A NEW YEAR'S INVITATION.
"Without money and without price."-Is. lv. 1.
COME to Jesus! Are you lonely,
Solace sweet He will afford;
Lean on Jesus-Jesus only;

Come! and find a loving Lord.
Are your trials past the telling?
Are your sins as crimson dye?
Jesus sees your sad heart swelling

'Neath accusing Memory.
He is waiting-will you leave Him
Pleading at your feet in vain ?
He is willing, oh, believe Him,

He may never call again.
From your sins He waits to cleanse you,
Free the slave by Satan bound!
Messages of love He sends you;

Where can such a Friend be found?
Are you sick? His word can heal you;
Are you weary with the strife?
Are you hungry? He can fill you
With the heavenly Bread of Life.
He hath never yet forsaken

One who trusts alone in God;
He thy long-life's debt hath taken,
And hath paid it with His Blood.
Now! it is the time to try it,

Test Him by His written word; Come! for He will ne'er deny it;

Come to Christ! the Risen Lord! Do you fear His sharp reproving,

That you did not go before? As you left Him-so unloving

Waiting long time at your door. He will only smile and greet you, Chasing shadows from your brow; He will surely run to meet you,

Saying, "Thou art welcome now." By still waters He shall lead you,

In green pastures you shall rest; And the piercéd hand that freed you, Bear you on His tender breast. Come! oh, come! this day and try it,

Jesus' words are proved and true; Take His Gift, you cannot buy it,

He hath waited long for you.-A. S.

A Grandfather's dying testimony. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth

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At length the aged pilgrim accosted the frequently mingled in his earthly cup, (some of little boy. "My son," said he, "your grand- which could only be told out in the ear of Him father is about to die-'to go to be with Jesus who is perfect in sympathy); yet, the rich exwhich is far better.' I wish you to remember perience of a Father's unchanging faithfulness my dying words. Though now quite aged, and love, coupled with a Saviour's abiding yet, I remember distinctly when I was a little presence, may well sustain the weak and boy like you are; time has indeed fled 'like ofttimes failing servant, and encourage him a shadow;' memory can retrospect, however, still to persevere, and through him others also, much folly and sin indulged in in youth, which remembering that, "we shall reap if we faint necessarily brought in its train, much deep, not;" and remembering also, as an increased crushing trial and sorrow as the fruits thereof; incentive to earnest believing effort to 'win The effectual fervent prayer and I wish to warn you from the bed of death souls,' that, against a life of sin, of disobedience to your of a righteous man availeth much." S. F. K. remaining parent, and especially of a life of Cape Breton Island. disobedience to your God. You need a Saviour! for though young in years, you are a sinner, and you need to experience the love of God in His rich grace, in providing a Saviour for you, even the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone can save! He will save ALL who come to God by Him! your dear brother proved the Saviour's love: he is now with his Saviour. and I hope to meet him soon in glory, and I want you to meet us there." Thus with solemn warning, gentle admonition, and affectionate godly counsel, he drew the lad still closer to him. Then, with hands outstretched towards heaven, with deep emotion, and in the faint, tremulous utterances of a dying yet peaceful man, implored God to look mercifully upon the child and convert his soul. A short pause ensued, and then with fresh vigour he uttered one more request, viz., "And, Lord, when thou hast converted him, be pleased to make him thy servant, that his days may be spent for thee, in pointing sinners to the "Lamb of God," that they may find salvation and life in Him." Overcome with the effort, he sank back upon his pillow, and soon after said, “Think of your grandfather next Lord's day, as being with Jesus in heaven." Within a few hours, his ransomed spirit sped its way

to the mansions of the blest.

The Christian's Peace.
MANY Christians think that unless they are
constantly filled with ecstatic joy, and their
souls enraptured with the bliss of knowing
Christ as their friend, God as their Father,
and heaven as their home; unless they are
almost continually carried beyond earth, and
all that is earthly in its nature, that they are
not at peace with God. They argue with
themselves that God is not so favourable as
He once was; that they have in some way
forfeited His smile, and that He has with-
drawn from them the light of His counte-
nance; and they begin to doubt the reality of
their forgiveness, or that they have ever been
adopted into His family. They say with
themselves, "If I am thine, why am I thus?
Why this dull and lifeless frame? and again,

Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is that soul refreshing view
Of Jesus and His word?

All this arises from sin, and the world having come between the soul and God; and then, Satan, finding the soul off its guard, hurls the fiery darts of unbelief at the unwary, and unless the trembling one has immediate recourse to the precious blood of Christ, as the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness-the Years passed away, and that child of "many only refuge for a sinner's soul—the light of prayers" became a young man-a pleasure-heaven is obscured, and he gives way to seeker in this world; mingling in its follies, unbelief and despair. But the safety and and drinking freely into its spirit, ("The carnal mind is enmity against God.") and MANY years ago, an aged saint of God lay proving the bitterness of its draught; for upon a sick bed, soon to become a death-bed; there was ever "a worm at the gourd." In but having long tasted the sweets of a Saviour's love, he could look intelligently forward with the apostle, and say, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day." "The time of my departure is at hand: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the

much."-James v. 16.

peace, that is, the real security of a child of God, does not depend upon its continual realization by himself, nor is it the less true that he is beloved by God, because he fre

For instance, when the war between England acted, and a treaty of peace agreed upon, and Russia was ended, negotiations transsigned and sealed by all parties, there was

the midst of this apparent gaiety, and attempts quently lacks happy feelings and intense joy.
to stifle conviction, yet, conscience would
speak out, as with a tongue of fire, “What
doest thou here, young man? remember your
dying grandfather's prayer!" And often too
has he left the company of the gay
thoughtless, to find a place of solitude and

repentance.

and

faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a At length the Prodigal was found: the crown of righteousness, which the Lord the Father of mercies looked compassionately righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. upon the wanderer; and he was enabled to

and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing."

say,

"Once a rebel far from God,

Now brought nigh through Jesu's blood,"
and in due course became a herald of salva-
tion to a lost and ruined world.

great joy, and many festivities throughout the

nation, because peace was proclaimed. Holidays were observed, and every one was glad,

because the nation was delivered from a fear

ful war, and the kingdoms, once at enmity, were reconciled. These festivities are not daily repeated, nor is there even an annual repetition of them; but have the nations ceased to be friendly on that account? Not at all; friendly intercourse exists, business is transacted amicably, and a ship of one nation meets a ship of another, without at all expecting an engagement. They salute one another, and pass on. The continuance of the peace depends upon the faithfulness of those who agreed upon the treaty, and their Sorrows, deep and heavy, have indeed been adherence to its terms.

A widowed daughter sat by the bed, and beside her, her youngest son, then about ten years of age. The aged man called the child near him, and like the Patriarch of old, con- Many years have intervened since his call versed both with parent and child; speaking to labour in the Master's vineyard, and souls to them of the joys laid up in heaven for the have been given to him for his hire in many righteous; also of the woes which must in-places, as trophies of the redeeming power of evitably fall upon the impenitent. The child's Jesus, by the operation of the Holy Ghost mother was a believer, and wept in the remem- through the word of truth. brance that her children knew not the Lord.

So, Believer, thy peace has been procured for thee by the death of Christ. He hath satisfied all the demands of God's justice against thee;

A full atonement He hath made.

The ransom by His death is paid, and justice satisfied. God, for His sake, preaches peace and pardon to all those who rely upon Christ for salvation. Christ promises to cast out none that come, and pledges himself for the security and well being of those who trust in Him, saying, concerning His sheep, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand;" "He that heareth my word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but is passed from death unto life."

The Father and the Son have entered into a treaty on thy behalf, poor sinner! Christ, as the representative of all those who should hereafter believe on Him, agreed to stand in their place, and to endure all the weight of God's curse against sin, their sin, in His own body on the tree. The Father hath accepted the offering, and because of His Son's death, can forgive and cancel the sins of all those who flee to Christ for safety, give them power against sin and temptation, whether from the world, the flesh, or the devil, preserve them by His mighty power from falling away, and present them faultless and spotless before the presence of His glory, with exceeding joy.

O believer, thy security does not depend on thy ever varying feelings, as changeable as the winds, as fickle as the weather; but on the faithfulness of a covenant keeping God. God is faithful. Let this be cause of rejoicing to thee. Look away from thyself, and thy doubts, and fears, and consider that as the God of all grace called thee to the knowledge of thy sinfulness, and then to the knowledge of himself as a God of pardoning love and mercy, not because of thy merits, but from His own grace, so He will continue the good work in thee, until the day of Jesus Christ; for, "by grace are ye saved through faith. and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of

for the child was done; but, alas, as parents
often do, the poor soul was not thought of,
consideration! The poor little girl had been
and the perishing body was ever taken into
taught a prayer, to say every morning and
night; and on Sundays she was taken to hear
a sermon, preached by a man whose heart was
not in the work; but having no other way of
earning his bread, his mother made, as she
said, 66 a minister of him." Well, time
passed by, and one afternoon when the family
were returning from a fair they had been at,
in a town about four miles off, the horse
which was drawing the gig they were in shied
off the road, and kicked most fearfully, until
it had smashed the front of the gig to pieces.
The whole of the vehicle was upset, and all
escaped injury except one, and that was the
driver, the poor man himself, the father of
poor Kate. Kate was at this time about
fourteen years of age, and had loved her
parents very dearly from her birth; and when
she saw her poor father lying with his head
bleeding very much, she burst into the most
distressing sobs, and called out, "Oh! mother,
mother, I shall die, I shall die, I will, I will,
I must die too, oh! my poor father, my
father!" Her mother sent off to the town
for the doctor, and James, the eldest lad, had
gone, as he was the quickest runner; but
breathed his last. The sons carried his corpse
when the doctor came, the poor father had
home, and that cheerful house was for the
first time filled with mourning and sorrow,
such as you could not describe.

Oh! there was not one of that family but what looked upon God in a cruel way. They murmured at His having done this, and could not see that it was through love that this trial had been sent. No, the little girl said, "Oh! what an angry God, to take my poor father away." Fever came to that house. In five days after the eldest son took it, the mother took it, and the youngest son, Henry but Willy, the second son, and poor little Kate were spared the fever, and helped to nurse the three invalids. The poor mother was the worst of the three; she became quite delirious, raved fearfully, and poor little Kate was so frightened that Willy had to make her go to a separate room. The poor woman became a mad woman, and a neighbour was desired by the doctor to remove her to the ill, had not been affected as the poor widow. asylum; but the other two sons, though very Well, dear friends, one day when the doctor came to see the sick ones, he found Kate reading a book, and she was so absorbed with it, that she did not notice the doctor come in. Kate, and what are you so busy at there? He spoke to her and said, “How are you, "Oh! Sir, I'm very weak and tired; but this is a book that I have found belonging to my "Faithful is He that hath called you, who poor father, given to him by an aunt of mine, also will do it." (1 Thess. v. 24.) But if when he was married, and I found it wrapped up carefully and put away in an old chest. I you are not mindful of these things, to thee am looking into it, Sir, and have come to O sinner, who art still at enmity against God, some things that I can't understand at all, and we would say, "Be reconciled to God;" "Ac-although I feel so tired, yet I can't put this quaint now thyself with Him, and be at book down. I would much like to make it Can you tell me, Sir, what Let not peace." your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me,' means?" "Oh! no, no child, I am not a clergyman. I have plenty else to do than read that stuff. I can heal sick folks by my medicine; that book is too difficult for you to understand, you should put it down." "Oh! but, doctor, I saw just now, that Jesus calls himself a doctor too. He healed sick people too, it says, and without medicine." "Oh! well, my good girl, come and see what I've got; and so saying, he took her by her hand and brought her to her brother James's bed-side, and asked her to hold his hand. Well, this poor little thing did so, trembling all the time, and then the doctor left, after he had bled the poor fellow almost to death. A neighbour came in to

God."

out. "God preaches peace by Jesus Christ." (Acts x. 36.)

The Work of God's Spirit in the

Conversion of Kate Denny. IN a quiet little village, there lived a decent couple, very well-to-do folks, and very cheery and contented they always appeared to be They had three sons and one daughter, and this daughter was the delight of their eyes, and prized more than all the rest of their children. Being the youngest she was made much of, even by her brothers. She was only twelve years of age, and there were several years between her and the youngest son. Everything that father and mother could do

"Oh!" she said, "dear

enquire after the family, and found
poor Kate
watching by her brother, crying most piteously,
as best he could; but this poor woman poured
and the brother Henry trying to comfort her
in the true comfort.
child, don't fret so, God is full of love. He
is wanting to teach you about Jesus. He
sent Jesus to die for our sins, and if you only
believe this, you will be so happy. Oh! dear,
dear child, do not cry; if you read about the
blessed Saviour, His words will make you
glad."

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Oh! Mrs. Thomas," cried Kate, "do tell

God's

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me about Jesus. But how is it, that if God
loves us He has taken away father, and made
mother so bad too, and my brothers?" "Oh!
dear Kate," said the poor woman,
ways are good; He does all for our good;
and He has sent this trouble to make you
know and love Jesus." When all goes on
well, our hearts are callous very often; but
God sends trials to force us, as it were, to
himself. Oh! dear girl, let me ask Him to
bless you and your dear brothers-and He
will; for He has promised that He will with-
hold no good thing." So saying, she knelt
down, and when she had asked the Lord to
teach them by His Spirit, she rose; but poor
Kate was kneeling still. Mrs. Thomas then
waited patiently, and at last poor Kate rose
could not cry, I feel so happy."
herself, and said, Why, now,
Why, dear
girl?" "Because you said that Jesus had
borne away our sins; and if He bore them
on the cross, why, mine are gone. Oh! I see
it now, I believe that Jesus has saved me. He
says, 'Let not your heart be troubled."" She
told Mrs. Thomas that the mark in the Bible,
when she took it out of the chest, was placed
on this portion, John xiv.; and that it seemed
to be something she liked to read, and over
and over again she had read it, and could not
make it out; and yet she kept reading it over;
but the doctor would not tell her about it.
"Mrs Thomas," she said. "did my father
and mother not know all about Jesus? they
never spoke of Him to me." "Oh! dear
child, they were not taught of God, and could
not teach you." But still how happy we
all were until father died." "Oh! yes, dear
girl, but you were living without God; and
the devil, who hates God, and really hates
you, was pleased to see you all in darkness;
your soul from the power of Satan, and make
but God, who is love, sent this trial to wean
you His own." Dear Kate's brothers after
some time got well again, and attended their
different works. The eldest son was a car-
penter, and now that the father was no more,
the three brothers joined together, and worked
hard to support themselves and poor Kate.
Well, this little girl was used by God in a
most wonderful way. The two sick brothers
were taught about Jesus by this little sister.
She would get them to come and read with
her after their work was over, and then in her
simple way, she would try to find out what it
was all meant to teach them; and good kind
Mrs. Thomas used to spend her evenings very
often there too, as she had no children, and
her husband was away all the week, only re-
turning every Saturday night home. James
the eldest, often went to see the poor mother:
but she would not see him; and very soon
died too, poor thing; so the three brothers
and little Kate were left all alone.

Kate was about sixteen years of age, and very clever at her needle. She washed all her brother's shirts, and her own clothes, and kept the cottage tidy and comfortable. But first of all, she gave her heart to Christ, and desired to serve Him first, and live to His glory.

Kate's

Willy's heart was steeled against the truth. He thought that as long as one did not do any dreadful thing, all was right; and poor heart was sad about him. The other two had been laid on beds of sickness; and then

not died."

a sample of its bloom. They had no winewho by long process forms the root, the stem, they had water; but if they had it not, He

they had been forced to see what God can do," Oh! if He had been here, my daughter had its first soft beams, and Sharon's Rose showed and put their trust in Him alone. Willy was struck by the alteration in the others; and some years after, he was converted, but not whilst living with his sister Kate. He married, and lost his wife, and was left with a young infant, without a kind friend in the place to cheer him, or help him. Kate, as soon as she heard of his distress, went to him, and took the baby home, and the poor father too. He had left his brothers a year before, to get on alone; and he went to the town that was four miles off, and worked in a large warehouse, and married a young girl there.

us.

Well, this is the wonderful way the Lord deals with us. He, as it were, is so full of love, that, in spite of ourselves, He will have He can't bear to let us away. Satan knows how full of love God is, and he tries to keep us back, by showing what God does, as if it were in anger; but no; here we see how all works for good. If this family had not been brought low, they might have gone on careless and thoughtless. Then God sends trial, and forces them, as it were, to flee to Him. Oh! it is a blessed thing to have our calling and election sure. Oh! may each one who reads this be ready to go forth to meet Jesus when He comes, clothed in His spotless garments-with our filthy ones cast entirely away. Oh! may you all know Jesus' heart to be as it is-abounding in love. He wills not that any should perish. He died that we might live, and rose again for our justification, and ever lives to plead for us. "There is one who has been washed in my blood!"-this He can say, and we who believe in Him are clean every whit.

She lay there beautiful in death, as you may be lovely in your unregeneracy; accom-the grape, the sparkling juice, could at once plished, but not saved. Yes, you can delight have created wine; but the water being there, the ear with music, or charm the eye with the He made it wine. pencil, or fascinate the heart with your attractions; but you are a corpse-beautiful, it may be, but still a corpse; and will soon, if not awakened-how soon, none can tell-sink into a deeper corruption than that of death and the grave.

you

But Jesus is coming, and entering the home of death with Peter, James, and John. He looks with gentle sadness upon that pallid child, and then to heaven, in communion with His Father, and that face of His, which was "marred more than any man's," wore the calm attitude of prayer. Methinks I hear Him say, Father, glorify thy name." How blessed to see Him as He took the cold hand, that had been folded by the mother for its last resting, and placed it in His own warm hand.

Beloved young one! unconverted one! that is what I want to do with you, to lay your cold hand in His warm hand; for there is virtue even in His garment.

But listen to what He is saying: "Talitha cumi." What is that? "Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise." And that sweet eye the mother thought would never open again, is now opened, and that hand, just now so cold, is warm. She arises at His word, and beginneth to eat! You who would see Jesus, come to this scene; you who are conscious you have children lovely as this damsel, yet dead, dead, call for Him, as Jairus did, and He will come, and coming He will say to each one, as He said to her, " Talitha cumi." "Damsel, arise."

And O, ye sinners of deepest sin! see Him with that accused woman. The proud, selfrighteous Jews brought her to Him. They came in the spirit of law, while she needed the exercise of grace. He dealt with them on their own ground: "He that is without sin, let him cast the first stone." To her, in

grace, He said, Woman, where are thine accusers? I condemn thee not; go in peace sin no more."

But would you see Jesus? See Him in the streets and homes, in the hamlets and villages and cities of the land, where the blind received their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached unto them." See Him forgiving sins, multiplying the loaves for the food of thousands, and, as at Bethany, making the coffin of corruption a veritable scene of life.

But where shall I stop? Would you see Jesus? Come with me to Gethsemane ! Gabbatha! Golgotha!-words of wonder, words of power. Gethsemane, where He entered the dark vale of suffering, crying, "If it be possible, let this cup pass from me; Gabbatha, where He "bared His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair;" Golgotha, where, despised, reviled, rejected of men, "they crucified Him." O sinner, would you see Jesus? Come to the bloody vale, the blood-stained tree! come to a bleeding Saviour! and then visit the garden of Joseph of Arimathea, where they laid Him" in death in the grave, and see Him quickened, raised, accepted of God.

"We would see Jesus." ARE you saying, "We would see Jesus?" I will show you where you might see Him. You might see Him in His life; in the soft Oh! would you see Jesus? see Him after His resurrection. dawn of it, on the bend of Mary's arm, the of angels; His folded napkin the sign of His open grave is the joy God-man, the Everlasting Word, and the peace. No more sorrow now, no more griefs. Holy Child; in that manger where the Death now will have no more power over angels came and sang that glorious song: Would you see Jesus? I would bring you Him. Sin is gone, corruption is gone; but 'Glory to God in the highest;" as if to say, to yet another scene where the Syrophenician love and life remain. They are mine-mine woman came to Him; she besought; He in Him, mine as His. Sinner! a glimpse of from that marvellous child (God incarnate) answered her not a word. She pleaded; but death and resurrection, how blessed is it! Our would result the very highest glory conceivable not a word. Again she pleaded-pleaded burden of sin atoned for at the Cross, left, to God Himself; and when the armies of what she had heard of Him; still not a word. lost in the grave. Dying to the condemnaheaven, in countless numbers, stood gazing on She told out her misery, the misery which tion of sin at the Cross, I live with a risen that infant form, they saw the incipient oh! prayer and faith are invincible, more this is seeing Jesus, a seeing that gives life, a had brought her; still not a word. At length, Christ, with no more conscience of sins. Ah! Deliverer of man, they beheld (wondrous than He can withstand-Jesus said: “ Oh! seeing that gives joy. O see Him! Look and live!- Winnowed Grain.

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thought!) God manifest in the flesh. Oh! would you see Jesus? Turn aside with these heavenly armies, and gaze upon your Deliverer, your Emancipator, Immanuel, God with us.

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Again, you might see Him in the Jordan, when the Holy Ghost came down in the form of a dove, type of His own nature; not now as the lion, angry to avenge Himself on those that believe not the Gospel." Behold Him-as He was overshadowed, a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Is it not a blessed thing to see Jesus thus attested to be your Saviour, your Redeemer, your Salvation from sin and death, by God Himself?

But would you see Jesus? Come with me to another scene, walk lightly, speak with bated breath. The curtains are closed, the

door is ajar, the father says to the bereaved mother, Fold these coverings, for even if the Master come now, He will be too late." Ah! there lies a maiden, beautiful in death; and the mother kisses those pale lips, and the hot tears fall on that dear cheek, as she says,

woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee,
even as thou wilt."* O ye who want
a solid rock, who would like strong conso-
lation, who would see Jesus attended by
mighty signs and wonders, who would see
the unfolding of the robes of His godhead!
behold Him out on the Lake Galilee! The
sea under Him is as a pavement of crystalline
adamant; the winds and the waters are
stilled at His word. No sounds of sweetest
lullaby could lend softer sleep or deeper rest,
than His command gave to the howling storm
and maddened wave; and, utterly unlike
nature's law, the waters became as suddenly
calm as the winds. Both at once are still.

See Him at Gadara, where, amidst the lone

A CONSTANT READER AT NOTTINGHAM.-A sinner

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Jesus Christ for salvation."
ARE justified from ALL things." (Acts xiii. 38, 39.)

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By Him, all that believe

solitude of hills, and the sad silence of tombs,
broken only by the howl of one possessed of
a legion of devils, the devils who had snapped
the chains which bound the possessed one,
become powerless!-absolute weakness!-at "Christ Is the end of the law, for righteousness to
His word. They came out. He casts them every one that believeth." (See also John v. 24.) In
out. Glorious deliverance! Glorious de-John xv., our Lord first taught His disciples that
liverer! What manner of man is this, that
not only the winds and the waves obey Him,
but that even death and devils depart at His
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"It is finish'd!" sinners hear it!

'Tis the dying Victor's cry:
"It is finish'd!" angels bear it,
Bear the joyful truth on high.
"It is finished!"
Tell it through the earth and sky.
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How Peace is Found.
JOHN B was a small farmer, who had,
by prudent industry, reared up a large family
in a comfortable way. He was a quiet, sober,
honest man, well-reported of by his neigh-
bours.

"he that believeth not is condemned A FEW days since I was speaking to a already, because he hath not believed in neighbour about his soul, and asked the name of the only begotten Son of whether he was prepared to meet God. God." To save lost, guilty sinners from "Not so much as I should be," was the everlasting woe, Jesus laid down His life reply. How often these or similar words on the cross at Calvary. have been spoken by many in answer to questions concerning their eternal state. Now, we cannot suppose that persons who talk thus have believed with their heart unto righteousness; alas! in most cases, are not such individuals living without a spiritual knowledge of themselves as sinners? or even, if convinced of sin, they are seeking to make themselves fit for heaven by some works of their own. How vain are such hopes! These fleshly strivings are altogether insufficient in the work of a sinner's salvation, and utterly In the daily labour of his farm, he had fruitless will all such endeavours prove caught a severe cold, which ended in consumpin the end. Frequently the sinner is tion; and on my first visit. I found him very comparing his own transgressions with weak and ill-anxious about his soul, and led, the guilt of others, and considers them by failing health, to inquire what he must do but few and small. There are thousands to be saved. walking in the pride of their hearts, and thinking themselves to be good, whilst the word to such is, "There is none righteous, no, not one." "They being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." The blood of Jesus was shed for the remission of sins, and every believing sinner is justified freely by God's grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Joyful truth! He bore transgression
In His body, on the cross!
Through His blood there's full remission
For the vilest, e'en for us;
Jesus for the sinner bleeds:
Nothing more the sinner needs.

"Have you studied the work of Christ, and
what do you see in it?" was my first question.
deal," he replied; "and I see that Christ has
"I have thought and read of it a good
done and suffered all for the sinner's salvation,
and has paid the whole of the sinner's debt
to God."

"If that be so,
is your
debt paid?"
"Ah! no, sir; indeed it is not.'
"All paid, and yours not! How can that
be?"

[PRICE 1d.

"Well, indeed I should not. I should be too glad of the offer, and would catch the rope at once."

"Yes-that you would; and yet you do not see that, in an unconverted state, you are exactly in the position of the drowning man. Salvation is offered to all. All are called on to 'repent and believe;' and you hesitate to accept the offer till you have sorrowed over your lost state. One would think you might be glad to hear the good news, and to accept the offer of safety at once; but you do not know what the word 'repentance' means, or it would no longer be a stumbling-block to you. Are you convinced you are a sinner?" "Indeed I am," was his reply.

deed I am."
"Are you sorry you are a sinner?"

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Why are you sorry?" "Because I am afraid of God's anger."

"But, if you were sure that God was full of mercy, and was ready to forgive you freely, would you not be glad?" "Oh! surely I would, sir."

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That is the very repentance which you need. We are told in the Bible, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself,'-devising the plan and effecting the accept sinners,-giving His Son to suffer for work, through which He could pardon and guilty man, and thus exhibiting His loving character; and repentance means such a change of mind in you as would lead you to accept Him as a loving Father, and to believe His word to be an assurance of love to yourself. Now, would it not be a great change of mind in you, if you could believe that God was willing to forgive you, notwithstanding your many sins?"

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Oh! if I could believe that, I should be so glad!"

"Oh! you know, sir, I must repent." "True; indeed you must repent, or perish. But what do you suppose repentance means?" "I think it means sorrow for sin, sir." "Well," I said, "I read in Scripture that "You have studied the work of Christ to 'Christ Jesus was exalted a Prince and a little purpose if you cannot see it; for it is in Saviour to give repentance.' Did He come that work, finished on the Cross, that we are to make men sorry?" asked to see the love of God. Herein is love; "No indeed, sir; I think it must have been not that we loved God, but that He loved us, to make them glad.” and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John iv. 10.) Again 'God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.'" (Rom.

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It is only those who have believed in Christ
Jesus that are saved and prepared to meet
God. How blessed and happy is every one
"That is what good news is intended for,"
who is saved in the Lord with an everlasting I observed. 'Do you remember what the
salvation; but words cannot describe the angels said to the shepherds, when announc-
eternal misery of the sinner that departs ing the Saviour's birth? Behold, I bring
you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be
Dear reader, Are you a believer in the
to all people.' Now, suppose you were drown-
ing in the river, and that I stood on the bank
Lord Jesus? A religious profession may and threw out a rope to you, and desired you
please and satisfy the eye of man, but to seize it, would you say to me, I cannot lay
God sees our hearts. He beholds what hold of it till I feel sorry for being where I
Jesus hath done, and His word declares, am?""

from this world not saved.

v. 8.)

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Well, sir, you have taught me something that I never knew before."

"And yet," I said, "I have only told you the simple truth. Think it over, and may the Lord open your eyes to see the folly of refusing His gracious offer of pardon and acceptance, that you may believe and be