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was made OF, and where 1t was MADE.
and what 1t is,
Tho Divine Character.

ask John to put his head down on His
bosom. John could not help but put
his head there. I suppose a look at
Christ was just to love him. How at
tractive His manner! Why, when
they saw Christ coming along the
street, they q in their houses, and
they wrapped up their invalids as
quick as they could aud brought them
out that He might look at them. Oh,
there was something so pleasant, so in
viting. SO cheering in everything He
did, in His very look! When these
sick ones were brought out, did He
say: "Do not bring before Me these
sores. Dc not trouble Me with these
look: there was a gentle word; there
was a healing touch. They could not
keep away from Him.
l think there are many under the in
luence of the Spirit of God who are
saying: II will trust Him if YOU will
only tell me how" And the great
question asked by many is: elbow,
how" And while I answer your aues-
ton I look up and utter the PRAYER
which Rowland Hill SO often uttered in
the midst of his sermons, master
help" How are you to trust in Christ?
Perfect Confidence.
Just as you trust any one. You trust
YOUR partner in business with import
an things. If a commercial house
gives you a note payable three months
hence. you expect the payment of that
note at the end of three months. You
have perfect confidence in their word
and in their ability. Or. again. you go
home to-day. You expect there will
be food on the table. You have conf
dence in that. Now, I ask YOU to have
n same confidence in the Lord Jesus
Christ. He says, "You believe: I take
away your sins. and they are all taken
aTay; n ~ wdras K you say; ran. "1e m I 81 I
BE bIsy any aSy m %Uss' B essosf : cr rea oven @y By
sins any more?" Yes, this moment.
Believe with all your heart, and you
are saved. Why, Christ is only wait
Ing to get from you what you give to
scores Of people every day. What is
that? Confidence. If these people
whom you trust day by day are more
worthy than Christ, If they are more
faithful than Christ, If they have done
more than Christ ever did. then give
them the preference, but If you really
think that Christ is as trustworthy as
they are then deal with Him as fairly.
"Oh," says some n in a light way,
II believe that Christ was born In
Bethlehem, and I believe that He died
on the cross" Do you believe it with
your head or your heart? will illus
trate the difference. You are in your
own house. In the morning you open
a newspaper, and you read how Cap
tain Braveheart on the sea risked his
lie for the salvation of his passengers.
You say: "What a grand fellow he
must have been! His family deserves
very we'll of the country" You fold
the newspaper and sit down at the
table and perhaps do not think of that
incident again. That is historical
faith.
Saved by Faith.
But now you are on the sea, and IL is
night, and you are asleep, and you are
awakened by the shrek Of tsFire!''
You rush out on the deck. You hear.
amid the wringing of the hands and
the fain.ing, the cry: "No hope, no
sail puts out its wing of fire, the ropes
make a burning ladder in the night
heavens. the spirit of wrecks Kisses in
the wave, and on the hurricane deck
shakes out its banner of smoke and
darkness. "Down with the lifeboats!''
cries The captain. Down with the
life boats!" People rush into them.
The boats are about full. Room only
for one moro man You are standing
on the deck beside the captain.
Who shall it be-: You or the cap
tain! The captain says, "You." You
Jump nj are saved. He stands there
and dies. Now, you believe that Capt.
Braveheart sacrificed himself for his
passengers, but you believe it with
love, with tears. with hot and long
continued EXPLANATIONS, with grief at
his loss and joy at your deliverance.
That is saving falthein other words,
what you believe with all the heart
and believe in regard to yourself. On
this hinge turns my sermon-aye, the
salvation of your immortal soul. You
often go across a bridge you know
nothing about. You do not know who
built the bridge, you do not know what
material it is made of. but YOU come to
1t and walk yer it and ask no cues
tions. And here is an arched bridge
blasted from the Crock of Ages" and
built by the Architect of the whole
universe, spanning the dark gulf be-
tween sin and righteousness. and all
God asks you is to walk across it., and
you start, an 4 you come to it, and YOU
stop, and you go a lite way on, and
you stop. n you fall back. AMI you
O0HSAAAASAU 4Ou Sdys HOW 10 J.
know that bridge will hold me?" in
stead of marching on with firm step.
asking no questions, but feeling that
The strength of the eternal Gou is UNI
der Vol.
oh, was there ever a prize preferred
SO cheap as pardon and heaven are Of
fered to you? For how much? Amill-
ion dollars: It il certainly worth more
than that. But cheaper than that you
can have it. Ten thousand dollars:
Less than that. Five thousand dollars?
Less than that. One dollar? Less
than that. One farthing. Less than
that. Without. money and without
price, No money to pay. No journey
T o take. No penance to suffer. Only
Just one decisive action of the soul,
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved"
Forgiven and Safe.
Shall try to tell you what it is to be
savea? Icannot tell you. No man, no
angel, q tell you. But I can hint at
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