udy" at the close of each chapter and not lose connection. These are
added for Bible students who wish to go further into the subject
treated.

And now, the author lays the book at the Master's feet and prays His
blessings upon it, that it may be a blessing to those who read it.

T. T. Martin.

Blue Mountain, Miss.

CONTENTS

I. Sin and Its Punishment--God's Justice--Degrees In Hell 17

II. Sins Not Excused, nor the Penalty Ever Remitted Without
Redemption 32

III. Jesus the Christ as Sin-bearer--God's Justice and Love 38

IV. The New Relation--The New Motive 60

V. The Sins of God's Children--Forgiveness--Chastisements 86

VI. Rewards--Degrees in Heaven 101

VII. How to be Saved--Repentance and Faith 125

VIII. The Meaning of "Believe On" or "Believe In" Christ 135

IX. Eternal Life the Present Possession of the Believer 158

X. Development of Character in the Redeemed 175

INTRODUCTION

"Come now and let us _reason together_, saith the Lord."--Isaiah.

"If any man willeth to do his will, _he shall know_ of the
teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from my
self."--Jesus.

"And ye shall seek me and find me _when ye shall search for me with
all your heart_."--Jeremiah.

"Then _shall we know_ if we follow on to know the Lord."--Hosea.

This work is not written for sceptics; yet while preparing to write
for the benefit of others than sceptics, the author's heart has gone
out toward that large class of his fellow-men who are sceptical; who,
from different causes, have been led to doubt or deny the Bible's
being a revelation from God; and he has yearned to say something that
would at least arouse the attention of this class sufficiently to
cause them to give an earnest investigation, or re-investigation, to
the question. The _bare possibilities_ that there is a Hell and a
Heaven, that the soul can never cease to exist, and that Jesus is the
real Saviour, are enough to cause every doubting one to give the most
earnest consideration to any evidence bearing on these questions, and
to undertake the most careful investigation of anything that promises
to lead to certainty. It will be admitted by every honest disbeliever
that no writer has ever ma