to    
bear all our troubles and trials4 ,if   
you were to take all the afflictions    
that flesh is heir to and put them right
 on any one of us1 ,god has grace enough
 to carry us right through without      
faltering4  ,some one has compiled the  
following1 which beautifully describes  
the contrast between law and grace3     
,the ,law was given by ,moses4  ,grace  
and truth came by ,jesus ,christ4  ,the 
,law says--,this do1 and thou shalt     
live4  ,grace says--,live1 and then thou

 shalt do4  ,the ,law says--,pay me that
 thou owest4  ,grace says--,i frankly   
forgive thee all4  ,the ,law says--,the 
wages of sin is death4  ,,grace         
says--,the gift of ,god is eternal life4
  ,the ,law says--,the soul that        
sinneth1 it shall die4  ,grace          
says--,whosoever believeth in ,jesus1   
though he were dead1 yet shall he live2 
and whosoever liveth and believeth in   
,him shall never die4  ,the ,law        
pronounces--,condemnation and death4    
,grace proclaims--,justification and    
life4  ,the ,law says--,make you a new  
heart and a new spirit4  ,grace says--,a
 new heart will ,i give you1 and a new  
spirit will ,i put within you4  ,the    
,law says--,cursed is every one that    
continueth not in all things which are  
written in the book of the law to do    
them4  ,grace says--,blessed is the man 
whose iniquities are forgiven1 whose sin
 is covered2 blessed is the man to whom 
the ,lord will not impute iniquity4     
,the ,law says--,thou shalt love the    

,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 and  
with all thy mind1 and with all thy     
strength4  ,grace says--,herein is love3
 not that we love ,god1 but that ,he    
loved us1 and sent ,his ,son to be the  
propitiation for our sins4  ,the ,law   
speaks of what man must do for ,god4    
,grace tells of what ,christ has done   
for man4  ,the ,law addresses man as    
part of the old creation4  ,grace makes 
a man a member of the new creation4     
,the ,law bears on a nature prone to    
disobedience4  ,grace creates a nature  
inclined to obedience4  ,the ,law       
demands obedience by the terror of the  
,lord4  ,grace beseeches men by the     
mercies of ,god4  ,the ,law demands     
holiness4  ,grace gives holiness4  ,the 
,law says--,condemn him4  ,grace        
says--,embrace him4  ,the ,law speaks of
 priestly sacrifices offered year by    
year continually1 which could never make
 the comers thereunto perfect4  ,grace  
says--,but this ,man1 after he had      
offered one sacrifice for sins forever 4

 4 4 by one offering hath perfected     
forever them that are sanctified4  ,the 
,law declares--,that as many as have    
sinned in the ,law1 shall be judged by  
the ,law4  ,grace brings eternal peace  
to the troubled soul of every child of  
,god1 and proclaims ,god's salvation in 
defiance of the accusations of the      
adversary4 ,he that heareth ,my word1   
and believeth on ,him that sent me1 hath
 everlasting life1 and shall not come   
into judgment 7condemnation71 but is    
passed from death unto life4     ,whence
 to me this tranquil spirit--       ,me 
all sinful as ,i am8    ,is it thus     
descends the merit       ,of the        
sin-atoning ,lamb8    ,grace1 all power 
to deliver1    ,gift of a ,creative     
,giver1    ,like a full1 refreshing     
river1                        ,ever     
flowing4     ,over all my course of     
sinning       ,spread its waters without
 bound1    ,cleansing1 fertilizing1     
winning       ,for the ,lord the barren 
ground4    ,lavish from the heavenly    

treasure1    ,fountains of a ,father's  
pleasure1    ,all the marks of human    
measure                                 
,overflowing4     ,not my virtue or     
repenting       ,earned the precious    
boon for me4    ,thine1 my ,saviour1 the
 relenting1       ,thine the pangs which
 set me free--    ,gift of grace beyond 
all knowing1    ,from the heart of      
,jesus flowing1    ,ever flowing1       
overflowing1                            
,flowing freely4    ,,chapter ,,vi4     
,,grace ,,for ,,living4   ,,now we come 
to a very important part of our         
subject--,grace for living4 ,one of the 
saddest things in the present day is the
 fact that so many professed ,christians
 have no spiritual power4 ,they bear no 
testimony for ,christ4 ,there are so few
 who can go to the homes of the sick and
 read the ,bible to them1 pray with     
them1 and minister comfort to their     
souls4 ,how few can go to the abode of  
the drunkard1 and tell him of ,christ's 
power to save6 ,how few there are who   

are wise in winning souls to ,christ6   
,it is the low spiritual state of so    
many in the ,church of ,christ that is  
the trouble4 ,we are not living up to   
our privileges4 ,as you go through the  
streets of ,london you will see here and
 there the words1 ,limited ,company4    
,there are many ,christians who         
practically limit the grace of ,god4 ,it
 is like a river flowing by2 and we can 
have all we need3 but if we do not come 
and get a continual supply1 we cannot   
give it out to others4  ,mother6 father6
 are you not longing to see your        
children won to ,christ8 ,what is the   
trouble8 ,is it the fault of the        
minister8 ,i believe that though        
ministers were to preach like angels1 if
 there is a low standard of ,christian  
life in the home1 there will be little  
accomplished4 ,what we want1 more than  
anything else1 is more grace in our     
lives1 in our business affairs1 in our  
homes1 in our daily walk and            
conversation4 ,i cannot but believe that

 the reason of the standard of          
,christian life being so low1 is that we
 are living on stale manna4 ,you know   
what ,i mean by that4 ,so many people   
are living on their past                
experience--thinking of the grand times 
they had twenty years ago1 perhaps when 
they were converted4 ,it is a sure sign 
that we are out of communion with ,god  
if we are talking more of the joy1 and  
peace1 and power1 we had in the past1   
than of what we have to-day4 ,we are    
told to grow in grace2 but a great many 
are growing the wrong way4  ,you        
remember the ,israelites used to gather 
the manna fresh every day3 they were not
 allowed to store it up4 ,there is a    
lesson here for us ,christians4 ,if we  
would be strong and vigorous1 we must go
 to ,god daily and get grace4 ,a man can
 no more take in a supply of grace for  
the future than he can eat enough to-day
 to last him for the next six months2 or
 take sufficient air into his lungs at  
once to sustain life for a week to come4

 ,we must draw upon ,god's boundless    
stores of grace from day to day1 as we  
need it4  ,i knew a man who lived on the
 banks of ,lake ,erie4 ,he had pipes    
laid to his house from the lake2 and    
when he wanted water1 all he had to do  
was to turn the tap and the water flowed
 in4 ,if the ,government had presented  
him with the lake1 he would not have    
known what to do with it4 ,so we may say
 that if ,god were to give us grace     
enough for a lifetime1 we should not    
know how to use it4 ,he has given us the
 privilege of drawing on ,him day by    
day--not forty days after sight4 ,there 
is plenty of grace in the bank of       
heaven2 we need not be afraid of its    
becoming exhausted4  ,we are asked to   
come boldly to the throne of grace--as  
sons to a father--that we may find      
grace4 ,you have noticed that a son is  
very much more bold in his father's     
house than if he were simply a servant4 
,a good many ,christians are like       
servants4 ,if you go into a house1 you  

can soon tell the difference between the
 family and the servants4 ,a son comes  
home in the evening2 he goes all over   
the house--perhaps talks about the      
letters that have come in1 and wants to 
know all that has been going on in the  
family during his absence4 ,it is very  
different with a servant1 who perhaps   
does not leave the kitchen or the       
servants' hall all day except when duty 
requires it4  ,suppose some one had paid
 a million dollars into the bank in your
 name1 and had given you a check-book so
 that you could draw out just as you    
wanted3 would you go to work and try to 
live on ten dollars a month8 ,yet that  
is exactly what many of us are doing as 
,christians4 ,i believe this low        
standard of ,christian life in the      
,church is doing more to manufacture    
infidels than all the skeptical books   
that were ever written4  ,hear what the 
,apostle says3 ,my ,god shall supply all
 your need4 ,look at these words        
carefully4 ,it does not say ,he will    

supply all your wants4 ,there are many  
things we want that ,god has not        
promised to give4 ,it is your need and  
all your need4 ,my children often want  
many things they do not get2 but ,i     
supply all they need1 if it is in my    
power to give it to them4 ,i do not     
supply all their wants by any means4 ,my
 boy would probably want to have me give
 him a horse2 when ,i know that what he 
really needs1 perhaps1 is grace to      
control his temper4 ,our children might 
want many things that it would be       
injurious for them to have4 ,and so1    
though ,god may withhold from us many   
things that we desire1 ,he will supply  
all our need4 ,there can come upon us no
 trouble or trial in this life1 but ,god
 has grace enough to carry us right     
through it1 if we will only go to ,him  
and get it4 ,but we must ask for it day 
by day4 ,as thy days1 so shall thy      
strength be4  ,i met a man once in      
,scotland who taught me a lesson that ,i
 shall never forget4 ,a ,christian      

friend wanted me to go and have a talk  
with him4 ,he had been bedridden for    
many years4 ,this afflicted saint       
comforted me and told me some wonderful 
things4 ,he had fallen and broken his   
back when he was about fifteen years of 
age1 and had lain there on his bed for  
some forty years4 ,he could not be moved
 without a good deal of pain1 and       
probably not a day has passed all those 
years without suffering4 ,if any one had
 told him he was going to lie there and 
suffer for forty years1 probably he     
would have said he could not do it4 ,but
 day after day the grace of ,god has    
been granted to him2 and ,i declare to  
you it seemed to me as if ,i were in the
 presence of one of ,god's most         
highly-favored children4 ,it seemed that
 when ,i was in that man's chamber1 ,i  
was about as near heaven as ,i could get
 on this earth4 ,talk about a man's face
 shining with the glory of the upper    
world6 ,i very seldom see a face that   
shines as did his4 ,i can imagine that  

the very angels when they are passing   
over the city on some mission of mercy1 
come down into that man's chamber to get
 refreshed4 ,there he has been lying all
 these years1 not only without a murmur1
 but rejoicing all the while4  ,i said  
to him3 ,my friend1 does the devil never
 tempt you to doubt ,god1 and to think  
,he is a hard master8 ,well now1 he     
said1 that is just what he tries to do4 
,sometimes1 as ,i look out of the window
 and see people walking along in health1
 ,satan whispers3 ',if ,god is so good1 
why does ,he keep you here all these    
weary years8 ,why1 if ,he loved you1    
instead of lying here and being         
dependent on others1 you might now have 
been a rich man1 and riding in your own 
carriage4' ,what do you do when the     
devil tempts you8 ,oh1 ,i just take him 
up to the ,cross2 and he had such a     
fright there eighteen hundred years ago1
 that he cannot stand it2 and he leaves 
me4 ,i do not think that bedridden saint
 has much trouble with doubts2 he is so 

full of grace4  ,and so if we will only 
come boldly to ,god1 we shall get all   
the help and strength we need4 ,there is
 not a man or woman alive but may be    
kept from falling1 if they will let ,god
 hold them up in ,his almighty arms4    
,there is a story in the history of     
,elisha the prophet that ,i am very fond
 of2 most of you are familiar with it4  
,sometimes we meet with people who      
hesitate to accept ,christ1 because they
 are so afraid they will not hold out4  
,you remember there was a young prophet 
who died and left a widow with two      
little boys4 ,it has been said that     
misfortunes do not come singly1 but in  
battalions4 ,this woman had not only    
lost her husband1 but a creditor was    
going to take her boys and sell them    
into slavery4 ,that was a common thing  
in those days4 ,the widow went and told 
,elisha all about it4 ,he asked her what
 she had in the house4 ,nothing1 she    
said1 but a pot of oil4 ,it was a very  
hard case4  ,elisha told her to go home 

and borrow all the vessels she could4   
,his command was3 ,borrow not a few4 ,i 
like that4 ,she took him at his word1   
and borrowed all the vessels her        
neighbors would lend to her4 ,i can     
imagine ,i see the woman and her two    
sons going from house to house asking   
the loan of their vessels4 ,no doubt    
there were a good many of the neighbors 
who were stretching their necks1 and    
wondering what it all meant2 just as we 
sometimes find people coming into the   
inquiry-room to see what is going on4   
,if this woman had been like some modern
 skeptics1 she would have thought it    
very absurd for the prophet to bid her  
do such a thing2 she would have asked   
what good could come of it4 ,but faith  
asks no questions3 so she went and did  
what the man of ,god told her to do4 ,i 
can see her going up one side of the    
street knocking at every door and asking
 for empty vessels4 ,how many do you    
want8 ,all you can spare4 ,there are the
 two sons carrying the great vessels2   

some of them perhaps nearly as large as 
the boys themselves4 ,it was hard work4 
,when they had finished one side of the 
street1 they went down the other4       
,borrow not a few1 she had been told2 so
 she went on asking for as many as she  
could get4 ,if there were as much gossip
 in those days as there is now1 all the 
people in the street would have been    
talking about her4 ,why1 this woman and 
her boys have been carrying vessels into
 the house all day2 what can be the     
matter8  ,but now they have all the     
vessels the neighbors would lend4 ,she  
locks the door2 and she says to one of  
the boys1 ,james1 you are the younger2  
bring me the empty vessels4 ,john1 you  
are the stronger2 when1 ,i have filled  
them you take them away4 ,so she began  
to pour4 ,perhaps the first vessel was  
twice as big as the one she poured from2
 but it was soon filled3 and she kept on
 pouring into vessel after vessel4 ,at  
last her son says1 ,mother1 this is the 
last one2 and we are told that the oil  

was not stayed till the last vessel was 
full4  ,dear friends1 bring your empty  
vessels2 and ,god will fill them4 ,i    
venture to say that the eyes of those   
boys sparkled as they saw this beautiful
 oil1 fresh from the hand of the        
,creator4 ,the woman went and told the  
man of ,god what had happened2 he said  
to her1 ,go1 sell the oil1 and pay thy  
debt2 and live thou and thy children off
 the rest4 ,that is grace for the       
present1 and for the future4 ,as thy    
days so shall thy strength be4 ,you will
 have grace not only to cover all your  
sins1 but to carry you right into glory4
 ,let the grace of ,god into your heart2
 and ,he will bring you safely through4 
,let me close by quoting the words of an
 old prayer3 ,god give us grace to see  
our need of grace2 give us grace to ask 
for grace2 give us grace to receive     
grace2 give us grace to use the grace we
 have received4     ,grace taught my    
soul to pray1       ,and pardoning love 
to know2    ',twas grace that kept me to

 this day1       ,and will not let me   
go4     ,grace all the work shall crown1
       ,through everlasting days2    ,it
 lays in heaven the topmost stone1      
,and well deserves the praise6          
,,chapter ,,vii4   ,,grace ,,for        
,,service4   ,,for the grace of ,god    
that bringeth salvation to all men hath 
appeared2 teaching us that1 denying     
ungodliness and worldly lusts1 we should
 live soberly1 righteously1 and godly1  
in this present world2 looking for that 
blessed hope1 and the glorious appearing
 of the great ,god and our ,saviour     
,jesus ,christ1 who gave ,himself for   
us1 that ,he might redeem us from all   
iniquity1 and purify unto ,himself a    
peculiar people1 zealous of good works4 
,in this wonderful passage we see grace 
in a threefold aspect3 grace that       
bringeth salvation2 grace for holy      
living2 and grace for service4 ,i have  
had three red-letter days in my         
experience3 the first was1 when ,i was  
converted2 the next was when ,i got my  

lips opened1 and ,i began to confess    
,christ2 the third was1 when ,i began to
 work for the salvation of others4  ,i  
think there are a great many who have   
got to the first stage2 some have got to
 the second2 very few have got to the   
third4 ,this is the reason1 ,i believe1 
why the world is not reached4  ,many say
 they are anxious to grow in grace4 ,i  
do not think they ever will1 until they 
go out into the harvest field and begin 
to work for others4 ,we are not going to
 have the grace we need to qualify us   
for work until we launch out into the   
deep1 and begin to use the abilities and
 the opportunities we already possess4  
,many fold their arms1 and wait for the 
grace of ,god to come to them2 but we do
 not get it in that way4 ,when we go    
forward1 then it is that ,god meets us  
with ,his ,grace4  ,if ,moses had stayed
 in ,horeb until he got the grace he    
needed1 he never would have started for 
,egypt at all4 ,but when he had set out1
 ,god met him in the way and blessed him

 day by day as he needed4 ,many grow    
discouraged because there is a little   
opposition2 but if we are going to work 
for ,god we must expect opposition4 ,no 
real work was ever done for ,god without
 opposition4 ,if you think that you are 
going to have the approval of a godless 
world1 and of cold ,christians1 as you  
launch out into the deep with your net1 
you are greatly mistaken4 ,a man said to
 me some time ago1 that when he was     
converted he commenced to do some work  
in connection with the ,church2 he was  
greatly discouraged because some of the 
older ,christians threw cold water on   
him1 so he gave up the whole thing4  ,i 
pity a man who cannot take a little cold
 water without being any the worse for  
it4 ,why1 many of the ,christians in old
 times had to go through the fire1 and  
did not shrink from it4 ,a little cold  
water never hurts any one4  ,others say 
they have so many cares and troubles1   
they have as much as they can carry4    
,well1 a good way to forget your trouble

 is--to go and help some one else who is
 carrying a heavier burden than         
yourself4 ,it was when ,job began to    
pray for his friends that he forgot his 
own troubles4 ,paul gloried in his      
infirmity1 and in the tribulations he   
had to undergo1 so that the power of    
,christ might all the more rest upon    
him4 ,he gloried in the ,cross3 and you 
must bear in mind that the ,cross was   
not so easy to bear in his day as it is 
in ours4 ,every one was speaking against
 it4 ,i glory in the ,cross of ,christ1 
he said4 ,when a man gets to that point1
 do you tell me that ,god cannot use him
 to build up ,his kingdom8 ,in his      
second letter to the ,corinthians1 ,paul
 speaks of the thorn in the flesh2 he   
prayed the ,lord to take it away4 ,the  
,lord said ,he was not going to take it 
away3 but ,he would give ,his servant   
grace to bear it4 ,so the apostle       
learned to thank ,god for the thorn1    
because he got more grace4 ,it is when  
the days are dark that people are       

brought nearer to ,god4 ,i suppose that 
is what ,paul meant4  ,if there is any  
child of ,god who has a thorn in the    
flesh1 ,god has grace enough to help you
 to bear it if you will but go to ,him  
for it4 ,the difficulty is that so many 
are looking at their troubles and       
sorrows1 instead of looking toward the  
glorious reward1 and pressing on their  
way by ,god's help4  ,in ii ,corinthians
 #i3h1 we read3 ,god is able to make all
 grace abound towards you2 that ye1     
always having all sufficiency in all    
things1 may abound to every good work4  
,there are three thoughts here--,god    
makes all grace to abound1 that we may  
have all sufficiency in all things4 ,i  
think this is one of the most wonderful 
verses in the ,bible4  ,there is plenty 
of grace4 ,many ,christians1 if they    
have grace enough to keep them from     
outward sin1 seem to be perfectly       
satisfied2 they do not press on to get  
fullness of grace1 so as to be ready for
 ,god's work4 ,many are satisfied to go 

into the stream of grace ankle deep1    
when ,god wants them to swim in it4  ,if
 we always came to meetings desiring to 
get strength1 then we should be able to 
go out to work and speak for ,christ4   
,there are a great many who would be    
used of ,god1 if they would only come   
boldly to ,his throne of grace1 and find
 grace to help in time of need4 ,is it  
not a time of need now8 ,god has said1  
,i will pour water on him that is       
thirsty4 ,do we thirst for a deeper work
 of grace in our hearts8--for the       
anointing of the ,spirit8 ,here is the  
promise3 ,i will pour water on him that 
is thirsty4 ,let all who are hungering  
and thirsting for blessing come and     
receive it4  ,another reason why many   
,christians do not get anything         
is--because they do not give out to     
others4 ,they are satisfied with present
 attainments1 instead of growing in     
grace4 ,we are not the fountain2 we are 
only a channel for the grace of ,god to 
flow through4 ,there is not one of us   

but ,god wants to use in building up    
,his kingdom4 ,that little boy1 that    
grey-haired man1 these young men and    
maidens2 all are needed3 and there is a 
work for all4 ,we want to believe that  
,god has grace enough to qualify us to  
go out and work for ,him4  ,if we have  
known ,jesus ,christ for twenty years or
 more1 and if we have not been able to  
introduce an anxious soul to ,him1 there
 has been something wrong somewhere4 ,if
 we were full of grace1 we should be    
ready for any call that comes to us4    
,paul said1 when he had that famous     
interview with ,christ on the way to    
,damascus1 ,lord1 what wilt ,thou have  
me to do8 ,isaiah said1 ,here am ,i1    
send me4 ,oh that ,god would fill all   
,his people with grace1 so that we may  
see more wonderful things than ,he has  
ever permitted us to see6 ,no man can   
tell what he can do1 until he moves     
forward4 ,if we do that in the name of  
,god1 instead of there being a few      
scores or hundreds converted1 there will

 be thousands flocking into the ,kingdom
 of ,god4 ,remember1 that we honor ,god 
when we ask for great things4 ,it is a  
humiliating thing to think that we are  
satisfied with very small results4  ,it 
is said that ,alexander the ,great had a
 favorite ,general to whom he had given 
permission to draw upon the royal       
treasury for any amount4 ,on one        
occasion this ,general had made a draft 
for such an enormous sum that the       
,treasurer refused to honor it until he 
consulted the ,emperor4 ,so he went into
 his presence and told him what the     
,general had done4 ,did you not honor   
the draft8 said the ,emperor4 ,no2 ,i   
refused till ,i had seen your ,majesty2 
because the amount was so great4 ,the   
,emperor was indignant4 ,his ,treasurer 
said that he was afraid of offending him
 if he had paid the amount4 ,do you not 
know1 replied the ,emperor1 that he     
honors me and my kingdom by making a    
large draft8 ,whether the story be      
authentic or not1 it is true that we    

honor ,god when we ask for great things4
  ,it is said that on one occasion when 
,caesar gave a very valuable present1   
the receiver replied that it was too    
costly a gift4 ,the ,emperor answered   
that it was not too great for ,caesar to
 give4 ,our ,god is a great ,king2 and  
,he delights to use us3 so let us       
delight to ask ,him for great grace1    
that we may go out and work for him4  ,i
 find that many ,christians are in      
trouble about the future2 they think    
they will not have grace enough to die  
by4 ,it is much more important that we  
should have grace enough to live by4 ,it
 seems to me that death is of very      
little importance in the meantime4 ,when
 the dying hour comes there will be     
dying grace2 but you do not require     
dying grace to live by4 ,if ,i am going 
to live perhaps for fifteen or twenty   
years1 what do ,i want with dying grace8
 ,i am far more anxious about having    
grace enough for my present work4  ,i   
have sometimes been asked if ,i had     

grace enough to enable me to go to the  
stake and die as a martyr4 ,no2 what do 
,i want with martyr's grace8 ,i do not  
like suffering2 but if ,god should call 
on me to die a martyr's death1 ,he would
 give me martyr's grace4 ,if ,i have to 
pass through some great affliction1 ,i  
know ,god will give me grace when the   
time comes2 but ,i do not want it till  
it comes4  ,there is a story of a martyr
 in the second century4 ,he was brought 
before the king1 and told that if he did
 not recant they would banish him4 ,said
 he1 ,o king1 you cannot banish me from 
,christ2 for ,he has said1 ,i will never
 leave thee nor forsake thee6 ,the      
apostle ,john was banished to the island
 of ,patmos2 but it was the best thing  
that could have happened3 for if ,john  
had not been sent there1 probably we    
should never have had that grand ,book  
of ,revelation4 ,john could not be      
separated from his ,master4  ,so it was 
with this brave martyr1 of whom ,i was  
speaking4 ,the king said to him1 ,then  

,i will take away your property from    
you4 ,you cannot do that3 for my        
treasure is laid up on high1 where you  
cannot get at it8 ,then ,i will kill    
you4 ,you can not do that2 for ,i have  
been dead these forty years3 my life is 
hid with ,christ in ,god4 ,the king     
said1 ,what are you going to do with    
such a fanatic as that8  ,let us        
remember that if we have not grace      
enough for service1 we have no one to   
blame but ourselves4 ,we are not        
straitened in ,god3 ,he has abundance of
 grace to qualify us to work for ,him4  
,,more ,,to ,,follow4  ,i heard a story 
about two members of a ,church3 one was 
a wealthy man1 and the other was one of 
those who cannot take care of their     
finances--he was always in debt4 ,the   
rich brother had compassion on his poor 
brother4 ,he wanted to give him some    
money2 but he would not give it to the  
man all at once3 he knew he would not   
use it properly4 ,so he sent the amount 
to the minister1 and asked him to supply

 the needs of this poor brother4 ,the   
minister used to send him a five-dollar 
bill1 and put on the envelope ,more to  
follow4 ,i can imagine how welcome the  
gift would be2 but the best of all was  
the promise--,more to follow4 ,so it is 
with ,god3 there is always more to      
follow4 ,it is such a pity that we are  
not ready to be used by ,god when ,he   
wants to use us4  ,dear friends1 let me 
put this question to you3 ,are you full 
of grace8 ,you shake your head4 ,well1  
it is our privilege to be full4 ,what is
 the best way to get full of grace8 ,it 
is to be emptied of self4 ,how can we be
 emptied8 ,suppose you wish to get the  
air out of this tumbler2 how can you do 
it8 ,i will tell you3 by pouring water  
into the tumbler till it is full to     
overflowing4 ,that is the way the ,lord 
empties us of self4 ,he fills us with   
,his grace4 ,i will pour water on him   
that is thirsty4 ,are you hungering to  
get rid of your sinful selves8 ,then let
 the ,spirit of ,god come in and fill   

you4 ,god is able to do it4  ,see what  
,he did for ,john ,bunyan--how ,he made 
one of the mightiest instruments for    
good the world ever saw1 out of that    
swearing ,bedford tinker4 ,if we had a  
telescope which would enable us to look 
into heaven as ,stephen did1 ,i can     
imagine we should see the thief1 who    
believed in ,jesus while on the cross1  
very near the throne4 ,ask him how he   
got there2 and he would tell you it was 
through the grace of ,god4 ,see how the 
grace of ,god could save a ,mary        
,magdalene possessed of seven devils6   
,ask her what it was that melted her    
heart3 and she would tell you that it   
was the grace of ,god4 ,look again at   
that woman whom ,christ met at the well 
at ,sychar4 ,the ,saviour offered her a 
cup of the living water3 she drank1 and 
now she walks the chrystal pavement of  
heaven4 ,see how the grace of ,god could
 change ,zaccheus1 the hated publican of
 ,jericho6 ,now he is in yonder world of
 light2 he was brought there by the     

sovereign grace of ,god4  ,you will have
 noticed that many of those who were    
about the most unlikely1 have1 by the   
power of ,god's grace1 become very      
eminent in ,his service4 ,look at the   
twelve apostles of ,christ2 they were   
all unlettered men4 ,this ought to      
encourage all whose education is limited
 to give themselves to ,god's work4     
,when our earthly work is ended1 then1  
like our ,master1 we shall enter into   
glory4 ,it has been well remarked3      
,grace is glory militant2 and glory is  
grace triumphant4 ,grace is glory begun2
 glory is grace made perfect4 ,grace is 
the first degree of glory3 glory is the 
highest degree of grace4     ,oh1 to    
grace how great a debtor       ,daily   
,i'm constrained to be6    ,let ,thy    
grace1 ,lord1 like a fetter1       ,bind
 my wandering heart to thee4    ,prone  
to wander1 ,lord1 ,i feel it--          
,prone to leave the ,god ,i love--      
,here's my heart1 oh take and seal it1  
,seal it for ,thy courts above4         

,,chapter ,,viii4   ,a ,,chime ,,of     
,,gospel ,,bells4   ,,in ,baltimore1 a  
few years ago1 we held a number of      
meetings for men4 ,i am very fond of    
this hymn2 and we used to let the choir 
sing the chorus over and over again1    
till all could sing it4     ,oh1 word of
 words the sweetest1       ,oh1 word in 
which there lie    ,all promise1 all    
fulfillment1       ,and end of mystery6 
,lamenting or rejoicing1       ,with    
doubt or terror nigh1    ,i hear the    
',come6' of ,jesus1       ,and to ,his  
cross ,i fly4          ,come6 oh1 come  
to me6         ,come6 oh1 come to me6   
,weary heavy-laden1         ,come6 oh1  
come to ,me6     ,o soul6 why shouldst  
thou wander       ,from such a loving   
,friend8    ,cling closer1 closer to    
,him1       ,stay with ,him to the end  
,alas6 ,i am so helpless1       ,so very
 full of sin2    ,for ,i am ever        
wandering1       ,and coming back again4
     ,oh1 each time draw me nearer1     
,that soon the ',come6' may be          

,nought but a gentle whisper       ,to  
one close1 close to ,thee2    ,then1    
over sea and mountain1       ,far from1 
or near1 my home1    ,i'll take ,thy    
hand and follow1       ,at that sweet   
whisper1 ',come6'  ,there was a man in  
one of the meetings who had been brought
 there against his will2 he had come    
through some personal influence brought 
to bear upon him4 ,when he got to the   
meeting1 they were singing the chorus of
 this hymn--          ,come6 come6 come6
  ,he said afterwards he thought he     
never saw so many fools together in his 
life before4 ,the idea of a number of   
men standing there singing1 ,come6 come6
 come6 ,when he started home he could   
not get this little word out of his     
head2 it kept coming back all the time4 
,he went into a saloon1 and ordered some
 whiskey1 thinking to drown it4 ,but he 
could not2 it still kept coming back4   
,he went into another saloon1 and drank 
some more whiskey2 but the words kept   
ringing in his ears3 ,come6 come6 come6 

,he said to himself1 ,what a fool ,i am 
for allowing myself to be troubled in   
this way6 ,he went to a third saloon2   
had another glass1 and finally got home4
  ,he went off to bed1 but could not    
sleep2 it seemed as if the very pillow  
kept whispering the word1 ,come6 ,come6 
,he began to be angry with himself3     
,what a fool ,i was for ever going to   
that meeting at all6 ,when he got up he 
took the little hymn book1 found the    
hymn1 and read it over4 ,what nonsense6 
he said to himself2 the idea of a       
rational man being disturbed by that    
hymn4 ,he set fire to the hymn book2 but
 he could not burn up the little word   
,come6 ,heaven and earth shall pass     
away3 but ,my word shall not pass away4 
,he declared he would never go to       
another of the meetings2 but the next   
night he came again4 ,when he got there1
 strange to say1 they were singing the  
same hymn4 ,there is that miserable old 
hymn again1 he said2 what a fool ,i am  
for coming6 ,i tell you1 when the       

,spirit of ,god lays hold of a man1 he  
does a good many things he did not      
intend to do4 ,to make a long story     
short1 that man rose in a meeting of    
young converts1 and told the story that 
,i have now told you4 ,pulling out the  
little hymn book for he had bought      
another copy and opening it at this     
hymn1 he said3 ,i think this hymn is the
 sweetest and the best in the ,english  
language4 ,god blessed it to the saving 
of my soul4 ,and yet this was the very  
hymn he had despised4  ,i want to take  
up this little word ,come6 ,sometimes   
people forget the text of a sermon2 but 
this text will be short enough for any  
one to remember4 ,let me ring out a     
chime of ,gospel bells1 every one of    
which says1 ,come6 ,the first bell ,i   
will ring is1   ,,come ,,and ,,hear6    
,incline your ear1 and come unto me2    
hear1 and your soul shall live2 and ,i  
will make an everlasting covenant with  
you1 even the sure mercies of ,david4   
,incline your ear1 ,god says4 ,you have 

sometimes seen a man who is a little    
deaf1 and cannot catch every word1 put  
his hand up to his ear and lean forward4
 ,i have seen a man sometimes put up    
both hands to his ears1 as if he were   
determined to catch every word4 ,i like 
to see that4 ,this is the figure that   
the prophet uses when he says on ,god's 
behalf1 ,incline your ear4  ,man lost   
spiritual life and communion with his   
,maker by listening to the voice of the 
tempter1 instead of the voice of ,god4  
,we get life again by listening to the  
voice of ,god4 ,the ,word of ,god gives 
life4 ,the words that ,i speak unto you1
 says ,christ1 they are spirit1 and they
 are life4 ,so1 what people need is--to 
incline their ear1 and hear4 ,it is a   
great thing when the ,gospel preacher   
gets the ear of a congregation--,i mean 
the inner ear4 ,for a man has not only  
two ears in his head2 he has also what  
we may call the outer ear1 and the inner
 ear--the ear of the soul4 ,you may     
speak to the outward ear1 and not reach 

the ear of the soul at all4 ,many in    
these days are like the foolish people  
to whom the prophet ,jeremiah spoke3    
,which have eyes1 and see not2 which    
have ears1 and hear not4 ,there are many
 in every congregation whose attention  
,i am not able to secure for five       
minutes together4 ,almost any little    
thing will divert their minds4 ,we need 
to give heed to the words of the ,lord3 
,he that hath ears to hear1 let him     
hear4  ,you remember when ,peter was    
sent to ,cornelius1 he was to speak to  
him words whereby he and his house were 
to be saved4 ,if you are to be saved1 it
 must be by listening to the ,word of   
,god4 ,here is the promise3 ,hear2 and  
your soul shall live4  ,there was an    
architect in ,chicago who was converted4
 ,in giving his testimony1 he said he   
had been in the habit of attending      
church for a great many years1 but he   
could not say that he had really heard a
 sermon all the time4 ,he said that when
 the minister gave out the text and     

began to preach1 he used to settle      
himself in the corner of the pew and    
work out the plans of some building4 ,he
 could not tell how many plans he had   
prepared while the minister was         
preaching4 ,he was the architect for one
 or two companies2 and he used to do all
 his planning in that way4 ,you see1    
,satan came in between him and the      
preacher1 and caught away the good seed 
of the ,word4 ,i have often preached to 
people1 and have been perfectly amazed  
to find they could hardly tell one      
solitary word of the sermon2 even the   
text had completely gone from them4  ,a 
colored man once said that a good many  
of his congregation would be lost       
because they were too generous4 ,he saw 
that the people looked rather surprised2
 so he said1 ,perhaps you think ,i have 
made a mistake2 and that ,i ought to    
have said you will be lost because you  
are not generous enough4 ,that is not   
so2 ,i meant just what ,i said4 ,you    
give away too many sermons4 ,you hear   

them1 as it were1 for other people4 ,so 
there are a good many now hearing me who
 are listening for those behind them3   
they say the message is a very good one 
for neighbor ,so-and-so2 and they pass  
it over their shoulders1 till it gets   
clear out at the door4 ,you laugh2 but  
you know it is so4 ,listen6 ,verily1    
verily1 ,i say unto you1 he that heareth
 ,my word1 and believeth on ,him that   
sent ,me1 hath everlasting life1 and    
shall not come into condemnation2 but is
 passed from death unto life4  ,the next
 note in this peal of bells ,i wish to  
ring out is--   ,,come ,,and ,,see6     
,scripture not only uses the ear1 but   
the eye1 in illustrating the way of     
salvation4 ,when a man both hears and   
sees a thing1 he remembers it twice as  
long as if he only heard it4 ,you       
remember what ,philip said to           
,nathanael3 ,philip findeth ,nathanael1 
and saith unto him1 we have found ,him  
of whom ,moses in the ,law1 and the     
,prophets1 did write--,jesus of         

,nazareth1 the son of ,joseph4 ,and     
,nathanael said unto him1 ,can there any
 good thing come out of ,nazareth8      
,philip saith unto him1 ,come and see4  
,philip was a wise winner of souls4 ,he 
brought his friend to ,christ4          
,nathanael had one interview with the   
son of ,god2 he became ,his disciple and
 never left ,him4 ,if ,philip had gone  
on discussing the matter with him1 and  
had tried to prove that some good thing 
could come out of ,nazareth1 he might   
have never been a disciple at all4      
,after all1 we do not gain much by      
discussion4 ,let objectors or inquirers 
only get one personal interview with the
 ,son of ,god2 that will scatter all    
their darkness1 all their prejudice1 and
 all their unbelief4 ,the moment that   
,philip succeeded in getting ,nathanael 
to ,christ1 the work was done4  ,so we  
say to you1 ,come and see6 ,i thought1  
when ,i was converted1 that my friends  
had been very unfaithful to me1 because 
they had not told me about ,christ4 ,i  

thought ,i would have all my friends    
converted inside of twenty-four hours2  
and ,i was quite disappointed when they 
did not at once see ,christ to be the   
,lily of the ,valley1 and the ,rose of  
,sharon1 and the ,bright and ,morning   
,star4 ,i wondered why it was4 ,no doubt
 many of those who hear me now have had 
that experience2 you thought when you   
saw ,christ in all ,his beauty that you 
could soon make your friends see ,him in
 the same light4  ,but we need to learn 
that ,god alone can do it4 ,if there is 
a skeptic now hearing me1 ,i want to say
 that one personal interview with the   
,son of ,god will scatter all your      
infidelity and atheism4 ,one night1 in  
the inquiry-room1 ,i met the wife of an 
atheist1 who had been brought to ,god at
 one of our meetings4 ,she was converted
 at the same time4 ,she had brought two 
of her daughters to the meeting1        
desiring that they too should know      
,christ4 ,i said to the mother3 ,how is 
it with your skepticism now8 ,oh1 said  

she1 it is all gone4 ,when ,christ gets 
into the heart1 atheism must go out2 if 
a man will only come and take one       
trustful1 loving look at the ,saviour1  
there will be no desire to leave ,him   
again4  ,a gentleman was walking down   
the street in ,baltimore1 a few years   
ago4 ,it was near ,christmas-time1 and  
many of the shop-windows were filled    
with ,christmas presents1 toys1 etc4 ,as
 this gentleman passed along1 he saw    
three little girls standing before a    
shop window1 and he heard two of them   
trying to describe to the third the     
things that were in the window4 ,it     
aroused his attention1 and he wondered  
what it could mean4 ,he went back1 and  
found that the middle one was blind--she
 had never been able to see--and her two
 sisters were endeavoring to tell her   
how the things looked4 ,the gentleman   
stood beside them for some time1 and    
listened2 he said it was most           
interesting to hear them trying to      
describe the different articles to the  

blind child--they found it a difficult  
task4 ,as he told me1 ,i said to myself1
 ,that is just my position in trying to 
tell other men about ,christ3 ,i may    
talk about ,him2 and yet they see no    
beauty in ,him that they should desire  
,him4 ,but if they will only come to    
,him1 ,he will open their eyes and      
reveal ,himself to them in all ,his     
loveliness and grace4  ,looking at it   
from the outside1 there was not much    
beauty in the ,tabernacle that ,moses   
erected in the desert4 ,it was covered  
on the outside with badgers' skins--and 
there was not much beauty in them4 ,if  
you were to pass into the inside1 then  
you would find out the beauty of the    
coverings4 ,so the sinner sees no beauty
 in ,christ till he comes to ,him--then 
he can see it4  ,you have looked at the 
windows of a grand church erected at the
 cost of many thousands of dollars4     
,from the outside they did not seem very
 beautiful2 but get inside1 when the    
rays of the sun are striking upon the   

stained glass1 and you begin to         
understand what others have told you of 
their magnificence4 ,so it is when you  
have come into personal contact with    
,christ2 you find ,him to be the very   
,friend you need4 ,therefore we extend  
to all the sweet ,gospel invitation     
,come and see6  ,let me now ring out the
 third bell--   ,,come ,,and ,,drink6   
,ho1 every one that thirsteth1 come ye  
to the waters3 and he that hath no      
money2 come ye1 buy1 and eat3 yea1 come1
 buy wine and milk without money and    
without price4 ,if you will come and    
drink at this fountain1 ,christ says you
 shall never thirst again4 ,he has      
promised to quench your thirst4 ,if any 
man thirst1 ,he says1 let him come unto 
,me and drink4  ,i thank ,god for those 
words3 ,if any man4 ,that does not mean 
merely a select few respectable people2 
it takes in all--every drunkard1 every  
harlot1 every thief1 every              
self-righteous ,pharisee4  ,if any man  
thirst4 ,how this world is thirsting for

 something that will satisfy6 ,what     
fills the places of amusement--the dance
 houses1 the music halls1 and the       
theaters1 night after night8 ,men and   
women are thirsting for something they  
have not got4 ,the moment a man turns   
his back upon ,god1 he begins to thirst2
 and that thirst will never be quenched 
until he returns to the fountain of     
living waters4 ,as the prophet ,jeremiah
 tells us1 we have forsaken the fountain
 of living waters1 and hewn out for     
ourselves cisterns1 broken cisterns1    
that can hold no water4 ,there is a     
thirst this world can never quench3 the 
more we drink of its pleasures1 the     
thirstier we become4 ,we cry out for    
more and more2 and we are all the while 
being dragged down lower and lower4 ,but
 there is a fountain opened to the      
,house of ,david 4 4 4 for sin and for  
uncleanness4 ,let us press up to it1 and
 drink and live4  ,i remember after one 
of the great battles in the ,war we were
 coming down the ,tennessee ,river with 

a company of wounded men4 ,it was in the
 spring of the year1 and the water was  
not clear4 ,you know that the cry of a  
wounded man is3 ,water6 water6          
especially in a hot country4 ,i remember
 taking a glass of the muddy water to   
one of these men4 ,although he was very 
thirsty1 he only drank a little of it4  
,he handed the glass back to me1 and as 
he did so1 he said1 ,oh for a draught of
 water from my father's well6 ,are there
 any thirsty ones here8 ,come and drink 
of the fountain opened in ,christ2 your 
longing will be satisfied1 and you will 
never thirst again4 ,it will be in you a
 well of water springing up into        
everlasting life4 ,water rises to its   
own level2 and as this water has come   
down from the throne of ,god1 it will   
carry us back to the presence of ,god4  
,come1 ,o ye thirsty ones1 stoop down   
and drink1 and live6 ,you are all       
invited3 come along6 ,when ,moses took  
his rod and struck the flinty rock in   
the wilderness1 out of it there came a  

pure crystal stream of water1 which     
flowed or through that dry and barren   
land4 ,all that the poor thirsty        
,israelites had to do was to stoop and  
drink4 ,it was free to all4 ,so the     
grace of ,god is free to all4 ,god      
invites you to come and take it3 will   
you come8  ,i remember being in a large 
city where ,i noticed that the people   
resorted to a favorite well in one of   
the parks4 ,i said to a man one day1    
,does the well never run dry8 ,the man  
was drinking of the water out of the    
well2 and as he stopped drinking1 he    
smacked his lips1 and said3 ,they have  
never been able to pump it dry yet4     
,they tried it a few years ago4 ,they   
put the fire engines to work1 and tried 
all they could to pump the well dry2 but
 they found there was a river flowing   
right under the city4 ,thank ,god1 the  
well of salvation never gets dry1 though
 the saints of ,god have been drinking  
from it for six thousand years6 ,abel1  
,enoch ,noah1 ,abraham4 ,moses1 ,elijah1

 the ,apostles all have drunk from it2  
and they are now up yonder1 where they  
are drinking of the stream that flows   
from the throne of ,god4 ,they shall    
hunger no more1 neither thirst any more2
 neither shall the sun light on them1   
nor any heat4 ,for the ,lamb which is in
 the midst of the throne shall feed     
them1 and shall lead them unto living   
fountains of waters3 and ,god shall wipe
 away all tears from their eyes4  ,let  
me ring another ,gospel bell3   ,,come  
,,and ,,dine6  ,my brother1 my          
sister--are you hungry8 ,then come along
 and dine4 ,some people are afraid of   
being converted1 because they think they
 will not hold out4 ,mr4 ,rainsford once
 said1 ,if the ,lord gives us eternal   
life1 ,he will surely give us all that  
is needful to preserve it4 ,he not only 
gives life2 but ,he gives us our daily  
bread to feed that life4  ,after the    
,saviour had risen from the dead1 ,he   
had not appeared to ,his disciples for  
some days4 ,peter said to the others1 ,i

 go a fishing4 ,seven of them started   
off in their boats4 ,they toiled all    
night but caught nothing4 ,in the grey  
of the morning1 they saw a ,stranger on 
the shore4 ,he addressed them and said  
,children1 have ye any meat8 ,they told 
,him they had not4 ,cast the net on the 
right side of the ship2 and ye shall    
find4 ,i can imagine they said to each  
other1 ,what good is that going to do8  
,we have been fishing here all night1   
and have got nothing8 ,the idea that    
there should be fish on one side of the 
boat1 and not on the other6 ,however1   
they obeyed the command2 and they had   
such a haul that there was no room for  
the fish in the boat4 ,then one of them 
said1 ,it is the ,lord4 ,when he heard  
that1 ,peter sprang right into the sea1 
and swam to the shore2 and the others   
pulled the boat to land4  ,when they    
reached the shore the ,master said1     
,come and dine4 ,what a meal that must  
have been4 ,there was the ,lord of      
,glory feeding ,his disciples4 ,if ,he  

could set a table for ,his people in the
 wilderness1 and feed three millions of 
,israelites for forty years1 can ,he not
 give us our daily bread8 ,i do not mean
 only the bread that perisheth2 but the 
,bread that cometh from above4 ,if ,he  
feeds the birds of the air1 surely ,he  
will feed ,his children made in ,his own
 image6 ,if ,he numbers the very hairs  
of our head1 ,he will take care to      
supply all our temporal wants4  ,not    
only so3 ,he will give us the ,bread of 
,life for the nourishment of the        
soul--the life that the world knows     
nothing of--if we will but go to ,him4  
,i am the ,bread of ,life1 ,he says4 ,as
 we feed on ,him by faith1 we get       
strength4 ,let our thoughts rest upon   
,him2 and ,he will lift us above        
ourselves1 and above the world1 and     
satisfy our utmost desires4  ,another   
,gospel bell is--   ,,come ,,and ,,rest6
  ,dear friend1 do you not need rest8   
,there is a restlessness all over the   
world to-day4 ,men are sighing and      

struggling after rest4 ,the cry of the  
world is1 ,where can rest be found8 ,the
 rich man that we read of in the parable
 pulled down his barns1 that he might   
build greater2 and said to his soul1    
,take thine ease4 ,he thought he was    
going to find rest in wealth2 but he was
 disappointed4 ,that night his soul was 
summoned away4 ,no2 there is no rest in 
wealth or pleasure4  ,others think they 
will succeed in drowning their sorrows  
and troubles by indulging in drink2 but 
that will only increase them4 ,there is 
no peace1 saith my ,god1 to the wicked3 
they are like the troubled sea that     
cannot rest4 ,we sometimes talk of the  
ocean as being as calm as a sea of      
glass2 but it is never at rest3 and here
 we have a faithful picture of the      
wicked man and woman4  ,o weary soul1   
hear the sweet voice that comes ringing 
down through the ages3 ,come unto me1   
all ye that labor1 and are heavy-laden2 
and ,i will give you rest4 ,thank ,god1 
,he does not sell it6 ,if ,he did1 some 

of us are so poor we could not buy2 but 
we can all take a gift4 ,that little boy
 there knows how to take a gift2 that   
old man1 living on borrowed time1 and   
almost on the verge of another world1   
knows how to take a gift4 ,the gift     
,jesus wants to bestow is rest3 ,rest   
for time1 and rest for eternity4 ,every 
weary soul may have this rest if he     
will4 ,but you must come to ,christ and 
get it4 ,nowhere else can this rest be  
found4 ,if you go to the world with your
 cares1 your troubles1 and your         
anxieties1 all it can do is to put a few
 more on the top of them4 ,the world is 
a poor place to go to for sympathy4 ,as 
some one has said3 ,if you roll your    
burdens anywhere but on ,christ1 they   
will roll back on you with more weight  
than ever4 ,cast them on ,christ2 and   
,he will carry them for you4  ,here is  
another bell--   ,,come ,,and ,,reason6 
,perhaps there are some infidels reading
 this4 ,they are fond of saying to us1  
,come and reason4 ,but ,i want to draw  

their attention to the verses that go   
before this one in the first chapter of 
,isaiah4 ,the trouble with a good many  
skeptics is this--they take a sentence  
here and there from ,scripture without  
reference to the context4 ,let us see   
what this passage says3 ,when ye spread 
forth your hands1 ,i will hide mine eyes
 from you3 yea1 when ye make many       
prayers ,i will not hear3 your hands are
 full of blood4 ,wash you1 make you     
clean2 put away the evil of your doings 
from before ,mine eyes2 cease to do     
evil2 learn to do well2 seek judgment1  
relieve the oppressed1 judge the        
fatherless1 plead for the widow4  ,then 
we have the gracious invitation1 ,come  
now1 and let us reason together4 ,do you
 think ,god is going to reason with a   
man whose hands are dripping with blood1
 and before he asks forgiveness and     
mercy8 ,will ,god reason with a man     
living in rebellion against ,him8 ,nay4 
,but if we turn from and confess our    
sin1 then ,he will reason with us1 and  

pardon us4 ,though your sins be as      
scarlet1 they shall be as white as snow3
 though they be red like crimson1 they  
shall be as wool4  ,but if a man        
persists in his rebellion against ,god1 
there is no invitation to him to come   
and reason1 and receive pardon4 ,if ,i  
have been justly condemned to death by  
the law of the ,state1 and am waiting   
the execution of my sentence1 ,i am not 
in a position to reason with the        
governor4 ,if he chooses to send me a   
free pardon1 the first thing ,i have to 
do is to accept it2 then he may allow me
 to come into his presence4 ,but we must
 bear in mind that ,god is above our    
reason4 ,when man fell1 his reason      
became perverted2 and he was not in a   
position to reason with ,god4 ,if any   
man willeth to do ,his will he shall    
know of the teaching4 ,we must be       
willing to forsake our sins4 ,let the   
wicked forsake his way1 and the         
unrighteous man his thoughts3 and let   
him return unto the ,lord1 and ,he will 

have mercy upon him2 and to our ,god1   
for ,he will abundantly pardon1 ,the    
moment a man is willing to part with his
 sins1 ,god meets him in grace and      
offers him peace and pardon4  ,the next 
bell ,i would like to sound out is--    
,,come ,,to ,,the ,,marriage6  ,behold1 
,i have prepared my dinner3 4 4 4 all   
things are ready2 come unto the         
marriage4 ,who would not feel highly    
honored if they were invited to some    
fine residence1 to the wedding of one of
 the members of the ,president's family8
 ,i can imagine you would feel rather   
proud of having received such an        
invitation4 ,you would want all your    
friends to know it4  ,probably you may  
never get such an invitation4 ,but ,i   
have a far grander invitation for you   
here than that4 ,i cannot speak for     
others2 but if ,i know my own heart1 ,i 
would rather be torn to pieces to-night1
 limb from limb1 and die in the glorious
 hope of being at the marriage-supper of
 the ,lamb1 than live in this world a   

thousand years and miss that appointment
 at the last4 ,blessed is he that is    
called to the marriage-supper of the    
,lamb4 ,it will be a fearful thing for  
any of us to see ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and  
,jacob taking their place in the kingdom
 of ,god1 and be ourselves thrust out4  
,this is no myth1 my friends2 it is a   
real invitation4 ,every man and woman is
 invited4 ,all things are now ready4    
,the feast has been prepared at great   
expense4 ,you may spurn the grace1 and  
the gift of ,god2 but you must bear in  
mind that it cost ,god a good deal      
before ,he could provide this feast4    
,when ,he gave ,christ ,he gave the     
richest jewel that heaven had4 ,and now 
,he sends out the invitation4 ,he       
commands ,his servants to go into the   
highways1 and hedges1 and lanes1 and    
compel them to come in1 that ,his house 
may be full4 ,who will come8 ,you say   
you are not fit to come8 ,if the        
,president invited you to the ,white    
,house1 and the invitation said you were

 to come just as you were2 and if the   
sentinel at the gate stopped you because
 you did not wear a dress suit1 what    
would you do8 ,would you not show him   
the document signed in the name of the  
,president8 ,then he would stand aside  
and let you pass4 ,so1 my friend1 if you
 can prove to me that you are a sinner1 
,i can prove to you that you are invited
 to this ,gospel feast--to this marriage
 supper of the ,lamb4  ,let me ring out 
another bell in this ,gospel chime--    
,,come1 ,,inherit ,,the ,,kingdom6      
,then shall the ,king say unto them on  
,his right hand1 ,come1 ye blessed of   
,my ,father1 inherit the kingdom        
prepared for you from the foundation of 
the world4 ,a kingdom6--think of that6  
,think of a poor man in this world1     
struggling with poverty and want1       
invited to become possessor of a        
kingdom6 ,it is no fiction2 it is       
described as an inheritance             
incorruptible and undefiled1 and that   
fadeth not away1 reserved in heaven for 

you1 who are kept by the power of ,god  
through faith unto salvation1 ready to  
be revealed in the last time4 ,we are   
called to be kings and priests3 that is 
a high calling4 ,surely no one who hears
 me intends to miss that kingdom6       
,christ said1 ,seek ye first the        
,kingdom of ,god4 ,those who inherit it 
shall go no more out4  ,yet another     
bell--   ,,come ,,up ,,hither6  ,in the 
,revelation we find that the two        
witnesses were called up to heaven when 
their testimony was ended4 ,so if we are
 faithful in the service of our ,king1  
we shall by and by hear a voice saying1 
,come up hither6 ,there is going to be a
 separation one day4 ,the man who has   
been persecuting his godly wife will    
some day find her missing4 ,that        
drunkard who beats his children because 
they have been taught the way into the  
,kingdom of ,god1 will miss them some   
day4 ,they will be taken up out of the  
darkness1 and away from the persecution1
 up into the presence of ,god4 ,when the

 voice of ,god saying1 ,come up hither  
is heard1 calling ,his children home1   
there will be a grand jubilee4 ,that    
glorious day will soon dawn4 ,lift up   
your heads1 for the time of your        
redemption draweth nigh4  ,one more bell
 to complete the chime--   ,,whosoever  
,,will1 ,,let ,,him ,,come6  ,it is the 
last time that the word ,come appears in
 the ,bible2 and it occurs there over   
one thousand nine hundred times4 ,we    
find it away back in ,genesis1 ,come1   
thou and all thy house1 into the ark2   
and it goes right along through         
,scripture4 ,prophets1 apostles1 and    
preachers1 have been ringing it out all 
through the ages4 ,now the record is    
about to be closed1 and ,christ tells   
,john to put in one more invitation4    
,after the ,lord had been in glory for  
about sixty years1 perhaps ,he saw some 
poor man stumbling over one of the      
apostles' letters about the doctrine of 
election4 ,so ,he came to ,john in      
,patmos1 and ,john was in the ,spirit on

 the ,lord's ,day4 ,christ said to ,his 
disciple1 ,write these things to the    
,churches4 ,i can imagine ,john's pen   
moved very easily and very swiftly that 
day2 for the hand of his ,lord was upon 
him4 ,the ,master said to him1 ,before  
you close up the ,book1 put in one more 
invitation2 and make it so broad that   
the whole world shall know they are     
included1 and not a single one may feel 
that he is left out4 ,john began to     
write ,the ,spirit and the ,bride say1  
,come1 that is1 the ,spirit and the     
,church2 and let him that heareth say1  
,come6 ,if you have heard and received  
the message yourself1 pass it on to     
those near you2 your religion is not a  
very real thing if it does not affect   
some one else4 ,we have to get rid of   
this idea that the world is going to be 
reached by ministers alone4 ,all those  
who have drunk of the cup of salvation  
must pass it around4  ,let him that is  
athirst1 come4 ,but there are some so   
deaf that they cannot hear2 others are  

not thirsty enough or they think they   
are not4 ,i have seen men in our        
after-meetings with two streams of tears
 running down their cheeks2 and yet they
 said the trouble with them was that    
they were not anxious enough4 ,they were
 anxious to be anxious4 ,probably       
,christ saw that men would say they did 
not feel thirsty2 so ,he told the       
apostle to make the invitation still    
broader4 ,so the last invitation let    
down into a thirsty world is this3      
,whosoever will1 let him take the water 
of life freely4  ,thank ,god for those  
words ,whosoever will6 ,who will come   
and take it8 ,that is the question4 ,you
 have the power to accept or to reject  
the invitation4 ,a man in one meeting   
once was honest enough to say ,i won't4 
,if ,i had it in my power ,i would bring
 this whole audience to a decision now1 
either for or against4 ,i hope many now 
reading these words will say1 ,i will6  
,if ,god says we can1 all the devils in 
hell cannot stop us4 ,all the infidels  

in the world cannot prevent us4 ,that   
little boy1 that little girl1 can say1  
,i will6 ,if it were necessary1 ,god    
would send down a legion of angels to   
help you2 but ,he has given you the     
power1 and you can accept ,christ this  
very minute if you are really in        
earnest4  ,let me say that it is the    
easiest thing in the world to become a  
,christian1 and it is also the most     
difficult4 ,you will say3 ,that is a    
contradiction1 a paradox4 ,i will       
illustrate what ,i mean4 ,a little      
nephew of mine in ,chicago1 a few years 
ago1 took my ,bible and threw it down on
 the floor4 ,his mother said1 ,charlie1 
pick up ,uncle's ,bible4 ,the little    
fellow said he would not1 ,charlie1 do  
you know what that word means8 ,she soon
 found out that he did1 and that he was 
not going to pick up the ,book4 ,his    
will had come right up against his      
mother's will4 ,i began to be quite     
interested in the struggle2 ,i knew if  
she did not break his will1 he would    

some day break her heart4 ,she repeated1
 ,charlie1 go and pick up ,uncle's      
,bible1 and put it on the table4 ,the   
little fellow said he could not do it4  
,i will punish you if you do not4 ,he   
saw a strange look in her eye1 and the  
matter began to get serious4 ,he did not
 want to be punished1 and he knew his   
mother would punish him if he did not   
lift the ,bible4 ,so he straightened    
every bone and muscle in him1 and he    
said he could not do it4 ,i really      
believe the little fellow had reasoned  
himself into the belief that he could   
not do it4  ,his mother knew he was only
 deceiving himself2 so she kept him     
right to the point4 ,at last he went    
down1 put both his arms around the      
,book1 and tugged away at it2 but he    
still said he could not do it4 ,the     
truth was he did not want to4 ,he got up
 again without lifting it4 ,the mother  
said1 ,charlie1 ,i am not going to talk 
to you any more4 ,this matter has to be 
settled2 pick up that ,book1 or ,i will 

punish you4 ,at last she broke his will1
 and then he found it as easy as it is  
for me to turn my hand4 ,he picked up   
the ,bible1 and laid it on the table4   
,so it is with the sinner2 if you are   
really willing to take the ,water of    
,life1 you can do it4     ,i heard the  
voice of ,jesus say1       ',come unto  
,me1 and rest2    ,lay down1 thou weary 
one1 lay down1       ,thy head upon ,my 
breast4'    ,i came to ,jesus as ,i     
was--       ,weary1 and worn1 and sad1  
,i found in ,him a resting-place1       
,and ,he has made me glad4     ,i heard 
the voice of ,jesus say1       ',behold1
 ,i freely give    ,the living          
water--thirsty one1       ,stoop down1  
and drink1 and live4'    ,i came to     
,jesus1 and ,i drank       ,of that     
life-giving stream2    ,my thirst was   
quenched1 my soul revived1       ,and   
now ,i live in ,him4     ,i heard the   
voice of ,jesus say1       ',i am this  
dark world's ,light3    ,look unto ,me1 
thy morn shall rise1       ,and all thy 

day be bright4'    ,i looked to ,jesus1 
and ,i found       ,in ,him my ,star1 my
 ,sun2    ,and in that ,light of life   
,i'll walk       ,till traveling days   
are done4  ,dr4 ,h4 ,bonar    ,,gospel  
,,dialogues4   ,i4--,,mr4 ,,moody ,,and 
,,rev4 ,,marcus ,,rainsford4   ,,what   
,,it ,,is ,,to ,,be ,a ,,child ,,of     
,,god4   ,,mr4 ,,moody--,what is it to  
be a child of ,god8 ,what is the first  
step8  ,rev4 ,m4 ,rainsford--,well1 sir1
 ,i am a child of ,god when ,i become   
united to the ,son of ,god4 ,the ,son of
 ,god prayed that all who believed upon 
,him should be one with ,him1 as ,he was
 one with the ,father4 ,believing on    
,jesus1 ,i receive ,him1 and become     
united to ,him2 ,i become1 as it were1 a
 member of his ,body4 ,i am an heir of  
,god1 a joint-heir with ,christ4  ,mr4  
,m4--,what is the best definition of    
,faith8  ,mr4 ,r4--,trust in the ,son of
 ,god1 as the ,saviour ,he has given to 
us4 ,simple trust1 not only in a creed1 
but in a ,person4 ,i trust my soul to   

,him4 ,i trust the keeping of my soul to
 ,him4 ,god has promised that whosoever 
trusts ,him1 mercy shall compass him on 
every side4  ,mr4 ,m4--,does not the    
,scripture say that the devils believe8 
,mr4 ,r4--,they believe the truth1 do   
they not8 ,they believe that ,jesus was 
manifested to destroy them2 and they    
tremble4 ,i wish we believed as truly   
and as fully that ,god sent ,his ,son   
into the world to save us4  ,mr4        
,m4--,what is it to trust8  ,mr4 ,r4--,i
 take it to mean four things3  7#a7     
,believing on ,christ3 that is1 taking  
,him at ,his ,word4  7#b7 ,hoping in    
,christ3 that is1 expecting help from   
,him1 according to ,his ,word4  7#c7    
,relying on ,christ3 ,that is1 resting  
on ,him for the times1 and ways1 and    
circumstances in which ,he may be       
pleased to fulfill ,his promises        
according to ,his ,word4  7#d7 ,waiting 
on ,christ3 that is1 continuing to do   
so1 notwithstanding delay1 darkness1    
barrenness1 perplexing experiences1 and 

the sentence of death in myself4 ,he may
 keep me waiting awhile 7,i have kept   
,him a long time waiting72 but ,he will 
not keep me waiting always4 ,believing  
in ,him1 hoping in ,him1 relying upon   
,him1 and waiting for ,him--,i          
understand to be trusting in ,him4  ,mr4
 ,m4--,can all these friends here       
believe the promises8  ,mr4 ,r4--,the   
promises are true1 whether we believe   
them or not4 ,we do not make them true  
by believing them4 ,god could not charge
 me with being an unbeliever1 or condemn
 me for unbelief1 if the promises were  
not true for me4 ,i could in that case  
turn round and say3 ,great ,god1 why did
 you expect me to believe a promise that
 was not true for me8 ,and yet the      
,scriptures set forth unbelief as the   
greatest sin ,i can continue to commit4 
,mr4 ,m4--,how are we cleansed by the   
,blood8  ,mr4 ,r4--,the blood is the    
life4 ,the sentence upon sinners for    
their sin was1 ,the soul that sinneth it
 shall die4 ,that we might not die1 the 

,son of ,god died4 ,the blood is the    
poured-out life of the ,son of ,god1    
given as the price1 the atonement1 the  
substitute1 for the forfeited life of   
the believer in ,jesus ,christ4 ,any    
poor sinner who receives ,christ as     
,god's gift is cleansed from all sin by 
,his ,blood4  ,mr4 ,m4--,was the blood  
shed for us all8  ,mr4 ,r4--     ,there 
is a fountain filled with blood1        
,drawn from ,immanuel's veins2    ,and  
sinners plunged beneath that flood1     
,lose all their guilty stains4     ,the 
dying thief rejoiced to see       ,that 
fountain in his day2    ,and there may  
we1 though vile as he1       ,wash all  
our sins away4  ,mr4 ,m4--,some may     
think that this is only a hymn1 and that
 it is not ,scripture4 ,did the ,lord   
ever say anything similar to what the   
hymn says8  ,mr4 ,r4--,he said3 ,i have 
given you the blood upon the altar to   
make an atonement for your souls4 ,that 
was said of the picture of the blood of 
,christ4 ,and at the ,last ,supper our  

,lord said ,his blood was the blood of  
the new testament which is shed for you 
and for many for the remission of sins4 
,mr4 ,m4--,what is the gift of ,god8    
,mr4 ,r4--,there are three great gifts  
that ,god has given to us--  7#a7 ,his  
blessed ,son4  7#b7 ,the ,holy ,ghost1  
the promise of the ,father1 that we     
might understand the unspeakable gift   
bestowed on us when ,he gave ,his ,son4 
7#c7 ,he has given us ,his ,holy ,word4 
,the ,holy ,ghost has inspired the      
writers of it that we may read1 and     
hear1 and know the love that ,god has to
 us1 in that while we were yet sinners  
,christ died for us4 ,we could not have 
the ,son for our ,saviour1 unless ,god  
gave ,him4 ,we could not understand the 
gift of ,god1 unless the ,holy ,ghost   
had come to quicken us and teach us2 and
 this ,he does through the ,word4  ,mr4 
,m4--,how much is there in ,christ for  
us who believe8  ,mr4 ,r4--,in ,him     
dwelt all the fullness of the ,godhead  
bodily--fullness of life1 of            

righteousness1 of sanctification1 of    
redemption1 title to heaven1 and        
meetness for it2 all that ,god wants    
from us1 and all that we want from ,god1
 ,he gave in the person of ,christ4     
,mr4 ,m4--,how long does it take ,god to
 justify a sinner8  ,mr4 ,r4--,how long8
 ,the moment we receive ,him we receive 
authority to enroll ourselves among the 
children of ,god1 and are then and there
 justified from all things4 ,the        
sentence of complete justification does 
not take long to pronounce4 ,some       
persons profess to see a difficulty in  
the variety of ways in which a sinner is
 said to be justified before ,god3 7#a7 
,justified by ,god2 7#b7 ,justified by  
,christ2 7#c7 ,justified by ,his ,blood2
 7#d7 ,justified by grace2 7#e7         
,justified by faith2 7#f7 ,justified by 
works4  ,justification has reference to 
a court of justice4 ,suppose a sinner   
standing at the bar of ,god1 the bar of 
conscience1 and the bar of his          
fellow-men1 charged with a thousand     

crimes4  7#a7 ,there is the ,judge3 that
 is ,god1 who alone can condemn or      
justify3 ,it is ,god that justifieth4   
,that is justification by ,god4  7#b7   
,there is the ,advocate1 who appears at 
court for the sinner2 the counselor1 the
 intercessor3 that is ,christ4          
,justified by ,christ4  7#c7 ,there is  
next to be considered the ground and    
reason on account of which the ,advocate
 pleads before the ,judge4 ,that is the 
merit of ,his own precious ,blood4 ,that
 is justification by ,his ,blood4  7#d7 
,next we must remember the law which the
 ,judge is dispensing4 ,the law of      
works8 ,nay1 but the law of grace and   
faith4 ,that is justification by ,his   
grace4  7#e7 ,and now the judge himself 
pronounces the result4 ,be it known unto
 you that through this ,man is preached 
unto you the forgiveness of sins2 and by
 ,him all that believe are justified    
from all things4 ,now1 for the first    
time1 the sinner at the bar knows the   
fact4 ,this is justification by faith4  

7#f7 ,but now the justified man leaves  
the criminal's dock4 ,he does not return
 to his prison1 or to his chains4 ,he   
walks forth from the court-house a      
justified man2 and all men1 friends or  
foes1 are made aware that he is free4   
,that is justification by works4  ,mr4  
,m4--,a man says3 ,i have not found     
peace4 ,how would you deal with him8    
,mr4 ,r4--,he is really looking for the 
wrong thing4 ,i do not look for peace4  
,i look for ,christ2 and ,i get peace   
with ,him4 ,some people put peace in the
 place of ,christ4 ,others put their    
repentance or prayers in the place of   
,christ4 ,anything put in the place of  
,christ1 or between the sinner and      
,christ1 is in the wrong place4 ,when ,i
 get ,christ1 ,i possess in ,him        
everything that belongs to ,him1 as my  
,saviour4  ,mr4 ,m4--,some think they   
cannot be ,christians until they are    
sanctified4  ,mr4 ,r4--,christ is my    
,sanctification1 as much as my          
,justification4 ,i cannot be sanctified 

but by ,his blood4 ,there is a wonderful
 passage in ,exodus4 ,the high priest   
there represented in picture the ,lord  
,jesus ,christ4 ,there was to be placed 
on the forefront of the miter of the    
high priest1 when he stood before ,god1 
a plate of pure gold1 and graven upon it
 as with a signet1 the words3 ,holiness 
to the ,lord4 ,my faith sees it on the  
forefront of the miter on the brow of my
 ,high ,priest in heaven4 ,and it shall 
be upon ,aaron's forehead1 that ,aaron  
may bear the iniquity of the holy       
things1 which the children of ,israel   
shall hallow in all their holy gifts2   
and it shall be always upon his         
forehead1 that they may be accepted     
before the ,lord4 ,that was for ,israel 
of old6 ,that on the brow of ,jesus     
,christ is for me4 ,yes--for me1 that ,i
 may be accepted before the ,lord4 ,as  
,i believe this truth it purifies my    
heart1 it operates on my affections and 
my desires2 and ,i seek to walk with    
,him1 because ,he is my ,sanctification 

before ,god1 just as ,i trust in ,him as
 my ,justification--because ,he shed    
,his blood for me4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is  
it to believe on ,his name8  ,mr4       
,r4--,his name is ,his revealed self4   
,we are informed what it is in ,exodus4 
,moses was in the mount with ,god1 and  
,he had shown him wonderful things of   
kindness and of love4 ,and ,moses said1 
,o ,god1 show me thy glory6 ,and ,he    
said1 ,i will make all my goodness pass 
before thee4 ,so ,he put ,moses in the  
cleft of the rock1 and proclaimed the   
name of the ,lord3 ,the ,lord1 the ,lord
 ,god1 merciful and gracious1           
longsuffering1 and abundant in goodness 
and truth2 keeping mercy for thousands1 
forgiving iniquity1 transgression1 and  
sin--there it is1 root and branch and   
that will by no means clear the guilty4 
,that is ,his name2 and ,his glory ,he  
will not give unto another3 and to      
believe in the name of the ,lord is just
 to shelter under ,his promises4  ,mr4  
,m4--,what is it to receive the ,kingdom

 of ,god like a little child8  ,mr4     
,r4--,well1 ,i do not believe in a      
little child being an innocent thing4 ,i
 think it means that we are to receive  
it in all our need and helplessness4 ,a 
little child is the most dependent thing
 on earth4 ,all its resources are in its
 parents' love3 all it can do is to cry2
 and its necessities explain the meaning
 to the mother's heart4 ,if we interpret
 its language1 it means3 ,mother1 wash  
me2 ,i cannot wash myself4 ,mother1     
clothe me2 ,i am naked1 and cannot      
clothe myself4 ,mother1 feed me2 ,i     
cannot feed myself4 ,mother1 carry me2  
,i cannot walk4 ,it is written1 ,a      
mother may forget her sucking child2 yet
 will not ,i forget thee4 ,this it is to
 receive the ,kingdom of ,god as a      
little child--to come to ,jesus in our  
helplessness and say3 ,lord ,jesus1 wash
 me6 ,clothe me6 ,feed me6 ,carry me6   
,save me1 ,lord1 or ,i perish4  ,mr4    
,m4--,a good many say they are going to 
try4 ,what would you say to such8  ,mr4 

,r4--,god wants no man to try4 ,jesus   
has already tried4 ,he has not only     
tried1 but ,he has succeeded4 ,it is    
finished4 ,believe in ,him who has made 
an end of sins1 making reconciliation   
for iniquity1 finishing transgression1  
and bringing in everlasting             
righteousness4  ,mr4 ,m4--,if people say
 they are going to try1 what would you  
say to them8  ,mr4 ,r4--,i should say1  
,put trusting in the place of trying2   
believing in the place of doubting2 and 
,i should urge them to come to ,christ  
as they are1 instead of waiting to be   
better4 ,there is nothing now between   
,god the ,father and the poor sinner1   
but the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 and       
,christ has put away sin that ,i may be 
joined to the ,lord4 ,and he that is    
joined unto the ,lord is one spirit2    
,and where the spirit of the ,lord is1  
there is liberty4  ,mr4 ,m4--,about the 
last thing an anxious inquirer has to   
contend with is his feelings4 ,there are
 hundreds here very anxious to know they

 are safe in the ,kingdom2 but they     
think they have not the right kind of   
feeling4 ,what kind of feeling should   
they have8  ,mr4 ,r4--,i think there are
 several of those present who can say   
that they found a blessing in the       
after-meetings through one verse of     
,scripture4 ,i will quote it as an      
answer to ,mr4 ,moody's question4 ,who  
is among you that feareth the ,lord1    
that obeyeth the voice of ,his servant1 
that walketh in darkness1 and hath no   
light8 ,let him trust in the name of the
 ,lord1 and stay upon his ,god4 ,some of
 you may be walking in darkness2 that is
 how you feel4 ,what is ,god's command8 
,let him trust in the name of the ,lord1
 and stay upon his ,god4 ,if ,i am to   
trust ,god in the darkness1 ,i am to    
trust ,him anywhere4  ,mr4 ,m4--,you    
would advise them1 then1 to trust in the
 ,lord1 whether they have the right kind
 of feeling or not8  ,mr4 ,r4--,if ,i   
were to think of my feelings for a      
moment1 ,i should be one of the most    

miserable men in this hall to-night4 ,my
 feelings are those of a sinful corrupt 
nature4 ,i am just to believe what ,god 
tells me in spite of my feelings4 ,faith
 is the evidence of things not seen3 ,i 
might add1 the evidence of things not   
felt4  ,mr4 ,m4--,some may say that     
faith is the gift of ,god3 and that they
 must wait till ,god imparts it to them4
  ,mr4 ,r4--,faith cometh by hearing4   
,the word of ,god is the medium through 
which faith comes to us4 ,god has given 
us ,christ2 and ,he has given us ,his   
,spirit1 and ,his ,word3 what need is   
there to wait8 ,god will give faith to  
the man who reads ,his ,word and seeks  
for ,his ,spirit4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what1     
then1 should they wait for8  ,mr4       
,r4--,i do not know of anything they    
have to wait for4 ,god says3 ,come now2 
,believe now4 ,no1 no2 there is nothing 
to wait for4 ,he has given us all ,he   
has to give3 and the sooner we take it  
the better4  ,mr4 ,m4--,perhaps some of 
them think they have too many sins to   

allow their coming4  ,mr4 ,r4--,the     
,lord ,jesus has put away sin by the    
sacrifice of ,himself4 ,as far as the   
east is from the west1 so far hath ,he  
removed our transgressions from us4 ,why
 do we not believe him8 ,he says ,he has
 made an end of sins4 ,why do we not    
believe ,him8 ,is ,he a liar8  ,mr4     
,m4--,is unbelief a sin8  ,mr4 ,r4--,it 
is the root of all sin4  ,mr4 ,m4--,has 
a man the power to believe these things1
 if he will8  ,mr4 ,r4--,when ,god gives
 a command1 it means that we are able by
 ,his grace to do it4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what  
do you mean by coming to ,christ8  ,mr4 
,r4--,believing in ,him4 ,if ,i were to 
prepare a great feast in this hall      
to-morrow night1 and say that any man   
that comes to it would have a grand     
feast and a five-pound note besides1    
there would not be any question as to   
what coming meant4 ,god has prepared a  
great feast4 ,he has sent ,his          
messengers to invite all to come2 and   
there is nothing to pay4  ,mr4          

,m4--,what is the first step4  ,mr4     
,r4--,to believe4  ,mr4 ,m4--,believe   
what8  ,mr4 ,r4--,god's invitation2     
,god's promise2 ,god's provision4 ,let  
us believe the faithfulness of ,him who 
calls us4 ,does ,god intend to mock us1 
and make game of us8 ,if ,he did so to  
one man1 it would hush all the harps in 
heaven4  ,mr4 ,m4--,suppose the people  
do come1 and that they fall into sin    
tomorrow8  ,mr4 ,r4--,let them come back
 again4 ,god says we are to forgive till
 seventy times seven4 ,do you think the 
great ,god will do less than ,he        
commands us to do8  ,mr4 ,m4--,if they  
truly come1 will they have the desire to
 do the things they used to do before8  
,mr4 ,r4--,when a man really receives   
,christ into his heart1 he experiences  
the expulsive power of a new affection4 
,the devil may tempt him to sin2 but sin
 has lost its attraction4 ,a man finds  
out that it does not pay to grieve      
,god's ,holy ,spirit4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what  
would you advise your converts to do8   

,mr4 ,r4--,when you were little babes1  
if you had had no milk1 no clothing1 and
 no rest1 you would not have lived very 
long4 ,you are now the result of your   
fathers' and mothers' care4 ,when a man 
is born in the family of ,god he has    
life2 but he needs food4 ,man doth not  
live by bread alone4 ,if you do not feed
 upon ,god's promises you will be of no 
use in ,god's service3 it will be well  
for you if your life does not die out   
altogether before long4 ,then you need  
exercise4 ,if you only take food1 and do
 no work1 you will soon suffer from what
 ,i may call spiritual apoplexy4 ,when  
you get hold of a promise1 go and tell  
it to others4 ,the best way for me to   
get help for myself is by trying to help
 others4 ,there is one great promise    
that young disciples should never       
forget3 ,he that watereth shall be      
watered also himself4  ,mr4 ,m4--,how   
are they to begin8  ,mr4 ,r4--,i believe
 there are some rich ladies and rich    
gentlemen on the platform4 ,when such   

persons are brought to the ,lord1 they  
are apt to be ashamed to speak about    
salvation to their old companions4 ,if  
our ,christian ladies would go amongst  
other ladies2 ,christian gentlemen      
amongst gentlemen of their own class2   
and so on we should see a grand work for
 ,christ4 ,each of you have some friends
 or relations whom you can influence    
better than anybody else can4 ,begin    
with them2 and ,god will give you such a
 taste for work that you will not be    
content to stay at home3 you will go and
 work outside as well4  ,mr4 ,m4--,a    
good place to start in would be the     
kitchen1 would it not8 ,begin with some 
little kitchen meetings4 ,let some of   
you get fifteen or twenty mothers       
together2 and ask them to bring their   
young children with them4 ,sing some of 
these sweet hymns2 read a few verses of 
,scripture2 get your lips opened2 and   
you will find that streams of salvation 
will be breaking out all around4 ,i     
always think that every convert ought to

 be good for a dozen others right away4 
,mr4 ,r4--,let me tell a little incident
 in my own experience4 ,i was once asked
 to go and see a great man and tell him 
about ,christ4 ,he did not expect me2   
and if ,i had known that1 perhaps ,i    
should not have had the faith to go at  
all4 ,when ,i went he was very angry and
 very nearly turned me out of the house4
 ,he was an old man1 and had one little 
daughter4 ,a few weeks afterwards he    
went to the ,continent1 and his daughter
 went with him4 ,one day when he was    
very ill he saw his daughter looking at 
him1 while the tears rolled down her    
cheeks4 ,my child1 he said1 what are you
 crying about8 ,oh1 papa1 you do not    
love the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 ,i am    
afraid you are going to hell6 ,why do   
you say that8 ,do you not remember when 
,mr4 ,rainsford called to see you1 you  
were very rude to him8 ,i never saw you 
so angry4 ,and he only wished to speak  
to you about ,jesus4 ,well1 my child1   
you shall read to me about ,jesus4 ,if  

that man has gone to heaven--,i do not  
say whether he has or not--the only     
light he had he got from his little     
daughter4 ,you set to work2 and you     
cannot tell what may be the result1 by  
the blessing of ,god4     ,sons of ,god1
 beloved in ,jesus       ,oh1 the       
wondrous word of grace6    ,in ,his ,son
 the ,father sees us1       ,and as sons
 ,he gives us place4     ,blessed power 
now brightly beaming--       ,on our    
,god we soon shall gaze2    ,and in     
light celestial gleaming       ,we shall
 see our ,saviour's face4     ,by the   
power of grace transforming       ,we   
shall then ,his image bear2    ,christ  
,his promised word performing1       ,we
 shall then ,his glory share4  ,el      
,nathan    ,,ii4--,,mr4 ,,moody ,,and   
,,rev4 ,,marcus ,,rainsford4   ,,how    
,,to ,,become ,a ,,christian4   ,,mr4   
,,moody4--,mr4 ,rainsford1 how can one  
make room in their heart for ,christ8   
,rev4 ,m4 ,rainsford4--,first1 do we    
really want ,christ to be in our hearts8

 ,if we do1 the best thing will be to   
ask ,him to come and make room for      
,himself4 ,he will surely come and do   
so4 ,i can do all things through ,christ
 which strengtheneth me4 ,without ,me ye
 can do nothing4  ,mr4 ,m4--,will       
,christ crowd out the world if ,he comes
 in8  ,mr4 ,r4--,he spake a parable to  
that effect4 ,when a strong man armed   
keepeth his palace the poor sinner's    
heart1 his goods are in peace4 ,but when
 a stronger than he shall come upon him 
and overcome him1 he taketh from him all
 his armour wherein he trusted unbelief1
 false views of ,god1 worldliness1 and  
love of sin1 and divideth his spoils4   
,the devil keeps the heart1 because     
,christ desires it for ,his             
throne--until ,christ drives ,him out4  
,mr4 ,m4--,what is the meaning of the   
promise8--,him that cometh unto ,me ,i  
will in no wise cast out4  ,mr4 ,r4--,i 
think we often put the emphasis upon the
 wrong word4 ,people are troubled about 
how they are going to come1 when they   

should put the emphasis on ,him to whom 
they are coming4 ,him that cometh unto  
,me ,i will in no wise cast out3 no     
matter how he may come4 ,i remember     
hearing this incident at an             
after-meeting4 ,a gentleman was speaking
 to an anxious inquirer1 telling him to 
come to ,christ1 to trust in ,christ2   
but the man seemed to get no comfort4   
,he said that was just where he found   
his difficulty4 ,by and by1 another     
friend came and spoke to the anxious    
one4 ,all he said was3 ,come to         
,,christ2 trust in ,,christ4 ,the man   
saw it in a minute4 ,he went and told   
the other gentleman1 ,i see the way of  
salvation now4 ,tell me1 said he1 what  
did that man say to you8 ,well1 he told 
me to trust in ,christ4 ,that is what ,i
 told you4 ,nay1 you bade me trust in   
,christ1 and come to ,christ2 he bade me
 trust in ,christ1 and come to ,christ4 
,that made all the difference4  ,mr4    
,m4--,what does ,christ mean by the     
words in no wise8  ,mr4 ,r4--,it means  

that if the sins of all sinners on earth
 and all the devils in hell were upon   
your soul1 ,he will not refuse you4 ,not
 even in the range of ,god's omniscience
 is there a reason why ,christ will     
refuse any poor sinner who comes to ,him
 for pardon4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is the    
salvation ,he comes to proclaim and to  
bestow8  ,mr4 ,r4--,to deliver us from  
the power of darkness and the bottomless
 pit1 and set us upon the throne of     
glory4 ,it is salvation from death and  
hell1 and curse and ruin4 ,but that is  
only the half of it4 ,it is salvation to
 ,god1 and light1 and glory1 and honor1 
and immortality2 and from earth to      
heaven4  ,mr4 ,m4--,if the friends here 
do not come and get this salvation1 what
 will be the true reason8  ,mr4         
,r4--,either they are fond of some sin  
which they do not intend to give up1 or 
they do not believe they are in a lost  
condition1 and under the curse of ,god1 
and therefore do not feel their need of 
,him who came to seek and to save that  

which was lost4 ,or they do not believe 
,god's promises4 ,i have sometimes asked
 a man1 ,good friend1 are you saved6    
,well1 no1 ,i am not saved4 ,are you    
lost8 ,oh1 ,god forbid6 ,i am not lost4 
,where are you1 then1 if you are neither
 saved nor lost8 ,may ,god wake us up to
 the fact that we are all in one state  
or the other6  ,mr4 ,m4--,what if any of
 them should fall into sin after they   
have come to ,christ8  ,mr4 ,r4--,god   
has provided for the sins of ,his       
people1 committed after they come to    
,christ1 as surely as for their sins    
committed before they came to ,him4     
,christ ever liveth to make intercession
 for all that come unto ,god by ,him4   
,if we say that we have no sin we       
deceive ourselves1 and the truth is not 
in us4 ,if we confess our sins1 ,he is  
faithful and just to forgive us our     
sins1 and to cleanse us from all        
unrighteousness4 4 4 4 4 ,for1 if any   
man sin1 we have an ,advocate with the  
,father1 ,jesus ,christ the righteous4  

,and ,he is the propitiation for our    
sins4 ,he will take care of our sinful1 
tried and tempted selves1 if we trust   
ourselves to ,him4  ,mr4 ,m4--,is it not
 said that if we sin willfully after we 
have received the knowledge of the      
truth1 there remaineth no more sacrifice
 for sins8  ,mr4 ,r4--,yes4 ,paul wrote 
it in his ,epistle to the ,hebrews4     
,some of them were trifling with the    
blood of ,christ1 reverting to the types
 and shadows of the ,levitical ,law1 and
 trusting to a fulfilled ritual for     
salvation4 ,he is not referring to      
ordinary acts of sin4 ,by sinning       
willfully he means1 as he explains it1 a
 treading under foot the ,son of ,god1  
and a total and final apostatizing from 
,christ4 ,those who reject or neglect   
,him will find no other sacrifice for   
sin remaining4 ,before ,christ came the 
,jewish ceremonies were shadows of the  
good things to come2 but ,christ was the
 substance of them4 ,but now that he has
 come to put away sin by the sacrifice  

of ,himself1 there is no other sacrifice
 for sin remaining for those who reject 
,him4 ,god will send no other ,saviour1 
and no further atonement2 no second     
fountain shall be opened for sin and    
uncleanness4 ,there remains1 therefore1 
nothing for the rejector of salvation by
 ,christ1 but a fearful looking-for of  
judgment4  ,mr4 ,m4--,there are some who
 say they do not know that they have the
 right kind of faith4  ,mr4 ,r4--,god   
does not ask us if we have the right    
kind of faith4 ,he tells us the right   
thing to believe1 and the right faith is
 to believe the right thing1 even what  
,god has told us and promised us4 ,if ,i
 told you1 ,mr4 ,moody1 that ,i had     
found a hymn-book last night you would  
believe me1 would you not8 7,mr4 ,moody3
 ,yes47 ,suppose ,i said it was the     
valuable one you lost the other night1  
you would believe me also just the same4
 ,there is no difference in the kind of 
faith2 the difference is in the thing   
believed4 ,when the ,son of ,god tells  

me that ,he died for sinners1 that is a 
fact for my faith to lay hold of3 the   
faith itself is not some thing to be    
considered4 ,i do not look at my hand1  
when ,i take a gift1 and wonder what    
sort of a hand it is4 ,i look at the    
gift4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what about those      
people who say their hearts are so hard1
 and they have no love to ,christ8  ,mr4
 ,r4--,of course they are hard and cold4
 ,no man loves ,christ till he believes 
that ,christ loves him4 ,we love ,him1  
because ,he first loved us4 ,it is the  
love of ,god shed abroad in our hearts  
by the ,holy ,ghost that makes the      
change4  ,mr4 ,m4--,paul said he was    
crucified with ,christ4 what did he     
mean8  ,mr4 ,r4--,oh1 that is a grand   
text6 ,thank ,god ,i have been crucified
 with ,christ4 ,the ,cross of ,christ   
represents the death due to the sinner  
who had broken ,god's laws4 ,when       
,christ was crucified every member of   
,his body was crucified3 but every      
believer that was1 or is1 or shall be1  

is a member of ,christ's body1 of ,his  
flesh1 and of ,his bones4 ,again1 we    
read3 ,whether one member suffer1 all   
the members suffer with it2 or one      
member be honored1 all the members      
rejoice with it3 now ye are the body of 
,christ1 and members in particular4 ,so 
when ,christ was crucified for sin1 ,i  
was also crucified in ,him2 and now ,i  
am dead and gone as far as my old self  
is concerned4 ,i have already suffered  
for sin in ,him4 ,yes2 ,i am dead and   
buried with ,christ4 ,that is the grand 
truth that ,paul laid hold upon4 ,i am  
stone dead as a sinner in the sight of  
,god4 ,as it is written1 ,i am become   
dead to the law by the body of ,christ1 
that ,i might be married to another1    
even to ,him who is raised from the     
dead1 that ,i should bring forth fruit  
unto ,god4 ,i am crucified with ,christ2
 nevertheless ,i live2 yet not ,i1 but  
,christ liveth in me2 and ,god ,himself 
commands me so to regard my standing    
before ,him as ,his believing child4 ,in

 that ,christ died1 ,he died1 unto sin  
once3 but in that ,he liveth1 ,he liveth
 unto ,god4 ,likewise reckon ye also    
yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin1  
but alive unto ,god through ,jesus      
,christ our ,lord4  ,mr4 ,m4--,should   
not a man repent a good deal before he  
comes to ,christ8  ,mr4 ,r4--,repent a  
good deal6 ,i do not think any man      
repents in the true sense of the word   
till he loves ,christ and hates sin4    
,there are many false repentances in the
 ,bible4 ,we are told that ,pharaoh     
repented when the judgment of ,god came 
upon him1 and he said1 ,i have sinned2  
but as soon as the judgment passed away1
 he went back to his sin4 ,we read that 
,balaam said3 ,i have sinned4 ,yet he   
loved the wages of unrighteousness4     
,when ,saul lost his kingdom he         
repented2 ,i have sinned1 he said4 ,when
 ,judas ,iscariot found that he had made
 a great mistake1 he said3 ,i have      
sinned1 in that ,i have betrayed        
innocent blood2 yet he went to his own  

place4 ,i would not give much for these 
repentances2 ,i would rather have       
,peter's repentance3 when ,christ looked
 upon ,his fallen saint it broke ,his   
heart1 and he went out and wept         
bitterly4 ,or the repentance of the     
,prodigal1 when his father's arms were  
around his neck1 and his kisses on his  
cheek1 and he said1 ,father1 ,i have    
sinned against heaven and before thee1  
and am no more worthy to be called thy  
son4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is your title to  
heaven8  ,mr4 ,r4--,the ,person1 the    
,life1 ,death1 and ,righteousness1 of   
the ,god-man1 the ,son of ,god1 my      
,substitute1 and my ,saviour4  ,mr4     
,m4--,how do you obtain that8  ,mr4     
,r4--,by receiving ,him4 ,as many as    
received ,him1 to them gave ,he         
authority to become the sons of ,god1   
even to them that believed on ,his name4
  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is your meetness for  
heaven8  ,mr4 ,r4--,the ,holy ,ghost    
dwelling in my heart is my fitness for  
heaven4 ,i have only to get there2 and  

,i have1 by this great gift1 all tastes1
 desires1 and faculties1 for it3 ,i have
 the eyes to contemplate it3 ,i have the
 ears for heaven's music3 and ,i can    
speak the language of the country4 ,the 
,holy ,ghost in me is my fitness and    
qualification for the splendid          
inheritance for which the ,son of ,god  
has redeemed me4  ,mr4 ,m4--,would you  
make a distinction between ,christ's    
work for us and the ,spirit's work in   
us8  ,mr4 ,r4--,christ's work for me is 
the payment of my debt2 the giving me a 
place in my ,father's home1 the place of
 sonship in my ,father's family4 ,the   
,holy ,spirit's work in me is to make me
 fit for ,his company4  ,mr4 ,m4--,you  
distinguish1 then1 between the work of  
the ,father1 the work of the ,son1 and  
the work of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,mr4     
,r4--,thanks be to ,god1 ,i have them   
all1 and ,i want them all--,father1     
,son1 and ,holy ,ghost4 ,i read that my 
,heavenly ,father took my sins and laid 
them on ,christ2 ,the ,lord hath laid on

 ,him the iniquity of us all4 ,no one   
else had a right to touch them4 ,then ,i
 want the ,son1 who ,his own self bare  
my sins in ,his own body on a tree4 ,and
 ,i want the ,holy ,ghost4 ,i should    
know nothing about this great salvation1
 and care nothing for it1 if the ,holy  
,ghost had not come and told me the     
story1 and given me grace to believe it4
  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is meant when we are  
told that ,christ saves to the          
uttermost8  ,mr4 ,r4--,that is another  
grand truth4 ,some people are troubled  
by the thought that they will not be    
able to hold out if they come to        
,christ4 ,there are so many crooked     
ways1 and pitfalls1 and snares in the   
world2 there is the power of the flesh1 
and the snare of the devil4 ,so they    
fear they will never get home4 ,the idea
 of the passage is this4 ,suppose you   
are on the top of some splendid         
mountain1 very high up4 ,you look away  
to where the sun sets1 and you see many 
a river1 and many a country1 and many a 

barren waste between4 ,christ is able to
 save you through and over them all1 out
 and out1 and beyond to the uttermost4  
,mr4 ,m4--,suppose a man came in here   
just out of prison3 all his life he has 
been falling1 falling1 till he has      
become discouraged4 ,can ,christ save   
him all at once8  ,mr4 ,r4--,it is just 
as easy for ,christ to save a man with  
the weight of ten thousand sins upon him
 and all his chains around him1 as to   
save a man with one sin4 ,if a man has  
offended in one point1 the ,scripture   
says he is guilty of all4  ,mr4 ,m4--,if
 a man is forgiven1 will he go out and  
do the same thing to-morrow8  ,mr4      
,r4--,well1 ,i hope not4 ,all ,i can say
 is that if we do1 we shall smart for   
it4 ,i have done many a thing since the 
,lord revealed ,himself to my soul that 
,i should not have done--,i have gone   
backward and downward2 but ,i have      
always found that it does not pay when  
,i do anything that grieves my ,heavenly
 ,father4 ,i think ,he sometimes allows 

us to taste the bitterness of what it is
 to depart from ,him4 ,and this is one  
of the many ways by which ,he keeps us  
from falling4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what do you   
consider to be the great sin of sins8   
,mr4 ,r4--,the ,word of ,god tells us   
that there is only one sin of which ,god
 alone can convince us4 ,if ,i cut a    
man's throat or if ,i steal1 it does not
 need ,god to convince me that that is a
 sin4 ,but it takes the power of the    
,holy ,ghost to convince me that not to 
receive ,christ1 not to love ,christ1   
not to believe in ,christ1 is the sin of
 sins1 the root of sins4 ,christ says1  
,when the ,spirit is come1 ,he will     
convince the world of sin1 because they 
believe not on ,me4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what do 
you mean by the ,word of ,god8  ,mr4    
,r4--,the ,son of ,god is the ,word of  
,god incarnate3 the ,bible is the ,word 
of ,god written4 ,the one is the ,word  
of ,god in my nature3 the other is the  
,word of ,god in my language4  ,mr4     
,m4--,if a man receives the word of ,god

 into his heart1 what benefit is it to  
him1 right here to-night8  ,mr4         
,r4--,the ,father and the ,son will make
 their abode with him2 and he will be   
the temple of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,where  
,he goes the whole ,trinity goes2 and   
all the promises are his4 ,man doth not 
live by bread alone2 but by every word  
that proceedeth out of the mouth of     
,god4  ,mr4 ,m4--,who is it that judges 
a man to be unworthy of eternal life8   
,mr4 ,r4--,himself66 ,there is a verse  
in ,acts xiii that is worth remembering3
 ,seeing ye put it the ,word of ,god    
from you1 and judge yourselves unworthy 
of everlasting life1 lo1 we turn to the 
,gentiles4 ,god does not judge us       
unworthy4 ,he has given ,his ,son for   
our salvation4 ,when a man puts away the
 ,word of ,god from him and refuses to  
receive ,christ into his heart1 he      
judges himself unworthy of salvation4   
,mr4 ,m4--,i understand1 then1 that if a
 man rejects ,christ to-night1 he passes
 judgment on himself as unworthy of     

eternal life8  ,mr4 ,r4--,he is judging 
himself unworthy1 while ,god does not so
 consider him4 ,god says you are welcome
 to eternal life4  ,mr4 ,m4--,if any one
 here wants to please ,god to-night1 how
 can he do it8  ,mr4 ,r4--,god delights 
in mercy4 ,come to ,god and claim ,his  
mercy in ,christ2 and you will delight  
,his heart4  ,mr4 ,m4--,suppose a man   
say he is not elected8  ,mr4 ,r4--,do   
you remember the story of the woman of  
,canaan8 ,poor soul2 she had come a long
 journey4 ,she asked the ,lord to have  
mercy on her afflicted child4 ,he wanted
 to try her faith1 and ,he said3 ,i am  
not sent but to the lost sheep of the   
house of ,israel4 ,that looked as if ,he
 ,himself told her that she was not one 
of the elect4 ,but she came and         
worshipped ,him1 saying1 ,lord1 help me6
 and ,he helped her there and then4 ,no2
 there is no election separating between
 the sinner and ,christ4  ,mr4 ,m4--,say
 that again4  ,mr4 ,r4--,there is no    
election separating between the sinner  

and christ4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is there   
between the sinner and ,christ8  ,mr4   
,r4--,mercy66 ,mercy66  ,mr4 ,m4--,that 
brings me near to ,christ4  ,mr4        
,r4--,so near that we cannot be nearer4 
,but we must claim it4 ,in ,john we get 
,god's teaching about election4 ,this is
 the ,father's will which hath sent ,me1
 that of all which ,he hath given ,me ,i
 should lose nothing2 but should raise  
it up again at the last day4 ,he will do
 his work1 you may depend upon it4 ,then
 in the next verse we read3 ,and this is
 the will of ,him that sent ,me1 that   
every one which seeth the ,son1 and     
believeth on ,him1 may have everlasting 
life3 and ,i will raise him up at the   
last day4 ,that is the part ,i am to    
take3 and when ,i have done so ,i shall 
know the ,father's will concerning me4  
,mr4 ,m4--,what do you mean by the ,new 
,birth8  ,mr4 ,r4--,i judge it by what  
,i know of the ,old ,birth4 ,i was born 
of human parents into the human family2 
so ,i belong to ,adam's race by nature  

and by generation1 and ,i inherit       
,adam's sin and curse accordingly4 ,the 
new birth is from my union by faith with
 the second ,adam2 but this is by grace1
 not nature3 and when ,i receive the    
,lord ,jesus ,christ ,i am born of      
,god--not by generation1 but by         
regeneration4 ,as ,i am united to the   
first ,adam by nature and generation1 so
 ,i am united by faith through grace and
 regeneration to the second ,adam1 and  
inherit all ,his fullness accordingly4  
,mr4 ,m4--,what is the meaning of being 
saved by the ,blood8  ,mr4 ,r4--,a      
gentleman asked me that in the          
inquiry-room2 ,what do you mean by the  
shed ,blood8 ,it is the poured-out life 
of the ,son of ,god forfeited as the    
atonement for sinners' sins4  ,mr4      
,m4--,is it available now8  ,mr4        
,r4--,yes2 as much as ever it was4  ,mr4
 ,m4--,you mean it is just as powerful  
to-day as it was eighteen hundred years 
ago when ,he shed it8  ,mr4 ,r4--,if the
 blood of ,abel cried out for vengeance 

against his slayer1 how much more does  
the blood of ,christ cry out for pardon 
for all who plead it6 ,it cleanseth     
7present tense7 from all sin4  ,mr4     
,m4--,how do you get faith8  ,mr4       
,r4--,by hearing ,god's ,word4 ,faith   
cometh by hearing2 and hearing by the   
,word of ,god4  ,mr4 ,m4--,how do you   
get the ,holy ,ghost8  ,mr4 ,r4--,in the
 same way as you get faith4 ,the ,holy  
,ghost uses the ,word as the chariot by 
which ,he enters the believer's soul4   
,the ,gospel is called the ministration 
of the ,spirit4  ,mr4 ,m4--,is the ,word
 of ,god addressed to all here8  ,mr4   
,r4--,he that hath an ear1 let him hear 
what the ,spirit saith to the ,churches 
7,rev4 iii #bb74  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is the
 ,gospel8  ,mr4 ,r4--,good tidings of   
great joy1 which shall be to all people4
 ,if our ,gospel1 proclaiming life1     
pardon1 and peace1 is not as applicable 
for salvation to the vilest harlot here 
as to the greatest saint in ,london1 it 
is not ,christ's ,gospel we preach4     

,mr4 ,m4--,what reason does the         
,scripture give tor the ,gospel being   
hid to some8  ,mr4 ,r4--,it is hid to   
them that are lost2 in whom the ,god of 
this world hath blinded the minds of    
them which believe not1 lest the light  
of the glorious ,gospel of ,christ1 who 
is the image of ,god1 should shine into 
them4 ,may ,god open all our eyes1 and  
take away the veil of unbelief with     
which the devil may be blinding any of  
us6  ,mr4 ,m4--,are there not many who  
give an intellectual assent to all these
 things2 and who yet have no power1 and 
no divine life8  ,mr4 ,r4--,an          
intellectual assent is not faith4 ,i    
have never found anyone who really      
believed ,god's ,word who did not get   
power in believing it4 ,people may      
assent to it2 but ,i do not admit that  
that is believing it4 ,i do not think   
there is any man or woman here who      
really believes the ,gospel of the grace
 of ,god1 who has not been taught it by 
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,i could easily       

cross-examine any one of those          
intellectual believers who imagines he  
believes ,god1 but really does not2 and 
he would break down in a few minutes4   
,mr4 ,m4--,for whom1 then1 did ,christ  
die8  ,mr4 ,r4--,for the ungodly4  ,mr4 
,m4--,why is salvation obtained by      
faith8  ,mr4 ,r4--,that it might be by  
grace4 ,for this cause it is of faith1  
that it may be according to grace8  ,mr4
 ,m4--,how may a man know if he has     
eternal life8  ,mr4 ,r4--,by not        
treating ,god as if ,he were a liar1    
when ,he tells us ,he has given us      
eternal life in ,his ,son4  ,mr4        
,m4--,what is the means by which the    
,new ,birth we were speaking of is      
effected8  ,mr4 ,r4--,of ,his own will  
begat ,he us with the word of truth4    
,being born again1 not of corruptible   
seed1 but of incorruptible1 by the ,word
 of ,god 4 4 4 4 and this is the ,word1 
which by the ,gospel is preached unto   
you4     ,oh1 the wondrous love of      
,jesus       ,to redeem us with ,his    

blood6    ,through ,his all-atoning     
merit1       ,he has brought us near to 
,god3    ,for the boundless grace that  
saves us       ,we ,his name will       
magnify2    ,he is coming in ,his glory1
       ,we shall see ,him by and by6    
,oh1 the wondrous love of ,jesus        
,to redeem our souls from death6    ,we 
will thank ,him1 we will praise ,him1   
,while ,his mercy lends us breath3      
,we are waiting--only waiting--         
,till ,he comes our souls to bear    ,to
 the ,home beyond the shadows1       ,in
 ,his ,kingdom over there6  ,f4 ,j4     
,crosby    ,,iii4--,,mr4 ,,moody ,,and  
,,mr4 ,,radstock4   ,,what ,,it ,,is    
,,to ,,be ,,converted4   ,,mr4 ,,moody3 
,christ says1 ,except ye be converted1  
and become as little children1 ye shall 
not enter into the kingdom of heaven4   
,what is it to be converted8  ,mr4      
,radstock3 ,to be converted is to turn  
to ,god1 who is the only one that can   
save4 ,we cannot save ourselves even by 
our religion4 ,therefore1 in order to   

salvation we must turn to ,god1 who     
alone has the grace1 the wisdom1 and the
 power to save4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is it  
to be born of the ,spirit8  ,mr4        
,r4--,man1 by nature1 cannot enter into 
the thoughts of ,god4 ,he cannot hold   
communion with ,god until he has a new  
nature4 ,the natural man receiveth not  
the things of the ,spirit of ,god3 he   
has no capacity until he has the new    
life which ,god will give him by the    
power of the ,holy ,ghost4  ,mr4        
,m4--,can he get that to-day if he      
repents8  ,mr4 ,r4--,yes4 ,repentance   
means a change of mind--a turning away  
from his own thoughts to hear the voice 
and the message of ,god4 ,if we listen  
to the voice of ,god and confess our    
sins1 ,god is faithful and just to      
forgive us our sins4  ,mr4 ,m4--,to whom
 are we to confess our sins8  ,mr4      
,r4--,when the light of ,god comes in1  
we see that we are guilty before him2   
then we are constrained to go and lay   
our case before ,him4 ,if we confess our

 sins1 ,he is faithful and just to      
forgive us4  ,mr4 ,m4--,there is a      
passage that says the ,lord ,jesus      
,christ bear our sins4 ,in what sense   
did ,he bear our sins4  ,mr4 ,r4--,the  
,lord ,jesus ,christ had really laid to 
,his charge sins which ,he had never    
committed4 ,he was punished as if ,he   
had been the sinner4 ,therefore on the  
cross ,he cried out1 ,my ,god1 my ,god1 
why hast ,thou forsaken me8 ,god was    
dealing with ,jesus as if ,he had really
 been the guilty one4  ,mr4 ,m4--,do we 
get any help by believing that8  ,mr4   
,r4--,when ,i believe ,god's testimony1 
,god's witness about ,jesus1 ,i then can
 trust myself to ,god1 ,giving myself to
 ,god1 ,god becomes my ,saviour4  ,mr4  
,m4--,have these friends the power to   
believe8  ,mr4 ,r4--,they are commanded 
to believe4 ,they can believe it just as
 well as they can believe any other     
fact1 if they only listen to ,god's     
voice4 ,but they must get rid of their  
own thoughts1 and listen to ,god3       

,hearing ,his voice they will believe4  
,faith cometh by hearing3 and hearing by
 the ,word of ,god4  ,mr4 ,m4--,all the 
sinner has to do is to repose in the    
promises of ,god8  ,mr4 ,r4--,simply to 
trust ,himself to ,god4  ,mr4 ,m4--,what
 would you say to a man who says he has 
tried a good many times and failed2 and 
who has become discouraged8  ,mr4       
,r4--,that man has probably made a good 
many resolutions1 hoping that he would  
gradually make himself a ,christian by  
going through this or that process1 or  
by doing this or that thing4 ,of course 
he failed1 because he tried to make     
himself a ,christian4 ,instead of trying
 to save himself1 let him trust in ,god1
 who has pledged ,his word that every   
one who believes on the ,lord ,jesus    
,christ has at that moment everlasting  
life4  ,mr4 ,m4--,should a man not break
 off from some of his sins before he    
comes to ,god8 ,suppose he swears or has
 a bad temper1 should he not get a      
little control over his temper1 or stop 

swearing1 before he comes to ,christ8   
,mr4 ,r4--,god knows that a man's nature
 is wrong3 therefore ,he has promised to
 give a man a new nature4 ,we must      
therefore go to ,god1 just as a man goes
 to a physician1 because he needs to be 
cured of some disease4  ,mr4 ,m4--,can a
 drunkard or a blasphemer be saved all  
at once8  ,mr4 ,r4--,paul says3 ,to him 
that worketh not1 but believeth on ,him 
that justifieth the ungodly bad people1 
lost people1 ruined people--his faith is
 counted for righteousness4 ,when he    
believes ,god1 ,god becomes his         
,saviour4 ,god is the friend of sinners4
  ,mr4 ,m4--,what is it to believe ,god8
  ,mr4 ,r4--,to take ,him at ,his word4 
,mr4 ,m4--,do you not think there are a 
good many here who believe that ,jesus  
,christ is the ,saviour of the world2   
and yet they are not saved8  ,mr4       
,r4--,no doubt2 because they have not   
believed for themselves4 ,a man at the  
time of the ,deluge1 for instance1 might
 have said1 ,yes1 ,i believe it is a    

very good ark indeed2 and that it will  
save those who get into it4 ,but it does
 not follow that he got into it himself4
 ,the ark only saved those who went into
 it4 ,so1 when a man trusts in ,jesus   
,christ for himself1 ,jesus becomes his 
personal and eternal ,saviour4  ,mr4    
,m4--,what if he should fall into sin   
after he has believed in ,christ8  ,mr4 
,r4--,these things write ,i unto you    
that ye sin not1 says ,john2 and if any 
man sin1 we have an ,advocate with the  
,father4 ,the ,good ,physician will not 
give up ,his case because of the        
disease2 ,he will deal with it4 ,the    
,good ,shepherd will not turn ,his poor 
wandering sheep away2 ,he will go after 
it1 and bring it back4 ,he has promised 
that ,he will save ,his people from     
their sins4  ,mr4 ,m4--,is salvation    
within the reach of every man here      
tonight8  ,mr4 ,r4--,jesus said1 ,god so
 loved the world that ,he gave his only 
begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth 
in ,him should not perish1 but have     

everlasting life4  ,mr4 ,m4--,but some  
say they do not feel that2 they do not  
realize it4  ,mr4 ,r4--,when they take  
,god at ,his word1 and cast themselves  
upon ,him1 whether they feel it or      
not--when they confess ,jesus ,christ as
 their ,lord--the ,holy ,ghost will come
 as a power to make them realize it4    
,for instance1 a man at the time of the 
,deluge might have stood outside the    
ark1 and said1 ,i cannot realize how    
this ark will lift me up above the      
waters4 ,but if he were inside when the 
flood came he would realize it4 ,the    
sinner must believe first1 and have his 
experience afterwards4 ,a man is told   
that a certain train will take him to   
,edinburgh4 ,he has never been there3 he
 does not understand about this         
particular train2 and he cannot realize 
that it will take him there4 ,but he    
knows that he may trust the friend who  
told him2 so he gets into the train4    
,then he realizes that he is in the     
train2 by and by he will be able to     

realize that he is in ,edinburgh4  ,mr4 
,m4--,would you advise people to come to
 ,god as they are1 with their unfeeling1
 treacherous1 hard hearts--with any kind
 of heart8  ,mr4 ,r4--,god has provided 
this salvation for lost sinners--those  
who are thoroughly bad and corrupt4 ,it 
is for such that ,god has shown ,his    
salvation1 ,his love1 ,his grace4  ,mr4 
,m4--,what would you say to any one who 
thinks he has no power to believe8  ,mr4
 ,r4--,he has the power to believe4     
,probably he is trying to believe       
something about himself2 to feel        
something about himself instead of      
giving credit to ,god--,he is not asked 
to realize this or that about himself1  
but to believe the faithful ,god4  ,mr4 
,m4--,some say they have no power to    
overcome a besetting sin8  ,mr4         
,r4--,jesus came proclaiming liberty to 
the captives4 ,as we read in the        
beautiful words of the ,church of       
,england ,prayer-book3 ,though we be    
tied and bound by the chains of our sin1

 let the pitifulness of ,thy mercy save 
us4 ,jesus ,christ takes the prisoners  
of sin and breaks off their chains4     
,mr4 ,m4--,there is something said about
 confessing ,christ4 ,would you advise  
any one who wants to become a ,christian
 to start right here by confessing      
,christ with the mouth8  ,mr4 ,r4--,god 
is already on your side1 whoever you    
are4 ,christ is ,immanuel--,god with us 
and for us4 ,he is already on your side1
 whether you believe it or not4 ,now it 
is for you to decide whether ,he shall  
be your ,saviour4 ,he says that if you  
own ,him as ,lord--who is now the one   
rejected by the world--,he is           
responsible to be your ,saviour from    
that moment4