The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-07-04

not to patch up or cover over the leprO-
Sy of sin, but to MAKE a NEW creature, to
restore health to the souls of men and WO-
men. But hOw," some one says, lis this,
power to be available for me. How am /
to find the way that this work can be done
for ME, and is it really for such one as I?''
God in His word declares that it is not
His will that any perish. that whatsoever
will may come, ''whOSOever aSketh receiy-
eth" SO if you will cease from your own
efforts to make yourself better. and cry to
God as a helpless, hopeless sinner. ask Him
to make you what he would have you be.
to re- create you in the likeness of Christ
Jesus. Your cry will be heard and answered.
His ear is always open to the cry OF the Op-
pressed. and His arm is not shortened that
it cannot reach you. Cast yourself on GOD
and trust in Him. You will then prove in
your own experience that the power of God
can do in you what You have SO utterly
failed to do for yourself, A new. bright,
happy life will open up for you Yes, even
for you. God never repels any one who
comes to Him and asks in the name of
Jesus. Oh. my brothers. determine NOW to
yield yourselves to God. and He will work
in you to will and to do of His good pleas
ure.
and fear
Before the Cross my all cast. and dare to leave
itthere."
1t is natural for men to desire liberty
God never meant his creatures for anything
else than life OF liberty. Were the prison
doors to be thrown open now and every one of
you to walk out into the world. how many
of you. | wonder would go out really free
men. TO be free men you must be delIv
cred from worse bondage than any that
can be imposed by mans power or authority.
Every unSaved man and woman. no matter
though their lives may be 50 moral and re-
spectacle, and even seemingly religious. is
under the bondage of the devil and do not
know what true liberty is. This cruel
tyrant deals differently with his slaves
Some he drives down quick, short, hard
path: others he leads on in a path that is
apparently ali strewn with roses, but it mat
ters not by which path, each have the same
end-destructiOn. ITO proclaim liberty to
| the captiveS" lisa. 81, l. Luke t, 1S) is
part of the glorious mission of the Lord
Jesus IF the Son therefore shall make
you free you shall be free indeed John s,
56) and as onr poet Cowper truly adds,
''AlI are slaves besides" Jesus Christ is
able to fulfil His mission in the experience
of every soul who will only let Him. You
| cannot Tree yourself from tllt UOHudxe Ol
| sin. the chains are far too strong for you:
unless some one stronger intervene for your
| help you must remain captive. Jesus is
stronger than Satan and sin. Satan to Jes
| us must bow" He is the great deliverer,
willing, oh. SO willing, to deliver you just
| where you are. Will you let Him? He
| does not force delverance on any one. but
| it is for you if you desire it and trust Him
to accomplish it for you. 1t is not chance
that has placed you where you now are.
| believe Gods hand is in it. that you may
have time to consider time to think of the
dark past; time to think of the unknown
future: time to realize what has brought
you down to the mire OF sin; time to desire
deliverance from the bondage that is hold
ing you down: time to hear Gods voice
speaking to you and telling you that He has
laid help on one that is mighty, deliverer
who can really break the chains that bind
and crush. Jesus is strong to deliver,
Jesus is mighty to save" Jesus, because He
saves the people from their sins
"Oh spotless Lamb, come to Thee, no longer
eau from Thee stay.
Break every chain, now set free. take all my
sins away
That this may be the language of many a
heart is the prayer of your friend,
Edinburgh, June II, 1888. b. K. w.
Do not look upon suffering as an unmixed
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