and the rulers of darkness in high places. Why, God calls me to be a soldier, to be a runner, to fight the good fight of faith. So He says: "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth." Oh, yes; it is a fight. But the house of David shall grow stronger and stronger; and the house of Saul shall grow weaker and weaker. That is my experience.

Major W.-" If I give up the world and the pleasures I now enjoy, what shall I get to pay me for it?"

Mr. R.-When I was a boy I was very fond of tops and marbles; but I never think of playing a game with them now. I tell you what it is: When Christ gets into a man's heart He turns all these worldly things out. You get new affections, new wishes, new hopes. "When I was a child," says the Apostle, "I thought as a child, I spake as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things." When Christ gets into a man's heart He changes his tastes; he does not care for the old society, the old companions, the old scenes. Old things have passed away; and all things have become new. God never asks you to give up anything. He asks you to take in Christ. Everything will soon run out when He comes in.

Major W.-"I am willing to come to Christ, and to come now. What shall I do? How shall I come ?" Thank God, a good many are saying that.

Mr. R.-Take Him at His word. Do not simply be talking about it. The Lord presents Himself to you as freely as the air you breathe. He is "the gift of God." Take Him as the One who and saves you from all your

Take the gift and use it, healeth all your diseases, sins.

Take Him as your Wisdom, your Righteousness, your Sanctification, your Redemption--all you want from God, and all God wants from you. Take Him, and thank God for Him. That is the way to be happy and to be safe. It seems so easy; I wonder we are not all rushing to Jesus Christ.

XXII.

Gospel Dialogues between Mr. D. L. Moody and Rev. Marcus Rainsford.

I.

MR. MOODY-What is it to be a child of God? What is the first step?

Rev. M. Rainsford.-Well, sir, I am a child of God when I become united to the Son of God. The Son of God prayed (John xvii. 20, 21) that all who believed upon Him should be one with Him, as He was one with the Father. Believing on Jesus, I receive Him, and become united to Him (John i. 12, 13); I become, as it were, a member of His Body. joint heir with Christ.

Gal. iii. 26.)

I am an heir of God, a (Eph. v. 30; 1 John v. 1;

Mr. M.-What is the best definition of Faith?

Mr. R.-Trust in the Son of God, as the Saviour He has given to us. Simple trust, not only in a creed, but in a Person. I trust my soul to Him. I trust the keeping of my soul to Him. God has promised that whosoever trusts Him, mercy shall compass him on every side. (Psa. xxxii. 10.)

Mr. M.-Does not the Scripture say that the devils believe? (James ii. 19.)

Mr. R.-They believe the truth, do they not? They believe that Jesus was manifested to destroy them; and they "tremble." I wish we believed as truly and as fully that God sent His Son into the world to save us. Mr. M.-What is it to "trust "?

Mr. R.-I take it to mean four things:

(1) Believing on Christ: that is, taking Him at His Word.

(2) Hoping in Christ: that is, expecting help from Him, according to His Word.

(3) Relying on Christ: that is, resting on Him for the times and ways, and circumstances in which He may be pleased to fulfil His promises according to His Word.

(4) Waiting on Christ: that is, continuing to do so, notwithstanding delay, darkness, barrenness, perplexing experiences, and the sentence of death in myself. (2 Cor. i. 9.) He may keep me waiting a while (I have kept Him a long time waiting); but He will not keep me waiting always. Believing in Him; hoping in Him; relying upon Him; and waiting for Him-I understand to be trusting in Him.

Mr. M.-Can all these friends here believe the promises?

Mr. R.-The promises are true, whether we believe them or not. We do not make them true by believing them. God could not charge me with being an unbeliever, or condemn me for unbelief, if the promises were not true for me. I could in that case turn round and say: "Great God, why did you expect me to believe a promise that was not true for me?" And yet the

Scriptures set forth unbelief as the greatest sin I can continue to commit.

Mr. M.-How are we "cleansed by the Blood"?

Mr. R.-"The blood is the life." The sentence upon sinners for their sin was, "The soul that sinneth it shall die." That we might not die, the Son of God died. The blood is the poured-out life of the Son of God, given as the price, the atonement, the substitute, for the forfeited life of the believer in Jesus Christ. Any poor sinner who receives Christ as God's gift is cleansed from all sin by His blood.

Mr. M.-Was the Blood shed for us all?
Mr. R.-

"There is a fountain filled with blood,

Drawn from Immanuel's veins ;

And sinners plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

"The dying thief rejoiced to see

That fountain in his day;

And there may we, though vile as he,
Wash all our sins away."

Mr. M.-Some may think that this is only a hymn, and that it is not Scripture. Did the Lord ever say anything similar to what the hymn says?

Mr. R. He said, "I have given you the blood upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls.” (Lev. xvii. 11.) That was said of the picture of the blood of Christ. And at the Last Supper our Lord said His blood was "the blood of the new testament which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins." (Matt. xxvi. 28; Luke xxii. 20; and John vi. 37. See also