preaching in a park in London to a large assemblage, she
was passing in her carriage. She said to her footman when she saw
Rowland Hill in the midst of the people, "Why, who is that man?" That is
Rowland Hill, my lady." She had heard a good deal about the man, and she
thought she would like to see him, so she directed her coachman to drive
her near the platform. When the carriage came near he saw the insignia
of nobility, and he asked who that noble lady was. Upon being told, he
said, "Stop, my friends, I have got something to sell." The idea of a
preacher becoming suddenly an auctioneer made the people wonder, and in
the midst of a dead silence he said: "I have more than a title to
sell--I have more than a crown of Europe to sell; it is the soul of Lady
Ann Erskine. Is there anyone here who bids for it? Yes, I hear a bid.
Satan, Satan, what will you give? 'I will give pleasure, honor,
riches--yea, I will give the whole world for her soul.' Do you hear
another bid? Is there any other one? Do I hear another bid? Ah, I
thought so; I hear another bid. The Lord Jesus Christ, what will You
give for this soul? 'I will give peace, joy, comfort, that the world
knows not of--yea, I will give eternal life.' Lady Ann Erskine, you have
heard the two bidders for your soul, which will you accept? And she
ordered the door of her carriage to be opened, and came weeping from it,
and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. He, the great and mighty Saviour, is
a bidder for your soul to-night. He offers you riches and comfort, and
joy, peace here, and eternal life hereafter, while Satan offers you what
he cannot give. Poor lost soul, which will you have? He will ransom your
soul if you but put your burden upon Him. Twenty-one years ago I made up
my mind that Jesus would have my soul, and I have never regretted the
step, and no man has ever felt sorry for coming to Him. When we accept
Him we must like Him. Your sins may rise up as a mountain, but the Son
of Man can purge you of all evil, and take you right into the palaces of
Heaven, if you will only allow Him to Save you.

The Czar and the Soldier.

I remember hearing a few years ago a story about a young man away off in
Russia. He was a wild, reckless dissipated youth. His father, thinking
that if he could get him away from his associates, a reform would be
worked, procured a commission in the army for him. And this is a mistake
a great many Christian people fall into in dealing with their so