you have been, or what you are, plunged into
the fountain opened for sin, and for uncleanness (Zech. 13:1), and you
shall be clean, 'washed whiter than snow' (Ps. 51:7). Heed no
suggestion of Satan, or of unbelief; cast yourself at the feet of
Jesus, and if you perish, perish there! Oh, no! Perish you never will,
for He hath said, 'Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out'
(John 6:37). 'Come unto me' (Matt. 11:28) is His blessed invitation;
let your reply be, 'Lord, I come! I come! I come! I entwine my feeble,
trembling arms of faith around Thy cross, around Thyself, and if I
die, I will die cleaving, clinging, looking unto Thee!' So act and
believe and you need not fear to die. Looking at the Saviour in the
face, you can look at death in the face, exclaiming with good old
Simeon, 'Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace; for mine
eyes have seen thy salvation' (Luke 2:29). May we through rich, free
and sovereign grace, meet in Heaven, and unite in exclaiming, 'worthy
is the Lamb, for he was slain for us' (Rev. 5:12)."

"Until I saw the blood 'twas Hell my soul was fearing;
And dark and dreary in my eyes the future was appearing,
While conscience told its tale of sin
And caused a weight of woe within.

"But when I saw the blood, and looked at Him who shed it,
My right to peace was seen at once, and I with transport read it,
I found myself to God brought nigh
And 'Victory' became my cry.

"My joy was in the blood, the news of which had told me,
That spotless as the lamb of God, my Father could behold me.
And all my boast was in His name
Through whom this great salvation came."

IX

ETERNAL LIFE THE PRESENT POSSESSION OF THE BELIEVER

"Ye are not under the law."--Rom. 6:14.

"Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."--Gal.
3:26.

"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."--1
John 5:1.

"By grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any one
should boast."--Eph. 2:8, 9 (1911 Bible and R. V.)

"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life."--John 3:36.

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life."--John
5:24.

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