The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-29

A EaA, book for you to
 study is the Cos pei by John; if you are a Chris tian and not sure of your salvation, you should study the First Epistle of 1 John.
 After John Wesley had been preach ing some time, but without results, someone said to him: Are you sure. MT. Wesley, of your salvation?" Wes. ley replied he was sure that provision had been made for his salvation. But. are you sure, MT. Wesley, that you are saved?" It went like an arrow. and he had no rest until he was sure l of his salvation.
 But is it not presumptuous for one to say, T know l am saved?" Ger tainly not, if one really does know he is saved. It honors God and Christ, for by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of your selves, it is the gift of God' Paul was able to say, T know whom have believed, and am persuaded that he IS able to keep that which have com mitted unto him against that day" Why should this not be your testi- mony, if you are Christian? It can be if your assurance centers in Christ.
 Your church membership does not save you. No church on earth can save man. It's sad, but true, there are undoubtedly multitudes of uncon- verted church members who are lost. It is not the church, but Christ, who saves. There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved"
 If you are depending upon your mo- rality, it won't save you. Nothing is quite so dishonoring to God and Christ as sinners boastful righteous ness, which God says is in his sight as filthy rags. To pay your debts, to be a good, true husband or wife, par ent or neighbor, does not constitute you Christian. A Christian is one who, having accepted by faith the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, is born from above. Thus he becomes a partaker of the divine nature and will manifest in his life the life of God. See Titus 3:5.
 Again, let me say that you are not saved because you feel you are saved. You can feel saved, and be lost. I board train. Someone says, Are | you sure you are on the right train?" "Oh, yes, I'm on the right train." Well, how do you know you are?" "Oh, because I feel I am." Non sense,' the person would say. You cant depend upon your feelings in this matter; what you need is not feeling. but fact" So the right order in the matter of salvation is fact, faith, feel iag. If can believe what man says, Essuredly can believe what God says. Zee 1 John 5:9-13.
 We do accept the testimony of men: | why then should we not accept the testimony of God who says He that hath the Son hath life?" The matter for us to decide is whether we have the Son or not, for upon this depends whether we are saved or not. He that believeth on the Son hath ever lasting life,' John 3;36. It is for us to receive by faith Gods gift of his Son. If we really and truly do this. God will do his part-give unto us eternal life.
 To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is not simply to believe that he is the Son Of God, the Savior of the world. The demons,' we read, "be- lieve and tremble.' Saving faith is personal appropriation of Christ as ones own Savior.
 When I was boy l was greatly helped by the testimony I used to hear in the Railroad Y. M. c. A. on Sunday afternoons, from old Mir Bab- bage, for years the sexton of the Brick Presbyterian church, Rochester, N. Y. MT. Babbage had the palsy and with faltering, stammaing tongue he gave his testimony. r So far as l can remember it never varied and today l thank God for the oft-repeated testimony of his child. Leaning heavily on the chair in front of him, ir faltaring accents he would say: John thr 20 thirty-six, He that believeth '-on the Son-hath, hath, present te sse, thank God, ever lasting life.'
 That testimony burned it's way into the heart of the boy who today thanks God for eternal life, present pos session.
 If we accept the testimony of men. the testimony of God is greater; he that hath the Son hath life.'