boat
of salvation," and he leaped and was saved.

[Illustration: The Expulsion from the Garden. GUSTAVE DORE. Genesis,
iii, 24]

[Illustration: The Trial Of The Faith Of Abraham. GUSTAVE DORE. Genesis,
xxii.]

Safe in the Ark.

When the voice came down from heaven to Noah, "Come thou and all thy
house into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation," now; there was a minute when Noah was outside the ark, and
another when he was inside, and by being inside he was saved. As long as
he was outside of the ark he was exposed to the wrath of God just like
the rest of those antediluvians. If he stayed out, and remained with
those antediluvians, he would have been swept away, as they were. It was
not his righteousness; it was not his faith nor his works that saved
him; it was the ark. And, my friends, we have not, like Noah, to be one
hundred and twenty years making an ark for our safety. God has provided
an ark for us, and the question is: Are you inside or outside this ark?
If you are inside you are safe; if you are outside you are not safe.

GOLD.

-- It is our privilege to know that we are saved.

-- We shall draw the world to Christ when we are filled with religion.

-- He that overcometh shall inherit all things. God has no poor children.

-- I hold to the doctrine of sudden conversion as I do to my life, and I
would as quickly give up my life as give up this doctrine, unless it
can be proved that it is not according to the word of God. Now, I
will admit that light is one thing and birth is another. A soul must
be born before it can see light. A child must be born before it can
be taught; it must be born before it can walk; it must be born before
it can be educated.

DECISION.

Moody's Mistake.

The last time I preached upon this question was in old Farwell Hall. I
had been for five nights preaching upon the life of Christ. I took him
from the cradle and followed Him up to the judgment hall, and on that
occasion I consider I made as great a blunder as ever I made in my life.
If I could recall my act I would give this right hand. It was upon that
memorable night in October, and the Court House bell was sounding an
alarm of fire, but I paid no attention to it. You know we were
accustomed to hear the fire bell often, and it didn't disturb us much
when it sounded. I finished the sermon upon "What shall I do with
Jesus?" And I said to the audience, "