But grace works . It is something more than a good-natured smile, or a sentiment of pity. It redeems, conquers, saves. The New Testament interprets grace as power. Grace not only makes salvation possible but also effectual.
Grace is all-powerful.
I asked him how many cases he had known of the slaves of drink having been delivered by medical treatment into health and freedom. He further assured me that he believed his experience would be corroborated by the testimony of the faculty of medicine. Doctors might afford a temporary escape, but the real bonds are not broken. At the end of the apparent but brief deliverance, it will be found that the chains remain. Medicine might address itself to effects, but the cause is as real and dominant as ever.